diff --git a/Sources/PlumTV/PlayerView.swift b/Sources/PlumTV/PlayerView.swift
index a91f09d..c9f4879 100644
--- a/Sources/PlumTV/PlayerView.swift
+++ b/Sources/PlumTV/PlayerView.swift
@@ -123,10 +123,15 @@ struct PlayerView: View {
                 ),
                 in: 0...scale,
                 onEditingChanged: { editing in
-                    // Commit once on release — never an ssh call per drag tick.
+                    // Commit once on release — never an ssh call per drag tick. Hold
+                    // the dragged value as the displayed value across the send +
+                    // re-poll round-trip, then clear it (unless another drag started),
+                    // so the thumb never snaps back to a stale polled value.
                     if !editing, let v = dragVolume {
-                        controller.command { await $0.setVolume(Int(v)) }
-                        dragVolume = nil
+                        Task {
+                            await controller.commandAwait { await $0.setVolume(Int(v)) }
+                            if dragVolume == v { dragVolume = nil }
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             )
diff --git a/Sources/PlumTVCore/PlayerController.swift b/Sources/PlumTVCore/PlayerController.swift
index 332d9b2..7b90468 100644
--- a/Sources/PlumTVCore/PlayerController.swift
+++ b/Sources/PlumTVCore/PlayerController.swift
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ public final class PlayerController {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Like `command`, but awaitable — the caller can hold an optimistic UI value
+    /// until the change is both sent and re-polled (the volume slider uses this to
+    /// avoid snapping the thumb back to a stale value during the round-trip).
+    public func commandAwait(_ op: @escaping (any PlayerTarget) async -> Void) async {
+        guard let active else { return }
+        await op(active)
+        await refreshActive()
+    }
+
     public func refreshActive() async {
         guard let active, !polling else { return }
         polling = true