diff --git a/src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx b/src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx
index 331937f3..d8317ecf 100644
--- a/src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -768,7 +768,17 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
             onProgress={handleProgress}
             onSeek={(data) => {
               playerState.isSeeking.current = false;
-              if (data.currentTime) traktAutosync.handleProgressUpdate(data.currentTime, playerState.duration, true);
+              if (data.currentTime) {
+                if (id && type && playerState.duration > 0) {
+                  void storageService.setWatchProgress(id, type, {
+                    currentTime: data.currentTime,
+                    duration: playerState.duration,
+                    lastUpdated: Date.now(),
+                    addonId: currentStreamProvider
+                  }, episodeId);
+                }
+                traktAutosync.handleProgressUpdate(data.currentTime, playerState.duration, true);
+              }
             }}
             onEnd={() => {
               if (modals.showEpisodeStreamsModal) return;
diff --git a/src/components/player/KSPlayerCore.tsx b/src/components/player/KSPlayerCore.tsx
index 231d71d8..c5d36e0e 100644
--- a/src/components/player/KSPlayerCore.tsx
+++ b/src/components/player/KSPlayerCore.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { useTraktAutosync } from '../../hooks/useTraktAutosync';
 import { useMetadata } from '../../hooks/useMetadata';
 import { usePlayerGestureControls } from '../../hooks/usePlayerGestureControls';
 import stremioService from '../../services/stremioService';
+import { storageService } from '../../services/storageService';
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger';
 
 // Utils
@@ -227,7 +228,15 @@ const KSPlayerCore: React.FC = () => {
     currentTime,
     duration,
     isSeeking,
-    isMounted
+    isMounted,
+    onSeekComplete: (timeInSeconds) => {
+      if (!id || !type || duration <= 0) return;
+      void storageService.setWatchProgress(id, type, {
+        currentTime: timeInSeconds,
+        duration,
+        lastUpdated: Date.now()
+      }, episodeId);
+    }
   });
 
   const watchProgress = useWatchProgress(
diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerControls.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerControls.ts
index f2561c08..73bf2972 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerControls.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/usePlayerControls.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface PlayerControlsConfig {
     duration: number;
     isSeeking: MutableRefObject<boolean>;
     isMounted: MutableRefObject<boolean>;
+    onSeekComplete?: (timeInSeconds: number) => void;
 }
 
 export const usePlayerControls = (config: PlayerControlsConfig) => {
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ export const usePlayerControls = (config: PlayerControlsConfig) => {
         currentTime,
         duration,
         isSeeking,
-        isMounted
+        isMounted,
+        onSeekComplete
     } = config;
 
     // iOS seeking helpers
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ export const usePlayerControls = (config: PlayerControlsConfig) => {
 
             // Actually perform the seek
             playerRef.current.seek(timeInSeconds);
+            onSeekComplete?.(timeInSeconds);
 
             // Debounce the seeking state reset
             seekTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ export const usePlayerControls = (config: PlayerControlsConfig) => {
                 }
             }, 500);
         }
-    }, [duration, paused, playerRef, isSeeking, isMounted]);
+    }, [duration, paused, playerRef, isSeeking, isMounted, onSeekComplete]);
 
     const skip = useCallback((seconds: number) => {
         seekToTime(currentTime + seconds);
diff --git a/src/components/player/hooks/useWatchProgress.ts b/src/components/player/hooks/useWatchProgress.ts
index 5b70282d..8440e38e 100644
--- a/src/components/player/hooks/useWatchProgress.ts
+++ b/src/components/player/hooks/useWatchProgress.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
-import { AppState, AppStateStatus } from 'react-native';
+import { AppState } from 'react-native';
 import { storageService } from '../../../services/storageService';
 import { logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
 import { useSettings } from '../../../hooks/useSettings';
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ export const useWatchProgress = (
     const [savedDuration, setSavedDuration] = useState<number | null>(null);
     const [initialPosition, setInitialPosition] = useState<number | null>(null);
     const [showResumeOverlay, setShowResumeOverlay] = useState(false);
-    const [progressSaveInterval, setProgressSaveInterval] = useState<NodeJS.Timeout | null>(null);
-
     const { settings: appSettings } = useSettings();
     const initialSeekTargetRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+    const wasPausedRef = useRef<boolean>(paused);
 
     // Values refs for unmount cleanup
     const currentTimeRef = useRef(currentTime);
@@ -126,22 +125,16 @@ export const useWatchProgress = (
         }
     };
 
-    // Save Interval
+    
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (id && type && !paused && duration > 0) {
-            if (progressSaveInterval) clearInterval(progressSaveInterval);
-
-            const interval = setInterval(() => {
-                saveWatchProgress();
-            }, 10000);
-
-            setProgressSaveInterval(interval);
-            return () => {
-                clearInterval(interval);
-                setProgressSaveInterval(null);
-            };
+        if (wasPausedRef.current !== paused) {
+            const becamePaused = paused;
+            wasPausedRef.current = paused;
+            if (becamePaused) {
+                void saveWatchProgress();
+            }
         }
-    }, [id, type, paused, currentTime, duration]);
+    }, [paused]);
 
     // Unmount Save - deferred to allow navigation to complete first
     useEffect(() => {