diff --git a/src/app/(app)/settings.tsx b/src/app/(app)/settings.tsx
index 57e5d68..a7d7af7 100644
--- a/src/app/(app)/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(app)/settings.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Trash } from '@/components/ui/icons';
 import { UpdateDialog } from '@/components/update-dialog';
 import { LOCK_TIMEOUT_OPTIONS, useSecuritySettings } from '@/lib/hooks/use-security-settings';
 import { useUpdateCheck } from '@/lib/hooks/use-update-check';
+import { useVideoAutoplay } from '@/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay';
 import { useTranslate } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import { useDownloadedStore } from '@/lib/stores/downloaded-store';
 import { ORIENTATIONS, useOrientationStore } from '@/lib/stores/orientation-store';
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export default function Settings() {
     dismissUpdateDialog,
     openReleaseDownload,
   } = useUpdateCheck(Env.VERSION);
+  const { autoplayEnabled, setAutoplayEnabled } = useVideoAutoplay();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     LocalAuthentication.hasHardwareAsync().then((has) => {
@@ -241,6 +243,37 @@ export default function Settings() {
               />
             </View>
 
+            {/* Video playback */}
+            <View className="pt-2">
+              <Text
+                className="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100 pb-1 text-lg"
+                tx="settings.video_playback"
+              />
+              <View className="rounded-md border border-neutral-200 dark:border-neutral-800 bg-white dark:bg-neutral-800">
+                <View className="flex-row items-center justify-between px-4 py-3">
+                  <View className="flex-1 pr-2">
+                    <Text
+                      className="text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100"
+                      tx="settings.autoplay"
+                    />
+                    <Text
+                      className="text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 mt-0.5 text-xs"
+                      tx="settings.autoplay_desc"
+                    />
+                  </View>
+                  <TouchableOpacity
+                    onPress={() => setAutoplayEnabled(!autoplayEnabled)}
+                    testID="autoplay-toggle"
+                    className={`h-6 w-11 rounded-full ${autoplayEnabled ? 'bg-primary-500' : 'bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-neutral-600'}`}
+                  >
+                    <View
+                      className={`mt-0.5 h-5 w-5 rounded-full bg-white ${autoplayEnabled ? 'ml-5' : 'ml-0.5'}`}
+                    />
+                  </TouchableOpacity>
+                </View>
+              </View>
+            </View>
+
             {/* Content orientation (multi-select, applied via the flag1 URL param) */}
             <View className="pt-2">
               <View className="flex-row items-center justify-between">
diff --git a/src/app/post/[id].source.test.tsx b/src/app/post/[id].source.test.tsx
index 7632235..b994998 100644
--- a/src/app/post/[id].source.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/post/[id].source.test.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ jest.mock('react-native-flash-message', () => ({
   showMessage: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
+const mockAutoplay = { enabled: true };
+
+jest.mock('@/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay', () => ({
+  useVideoAutoplay: () => ({
+    autoplayEnabled: mockAutoplay.enabled,
+    setAutoplayEnabled: jest.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
 jest.mock('@/lib/hooks', () => ({
   useVideoDownload: (props: { videoId: string }) => ({
     isDownloading: false,
@@ -122,6 +131,7 @@ const seedDownload = (quality: string) => {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   jest.clearAllMocks();
+  mockAutoplay.enabled = true;
   mockPlayer.playing = false;
   mockDownloadState.existingFiles = new Set<string>();
   mockDetailState.isError = false;
@@ -222,6 +232,24 @@ describe('Post screen — player source selection', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('Post screen — autoplay', () => {
+  it('starts playback automatically once a source is available', async () => {
+    setup(<Post />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(lastPlayerSource()).toBe('https://example.com/v1_720p.mp4'));
+    expect(mockPlayer.play).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('does not start playback when autoplay is turned off', async () => {
+    mockAutoplay.enabled = false;
+
+    setup(<Post />);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(lastPlayerSource()).toBe('https://example.com/v1_720p.mp4'));
+    expect(mockPlayer.play).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('Post screen — dead page toast', () => {
   // The toast text depends on the active i18n locale (en in tests).
   const EN_REMOVED = resources.en.translation.post.video_removed;
diff --git a/src/app/post/[id].test.tsx b/src/app/post/[id].test.tsx
index dde6cff..3ac59fa 100644
--- a/src/app/post/[id].test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/post/[id].test.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ jest.mock('@/api/video-queries', () => ({
   }),
 }));
 
+jest.mock('@/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay', () => ({
+  useVideoAutoplay: () => ({ autoplayEnabled: false, setAutoplayEnabled: jest.fn() }),
+}));
+
 jest.mock('@/lib/hooks', () => ({
   useVideoDownload: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
     isDownloading: false,
diff --git a/src/app/post/[id].tsx b/src/app/post/[id].tsx
index 4b9fe86..ed6084c 100644
--- a/src/app/post/[id].tsx
+++ b/src/app/post/[id].tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { showMessage } from 'react-native-flash-message';
 import { useVideoDetail } from '@/api/video-queries';
 import { ActivityIndicator, Button, FocusAwareStatusBar, Text } from '@/components/ui';
 import { useVideoDownload } from '@/lib/hooks';
+import { useVideoAutoplay } from '@/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay';
 import { useTranslate } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import { artistChipLabel } from '@/lib/r34/artists';
 import { toOfflineDetail } from '@/lib/r34/offline-detail';
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ function VideoSection({ data }: VideoSectionProps): React.ReactElement {
 
   const videoSource = isDownloaded && fileUri ? fileUri : selectedFormat?.url || '';
 
+  const { autoplayEnabled } = useVideoAutoplay();
+
   const player = useVideoPlayer(videoSource, (player) => {
     player.loop = true;
   });
@@ -77,6 +80,16 @@ function VideoSection({ data }: VideoSectionProps): React.ReactElement {
     isPlaying: player.playing,
   });
 
+  // Start playback when the page opens (and when the source changes, e.g. a
+  // quality switch or the download taking over) — unless the user turned
+  // autoplay off. Manual pausing is never overridden: the effect only runs
+  // when the source or the setting itself changes.
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (autoplayEnabled && videoSource) {
+      player.play();
+    }
+  }, [autoplayEnabled, player, videoSource]);
+
   // The screen stays mounted in the stack after navigating away (e.g. to a
   // tag or another post), so the player keeps playing — and two posts pushed
   // on top of each other would play simultaneously. Pause whenever this
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.test.ts b/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a0692f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const mockMMKV = {
+  value: undefined as boolean | undefined,
+};
+
+jest.mock('react-native-mmkv', () => ({
+  // storage.tsx imports createMMKV from the same module — keep it available.
+  createMMKV: jest.fn(() => ({
+    set: jest.fn(),
+    getString: jest.fn(),
+    getAllKeys: jest.fn(() => []),
+    remove: jest.fn(),
+  })),
+  useMMKVBoolean: (_key: string, _storage: unknown) => [
+    mockMMKV.value,
+    (v: boolean) => {
+      mockMMKV.value = v;
+    },
+  ],
+}));
+
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-native';
+
+import { useVideoAutoplay } from './use-video-autoplay';
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockMMKV.value = undefined;
+});
+
+describe('useVideoAutoplay', () => {
+  it('defaults to on before the user ever touches the toggle', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useVideoAutoplay());
+
+    expect(result.current.autoplayEnabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('reflects the stored choice and updates it', () => {
+    mockMMKV.value = false;
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useVideoAutoplay());
+
+    expect(result.current.autoplayEnabled).toBe(false);
+
+    act(() => result.current.setAutoplayEnabled(true));
+    expect(mockMMKV.value).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.ts b/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..374c86f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/use-video-autoplay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { useMMKVBoolean } from 'react-native-mmkv';
+
+import { storage } from '@/lib/storage';
+
+const VIDEO_AUTOPLAY_KEY = 'settings.video_autoplay';
+
+/** Autoplay is on until the user explicitly turns it off. */
+export const VIDEO_AUTOPLAY_DEFAULT = true;
+
+/**
+ * Whether video pages start playing on open. MMKV-backed so the choice
+ * survives restarts.
+ */
+export function useVideoAutoplay() {
+  const [enabled, setEnabled] = useMMKVBoolean(VIDEO_AUTOPLAY_KEY, storage);
+
+  return {
+    autoplayEnabled: enabled ?? VIDEO_AUTOPLAY_DEFAULT,
+    setAutoplayEnabled: (value: boolean) => setEnabled(value),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index a395c8c..5a21a6a 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "App Lock",
     "app_name": "App Name",
     "auto_lock_after": "Auto-Lock After",
+    "autoplay": "Autoplay",
+    "autoplay_desc": "Start playing automatically when a video page opens",
     "bottom_tabs": "Bottom Tabs",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "Home and Settings are always visible.",
     "cache_cleared": "Image cache cleared.",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "Update check failed",
     "update_now": "Update now",
     "version": "Version",
+    "video_playback": "Video playback",
     "website": "Website",
     "wifi_only": "WiFi Only Downloads"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/es.json b/src/translations/es.json
index 2d8c2a3..b8fdc7c 100644
--- a/src/translations/es.json
+++ b/src/translations/es.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "Bloqueo de app",
     "app_name": "Nombre de la app",
     "auto_lock_after": "Bloqueo automático tras",
+    "autoplay": "Reproducción automática",
+    "autoplay_desc": "Reproducir automáticamente al abrir un vídeo",
     "bottom_tabs": "Pestañas inferiores",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "Inicio y Ajustes siempre son visibles.",
     "cache_cleared": "Caché de imágenes borrada.",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "Error al buscar actualizaciones",
     "update_now": "Actualizar ahora",
     "version": "Versión",
+    "video_playback": "Reproducción de vídeo",
     "website": "Sitio web",
     "wifi_only": "Descargas solo por Wi-Fi"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/ja.json b/src/translations/ja.json
index eaa8195..74fccb6 100644
--- a/src/translations/ja.json
+++ b/src/translations/ja.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "アプリロック",
     "app_name": "アプリ名",
     "auto_lock_after": "自動ロックの時間",
+    "autoplay": "自動再生",
+    "autoplay_desc": "動画ページを開いたときに自動で再生する",
     "bottom_tabs": "ボトムタブ",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "ホームと設定は常に表示されます。",
     "cache_cleared": "画像キャッシュをクリアしました。",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "アップデートの確認に失敗しました",
     "update_now": "今すぐ更新",
     "version": "バージョン",
+    "video_playback": "動画再生",
     "website": "ウェブサイト",
     "wifi_only": "Wi-Fi のみダウンロード"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/ko.json b/src/translations/ko.json
index 183de2d..3d79d32 100644
--- a/src/translations/ko.json
+++ b/src/translations/ko.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "앱 잠금",
     "app_name": "앱 이름",
     "auto_lock_after": "자동 잠금 시간",
+    "autoplay": "자동 재생",
+    "autoplay_desc": "동영상 페이지를 열면 자동으로 재생합니다",
     "bottom_tabs": "하단 탭",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "홈과 설정은 항상 표시됩니다.",
     "cache_cleared": "이미지 캐시를 삭제했습니다.",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "업데이트 확인에 실패했습니다",
     "update_now": "지금 업데이트",
     "version": "버전",
+    "video_playback": "동영상 재생",
     "website": "웹사이트",
     "wifi_only": "Wi-Fi 전용 다운로드"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/pt.json b/src/translations/pt.json
index a9f2f7b..4457d30 100644
--- a/src/translations/pt.json
+++ b/src/translations/pt.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "Bloqueio do app",
     "app_name": "Nome do app",
     "auto_lock_after": "Bloqueio automático após",
+    "autoplay": "Reprodução automática",
+    "autoplay_desc": "Reproduzir automaticamente ao abrir um vídeo",
     "bottom_tabs": "Abas inferiores",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "Início e Configurações estão sempre visíveis.",
     "cache_cleared": "Cache de imagens limpa.",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "Falha ao verificar atualizações",
     "update_now": "Atualizar agora",
     "version": "Versão",
+    "video_playback": "Reprodução de vídeo",
     "website": "Site",
     "wifi_only": "Downloads somente no Wi-Fi"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/zh-TW.json b/src/translations/zh-TW.json
index ea34803..812c74b 100644
--- a/src/translations/zh-TW.json
+++ b/src/translations/zh-TW.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "應用鎖",
     "app_name": "應用名稱",
     "auto_lock_after": "自動鎖定於",
+    "autoplay": "自動播放",
+    "autoplay_desc": "開啟影片頁時自動開始播放",
     "bottom_tabs": "底部標籤",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "首頁和設定始終顯示。",
     "cache_cleared": "圖片快取已清除。",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "檢查更新失敗",
     "update_now": "立即更新",
     "version": "版本",
+    "video_playback": "影片播放",
     "website": "網站",
     "wifi_only": "僅 Wi-Fi 下載"
   },
diff --git a/src/translations/zh.json b/src/translations/zh.json
index 8d161f8..86a49c7 100644
--- a/src/translations/zh.json
+++ b/src/translations/zh.json
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     "app_lock": "应用锁",
     "app_name": "应用名称",
     "auto_lock_after": "自动锁定于",
+    "autoplay": "自动播放",
+    "autoplay_desc": "打开视频页时自动开始播放",
     "bottom_tabs": "底部标签",
     "bottom_tabs_desc": "首页和设置始终显示。",
     "cache_cleared": "图片缓存已清除。",
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
     "update_check_failed": "检查更新失败",
     "update_now": "立即更新",
     "version": "版本",
+    "video_playback": "视频播放",
     "website": "网站",
     "wifi_only": "仅 WiFi 下载"
   },