diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MainActivity.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MainActivity.kt
index 8a34e89..f745638 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MainActivity.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), MusicService.StateListener {
     private var controllerFuture: ListenableFuture<MediaController>? = null
     private var mediaController: MediaController? = null
     private var pendingOpenNowPlaying = false
+    // Debounce onReady: WebView can fire onPageFinished multiple times (hash changes,
+    // certain JS navigations). Only deliver onReady once per 3-second window.
+    private var lastOnReadyMs = 0L
 
     // ─── Back-press handling ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -108,7 +111,10 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), MusicService.StateListener {
         controllerFuture = future
         future.addListener({
             mediaController = try { future.get() } catch (_: Exception) { null }
-            if (mediaController != null) callJs("onReady")
+            if (mediaController != null) {
+                lastOnReadyMs = System.currentTimeMillis()
+                callJs("onReady")
+            }
         }, ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(this))
     }
 
@@ -136,11 +142,16 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), MusicService.StateListener {
         webView.webViewClient = object : WebViewClient() {
             override fun shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view: WebView, request: WebResourceRequest) = false
 
-            // Re-announce ready + current state after a WebView reload so JS can re-sync
+            // Re-announce ready + current state after a WebView reload so JS can re-sync.
+            // Debounced: WebView can fire onPageFinished for hash/state changes mid-session.
             override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView, url: String) {
                 if (mediaController != null) {
-                    updateStateSnapshot()
-                    callJs("onReady")
+                    val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
+                    if (now - lastOnReadyMs > 3_000) {
+                        lastOnReadyMs = now
+                        updateStateSnapshot()
+                        callJs("onReady")
+                    }
                 }
                 if (pendingOpenNowPlaying) {
                     pendingOpenNowPlaying = false
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MusicService.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MusicService.kt
index fb366cb..9869c99 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MusicService.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/MusicService.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class MusicService : MediaSessionService() {
     companion object {
         // Set by MainActivity before connecting; cleared on destroy.
         @Volatile var stateListener: StateListener? = null
+        // Service instance — lets WebBridge trigger artwork pre-warming directly.
+        @Volatile var instance: MusicService? = null
     }
 
     // ─── Fields ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class MusicService : MediaSessionService() {
 
     override fun onCreate() {
         super.onCreate()
+        instance = this
 
         val httpFactory = DefaultHttpDataSource.Factory()
             .setUserAgent("NovaSonic-Android/1.0")
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ class MusicService : MediaSessionService() {
     }
 
     override fun onDestroy() {
+        instance = null
         handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
         mediaSession.release()
         player.release()
@@ -128,11 +132,12 @@ class MusicService : MediaSessionService() {
 
     // Loads the next `count` tracks' artwork into the CacheBitmapLoader so that
     // onMediaItemTransition never stalls waiting for a fresh HTTP fetch.
-    private fun warmArtworkCache(count: Int = 3) {
-        val currentIdx = player.currentMediaItemIndex
+    // fromIndex: explicit start index; -1 means use player.currentMediaItemIndex.
+    private fun warmArtworkCache(count: Int = 3, fromIndex: Int = -1) {
+        val startIdx = if (fromIndex >= 0) fromIndex else player.currentMediaItemIndex
         val total = player.mediaItemCount
         for (offset in 0 until count) {
-            val idx = currentIdx + offset
+            val idx = startIdx + offset
             if (idx >= total) break
             val item = player.getMediaItemAt(idx)
             if (item.mediaMetadata.artworkUri != null) {
@@ -141,6 +146,11 @@ class MusicService : MediaSessionService() {
         }
     }
 
+    // Called by WebBridge right after setMediaItems so artwork fetch starts
+    // before prepare()/play() — avoids the race where the notification renders
+    // before the bitmap is in the cache.
+    fun publicWarmArtwork(startIndex: Int) = warmArtworkCache(count = 5, fromIndex = startIndex)
+
     // ─── Player.Listener ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     private inner class PlayerListener : Player.Listener {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/WebBridge.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/WebBridge.kt
index 6582278..de0cefd 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/WebBridge.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/novasonic/app/WebBridge.kt
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ class WebBridge(private val controllerProvider: () -> MediaController?) {
         if (items.isEmpty()) return
         runOnMain {
             val ctrl = controllerProvider() ?: return@runOnMain
-            ctrl.setMediaItems(items, startIndex.coerceAtLeast(0), 0L)
+            val idx = startIndex.coerceAtLeast(0)
+            ctrl.setMediaItems(items, idx, 0L)
+            // Pre-warm artwork before prepare()/play() so the notification bitmap
+            // cache is populated before Media3 renders the first notification.
+            MusicService.instance?.publicWarmArtwork(idx)
             ctrl.prepare()
             if (autoPlay) ctrl.play()
         }