diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Components.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Components.kt
index c44f712..d13d711 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Components.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Components.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.contentDescription
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.shadow
+import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.PlayArrow
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Stop
+import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusChanged
 import androidx.compose.ui.focus.onFocusEvent
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
@@ -165,6 +170,43 @@ fun ShonarGhostButton(
     )
 }
 
+/** Circular transport button, matching the Android home rows: teal
+ *  hairline ring + teal play triangle; swaps to a filled-look stop
+ *  square while its row is playing. Inner clickable consumes the tap,
+ *  so the enclosing card's open-on-click doesn't fire. */
+@Composable
+fun ShonarPlayCircle(
+    playing: Boolean,
+    onClick: () -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    size: androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp = 40.dp,
+) {
+    Surface(
+        modifier = modifier.size(size)
+            .clip(CircleShape)
+            .clickable(
+                interactionSource = remember { MutableInteractionSource() },
+                indication = null,
+                onClick = onClick,
+            )
+            .border(Shonar.BorderW, Shonar.Accent.copy(alpha = 0.7f), CircleShape),
+        color = androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color.Transparent,
+        shape = CircleShape,
+    ) {
+        Box(contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
+            if (playing) {
+                Icon(Icons.Filled.Stop, contentDescription = "Stop",
+                    tint = Shonar.Accent,
+                    modifier = Modifier.size(Shonar.IconSm))
+            } else {
+                Icon(Icons.Filled.PlayArrow, contentDescription = "Play",
+                    tint = Shonar.Accent,
+                    modifier = Modifier.size(Shonar.IconSm))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /** Destructive action: quiet red outline — visible without shouting.
  *  ink overrides the label/icon color (detail-page Play/Delete use
  *  TextPrimary = white-on-dark per user directive, Sep 21). */
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 5878a12..691b3c4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -423,6 +423,25 @@ fun LibraryScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                                 checked = isSelected,
                                 onCheckedChange = { state.toggleSelected(e.file.absolutePath) },
                             )
+                            // Android-home affordance: circular play at the
+                            // left of the row — listen without opening.
+                            // Transcribed files only (nothing to hear yet
+                            // otherwise); shows Stop while playing.
+                            val playingFile by state.playingFile.collectAsState()
+                            val isThisPlaying =
+                                playingFile?.absolutePath == e.file.absolutePath
+                            if (e.status == FileStatus.DONE) {
+                                Spacer(Modifier.width(Shonar.Space1))
+                                ShonarPlayCircle(
+                                    playing = isThisPlaying,
+                                    onClick = {
+                                        if (isThisPlaying) state.stopPlayback()
+                                        else state.playFrom(e.file)
+                                    })
+                                Spacer(Modifier.width(Shonar.Space2))
+                            } else {
+                                Spacer(Modifier.width(Shonar.Space2))
+                            }
                             Column(Modifier.weight(1f)) {
                                 Text(e.file.nameWithoutExtension,
                                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleSmall,