diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/net/jeena/pacer/AudioEngine.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/net/jeena/pacer/AudioEngine.kt
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+package net.jeena.pacer
+
+import android.media.AudioAttributes
+import android.media.AudioFormat
+import android.media.AudioTrack
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.HandlerThread
+
+/**
+ * Plays 880 Hz beeps at a given BPM using AudioTrack.
+ *
+ * Audio focus is intentionally never requested so beeps play alongside
+ * other apps (e.g. AntennaPod) without ducking or interruption (US-05).
+ */
+class AudioEngine {
+
+    companion object {
+        private const val BEEP_DURATION_MS = 40
+    }
+
+    private var handlerThread: HandlerThread? = null
+    private var handler: Handler? = null
+    private var audioTrack: AudioTrack? = null
+
+    @Volatile private var currentBpm: Int = 120
+    @Volatile private var currentVolume: Float = 1f
+    @Volatile private var playing: Boolean = false
+
+    val isPlaying: Boolean get() = playing
+
+    fun start(bpm: Int, volume: Float) {
+        if (playing) return
+        currentBpm = bpm
+        currentVolume = BpmCalculator.clampVolume(volume)
+        playing = true
+
+        val minBufferSize = AudioTrack.getMinBufferSize(
+            BeepGenerator.SAMPLE_RATE,
+            AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO,
+            AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT
+        )
+
+        audioTrack = AudioTrack.Builder()
+            .setAudioAttributes(
+                // USAGE_MEDIA with no requestAudioFocus call = plays alongside other audio (US-05)
+                AudioAttributes.Builder()
+                    .setUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
+                    .setContentType(AudioAttributes.CONTENT_TYPE_MUSIC)
+                    .build()
+            )
+            .setAudioFormat(
+                AudioFormat.Builder()
+                    .setSampleRate(BeepGenerator.SAMPLE_RATE)
+                    .setEncoding(AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT)
+                    .setChannelMask(AudioFormat.CHANNEL_OUT_MONO)
+                    .build()
+            )
+            .setBufferSizeInBytes(minBufferSize)
+            .setTransferMode(AudioTrack.MODE_STREAM)
+            .build()
+
+        audioTrack?.setVolume(currentVolume)
+        audioTrack?.play()
+
+        handlerThread = HandlerThread("PacerAudio").also { it.start() }
+        handler = Handler(handlerThread!!.looper)
+
+        scheduleBeep()
+    }
+
+    fun stop() {
+        playing = false
+        handler?.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
+        handlerThread?.quitSafely()
+        handlerThread = null
+        handler = null
+        audioTrack?.stop()
+        audioTrack?.release()
+        audioTrack = null
+    }
+
+    fun setBpm(bpm: Int) {
+        currentBpm = bpm
+    }
+
+    fun setVolume(volume: Float) {
+        currentVolume = BpmCalculator.clampVolume(volume)
+        audioTrack?.setVolume(currentVolume)
+    }
+
+    private fun scheduleBeep() {
+        handler?.post(object : Runnable {
+            override fun run() {
+                if (!playing) return
+                playBeep()
+                handler?.postDelayed(this, BpmCalculator.intervalMs(currentBpm))
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    private fun playBeep() {
+        val samples = BeepGenerator.generateBeep(BEEP_DURATION_MS)
+        audioTrack?.write(samples, 0, samples.size)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/net/jeena/pacer/BpmCalculator.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/net/jeena/pacer/BpmCalculator.kt
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+package net.jeena.pacer
+
+object BpmCalculator {
+
+    fun intervalMs(bpm: Int): Long = 60_000L / bpm
+
+    fun clampVolume(volume: Float): Float = volume.coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+}