diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/Android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 335a8837..a31e29f1 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@
             android:name=".MainActivity"
             android:exported="true"
             android:launchMode="singleTask"
+            android:supportsPictureInPicture="true"
+            android:resizeableActivity="true"
             android:theme="@style/Theme.Archipelago.Splash"
             android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
-            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|keyboardHidden">
+            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|screenLayout|smallestScreenSize|keyboardHidden">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/components/__tests__/MediaLightboxPip.test.ts b/neode-ui/src/components/__tests__/MediaLightboxPip.test.ts
index 45ac2394..ca9e2dd3 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/components/__tests__/MediaLightboxPip.test.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/components/__tests__/MediaLightboxPip.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { mount, flushPromises } from '@vue/test-utils'
 import MediaLightbox from '../cloud/MediaLightbox.vue'
 import { usePipSession } from '../../composables/usePipSession'
+import { togglePip } from '../../utils/pip'
 import type { FileBrowserItem } from '../../api/filebrowser-client'
 
 // jsdom has no picture-in-picture implementation — stub the pieces the
@@ -75,6 +76,18 @@ async function mountLightbox() {
 }
 
 describe('MediaLightbox picture-in-picture handoff', () => {
+  it('checks PiP support when the action is invoked in a WebView', async () => {
+    const video = document.createElement('video')
+    const request = vi.spyOn(video, 'requestPictureInPicture')
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'pictureInPictureEnabled', { value: false, configurable: true })
+    await togglePip(video)
+    expect(request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'pictureInPictureEnabled', { value: true, configurable: true })
+    await togglePip(video)
+    expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
   it('entering PiP emits close exactly once and adopts the video before doing so', async () => {
     const wrapper = await mountLightbox()
     const video = findVideo()
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts b/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
index 7399a980..0d1292a6 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ export function isPipSupported(): boolean {
 }
 
 export async function togglePip(video: HTMLVideoElement | null | undefined): Promise<void> {
-  if (!video || !pipSupported) return
+  // Check at call time. Embedded WebViews can expose the document capability
+  // after the module has been evaluated, and companion navigation can restore
+  // a page with a different media capability than its first load.
+  if (!video || !isPipSupported()) return
   try {
     if (document.pictureInPictureElement === video) await document.exitPictureInPicture()
     else await video.requestPictureInPicture()