diff --git a/mobile/test/presentation/pages/drift_slideshow_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/presentation/pages/drift_slideshow_page_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5f1b842ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/presentation/pages/drift_slideshow_page_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/constants/enums.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/domain/models/asset/base_asset.model.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/domain/models/config/app_config.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/domain/models/config/slideshow_config.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/domain/models/timeline.model.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/domain/services/timeline.service.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/pages/drift_slideshow.page.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_controller.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_slide.widget.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/asset_viewer/video_player_provider.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/infrastructure/settings.provider.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/widgets/common/immich_loading_indicator.dart';
+
+import '../../unit/factories/remote_asset_factory.dart';
+import '../../unit/presentation/presentation_context.dart';
+
+/// A VideoPlayerNotifier that records play/pause events
+class FakeVideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerNotifier {
+  /// Every call made against this video, in order
+  final calls = <String>[];
+
+  void emit(VideoPlayerState next) => state = next;
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> play() async => calls.add('play');
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> pause() async => calls.add('pause');
+}
+
+const slideDuration = Duration(seconds: 3);
+
+/// A small step to precisely test event timing
+const tick = Duration(milliseconds: 1);
+
+List<BaseAsset> images(int count) => List.generate(count, (_) => RemoteAssetFactory.create());
+
+TimelineService timelineOf(List<BaseAsset> assets, {TimelineAssetSource? source}) => TimelineService((
+  assetSource: source ?? (index, count) async => assets.sublist(index, math.min(index + count, assets.length)),
+  bucketSource: () => Stream.value([Bucket(assetCount: assets.length)]),
+  origin: TimelineOrigin.main,
+));
+
+/// A timeline whose last asset is still loading
+TimelineService partlyLoaded(List<BaseAsset> assets, {Completer<void>? stall}) {
+  var loadCount = 0;
+
+  return timelineOf(
+    assets,
+    source: (index, count) async {
+      loadCount += 1;
+
+      if (loadCount != 1) {
+        await stall?.future;
+      }
+
+      return assets.sublist(index, math.min(index + count, loadCount == 1 ? assets.length - 1 : assets.length));
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+void main() {
+  late PresentationContext ctx;
+
+  setUp(() async => ctx = await PresentationContext.create());
+
+  tearDown(() async => ctx.dispose());
+
+  void slideshowTest(
+    String description,
+    Future<void> Function(WidgetTester tester) body, {
+    TimelineService Function()? timeline,
+    SlideshowDirection direction = SlideshowDirection.forward,
+    bool repeat = true,
+    bool disableAnimations = false,
+    List<Override> overrides = const [],
+  }) {
+    testWidgets(description, (tester) async {
+      if (disableAnimations) {
+        tester.binding.platformDispatcher.accessibilityFeaturesTestValue = const FakeAccessibilityFeatures(
+          disableAnimations: true,
+        );
+      }
+
+      await tester.pumpTestWidget(
+        ctx,
+        DriftSlideshowPage(timeline: (timeline ?? () => timelineOf(images(3)))()),
+        expectSettle: false,
+        overrides: [
+          appConfigProvider.overrideWithValue(
+            AppConfig(
+              slideshow: SlideshowConfig(duration: 3, look: .contain, direction: direction, repeat: repeat),
+            ),
+          ),
+          ...overrides,
+        ],
+      );
+
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      await body(tester);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /// The delegate for this page
+  SlideshowDelegate delegateOf(WidgetTester tester) =>
+      tester.state<ConsumerState<DriftSlideshowPage>>(find.byType(DriftSlideshowPage)) as SlideshowDelegate;
+
+  /// The currently visible slide index
+  int visibleIndex(WidgetTester tester) =>
+      tester.widgetList<SlideshowSlide>(find.byType(SlideshowSlide)).firstWhere((slide) => slide.isCurrent).index;
+
+  /// The current value of the Ken Burns zoom for a particular slide
+  double currentZoomOf(WidgetTester tester, int index) => tester
+      .widget<SlideshowSlide>(find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is SlideshowSlide && w.index == index && !w.frozen))
+      .zoom
+      .value;
+
+  double? progressIndicatorProgress(WidgetTester tester) =>
+      tester.widget<LinearProgressIndicator>(find.byType(LinearProgressIndicator)).value;
+
+  final fadingSlide = find.byWidgetPredicate((w) => w is SlideshowSlide && w.frozen);
+
+  Future<void> tapScreen(WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.tap(find.byType(PageView));
+
+    // The app bar does stuff in post frame, so we need to run twice
+    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.pump();
+  }
+
+  group('basic rendering', () {
+    slideshowTest('should show the first slide only', (tester) async {
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+      expect(fadingSlide, findsNothing);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should zoom the slide for its duration', (tester) async {
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 0), 0.0);
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.5);
+      // 50% through duration we should see 50% of the zoom completed
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 0), closeTo(0.5, 0.01));
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should reverse the zoom direction when moving to the next slide', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      // The previous slide zoomed in, so this one starts zoomed in and will zoom out
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 1), closeTo(1.0, 0.01));
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.3);
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 1), closeTo(0.7, 0.01));
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should show the next slide once the duration passes', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration - tick);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+
+      await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should fade the outgoing slide over the incoming one', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      // The old slide covers the new one, then is removed
+      expect(tester.widget<SlideshowSlide>(fadingSlide).index, 0);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+
+      final fade = find.ancestor(of: fadingSlide, matching: find.byType(FadeTransition)).first;
+      expect(tester.widget<FadeTransition>(fade).opacity.value, 1.0);
+
+      await tester.pump(Durations.extralong2 * 0.5);
+      expect(tester.widget<FadeTransition>(fade).opacity.value, lessThan(1.0));
+
+      await tester.pump(Durations.extralong2);
+      expect(fadingSlide, findsNothing);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should not fade when animations are disabled', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+      expect(fadingSlide, findsNothing);
+
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 1), 0.0);
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.5);
+      expect(currentZoomOf(tester, 1), 0.0);
+    }, disableAnimations: true);
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should show a loading indicator for a slide that isnt ready',
+      (tester) async {
+        await tester.drag(find.byType(PageView), const Offset(-800, 0));
+        await tester.pump();
+
+        expect(find.byType(ImmichLoadingIndicator), findsOneWidget);
+      },
+      timeline: () => partlyLoaded(images(2), stall: Completer<void>()),
+    );
+  });
+
+  group('interactions', () {
+    slideshowTest('should advance the progress bar', (tester) async {
+      expect(progressIndicatorProgress(tester), 0.0);
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.45);
+      expect(progressIndicatorProgress(tester), closeTo(0.45, 0.01));
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should show/hide the AppBar', (tester) async {
+      final appBar = find.byType(AnimatedOpacity).first;
+
+      expect(tester.widget<AnimatedOpacity>(appBar).opacity, 0.0);
+
+      await tapScreen(tester);
+      expect(tester.widget<AnimatedOpacity>(appBar).opacity, 1.0);
+
+      await tapScreen(tester);
+      expect(tester.widget<AnimatedOpacity>(appBar).opacity, 0.0);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should stop slide movement and progress bar when paused', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.5);
+
+      // Show AppBar and pause the app
+      await tapScreen(tester);
+      await tester.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.pause));
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      expect(find.byIcon(Icons.play_arrow), findsOneWidget);
+
+      final held = progressIndicatorProgress(tester);
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration);
+      expect(progressIndicatorProgress(tester), held);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should resume slide from its paused position', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.64);
+
+      await tapScreen(tester);
+      await tester.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.pause));
+      await tester.pump();
+      await tester.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.play_arrow));
+
+      // Resuming restarts the ticker, so this frame is its new baseline and elapses nothing
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      // We should have precisely 36% left before transition
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.36 - tick);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+
+      await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+    });
+
+    late Completer<void> arrived;
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should properly handle an async load the user navigated away from',
+      (tester) async {
+        await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+        expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+
+        // This slide will get stuck
+        await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+
+        // Since the slide is stuck, the user swipes back to the first asset
+        await tester.drag(find.byType(PageView), const Offset(800, 0));
+        await tester.pump();
+        expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+
+        // The stuck slide loads, but it doesn't matter
+        arrived.complete();
+        await tester.pump();
+        await tester.pump();
+        expect(visibleIndex(tester), 0);
+      },
+      timeline: () => partlyLoaded(images(3), stall: arrived = Completer<void>()),
+    );
+
+    slideshowTest('should start the slide timer when navigating to a new slide', (tester) async {
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.75);
+
+      await tester.drag(find.byType(PageView), const Offset(-800, 0));
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      expect(visibleIndex(tester), 1);
+      expect(progressIndicatorProgress(tester), 0.0);
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.35);
+      expect(progressIndicatorProgress(tester), closeTo(0.35, 0.01));
+    });
+  });
+
+  group('delegate API', () {
+    final video = RemoteAssetFactory.create(type: .video);
+
+    late FakeVideoPlayer player;
+
+    final playing = [videoPlayerProvider(video.id).overrideWith((ref) => player)];
+
+    TimelineService withVideo() => timelineOf([video, ...images(1)]);
+
+    setUp(() => player = FakeVideoPlayer());
+
+    slideshowTest('should wrap past end', (tester) async {
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(0), 1);
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(2), 0);
+    });
+
+    slideshowTest('should wrap past start', (tester) async {
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(2), 1);
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(0), 2);
+    }, direction: .backward);
+
+    slideshowTest('should end the slideshow at the last slide when repeat is disabled', (tester) async {
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(1), 2);
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(2), null);
+    }, repeat: false);
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should end the slideshow at the first slide when running backwards',
+      (tester) async {
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(1), 0);
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(0), null);
+      },
+      repeat: false,
+      direction: .backward,
+    );
+
+    slideshowTest('should end the slideshow when there is nothing to show', (tester) async {
+      expect(delegateOf(tester).nextIndexAfter(0), null);
+    }, timeline: () => timelineOf(const []));
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should provide video playback position, but not image positions',
+      (tester) async {
+        player.emit(const VideoPlayerState(position: Duration(seconds: 2), duration: .zero, status: .playing));
+
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).videoProgressOf(0), const Duration(seconds: 2));
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).videoProgressOf(1), null);
+      },
+      timeline: withVideo,
+      overrides: playing,
+    );
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should report when videos complete',
+      (tester) async {
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).isVideoCompleted(0), false);
+
+        player.emit(const VideoPlayerState(position: Duration(seconds: 2), duration: .zero, status: .completed));
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).isVideoCompleted(0), true);
+        expect(delegateOf(tester).isVideoCompleted(1), false);
+      },
+      timeline: withVideo,
+      overrides: playing,
+    );
+
+    slideshowTest(
+      'should pause and play the video along with the slideshow',
+      (tester) async {
+        delegateOf(tester).onPlaybackChanged(0, false);
+        delegateOf(tester).onPlaybackChanged(0, true);
+        expect(player.calls, ['pause', 'play']);
+
+        // An image does nothing here
+        delegateOf(tester).onPlaybackChanged(1, true);
+        expect(player.calls, ['pause', 'play']);
+      },
+      timeline: withVideo,
+      overrides: playing,
+    );
+  });
+}
diff --git a/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_controller_test.dart b/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_controller_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e8d179bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_controller_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/slideshow/slideshow_controller.dart';
+
+const slideDuration = Duration(seconds: 5);
+const tick = Duration(milliseconds: 1);
+
+class FakeSlideshow implements SlideshowDelegate {
+  FakeSlideshow({this.nextIndex = _nextInOrder}) {
+    controller = SlideshowController(
+      vsync: const TestVSync(),
+      slideDuration: slideDuration,
+      initialIndex: 0,
+      delegate: this,
+    );
+  }
+
+  static int? _nextInOrder(int index) => index + 1;
+
+  int? Function(int index) nextIndex;
+
+  /// Video slide index -> playback position. Image slides do not appear in this map at all
+  final videos = <int, Duration>{};
+  final completedVideos = <int>{};
+
+  /// Test action log
+  final events = <String>[];
+
+  late final SlideshowController controller;
+
+  @override
+  int? nextIndexAfter(int index) => nextIndex(index);
+
+  @override
+  Duration? videoProgressOf(int index) => videos[index];
+
+  @override
+  bool isVideoCompleted(int index) => completedVideos.contains(index);
+
+  @override
+  void onPlaybackChanged(int index, bool playing) => events.add(playing ? 'play' : 'pause');
+
+  @override
+  void onShowSlide(int index, int prevIndex) {
+    events.add('show $index');
+
+    controller.didCompleteShowSlide(index);
+  }
+}
+
+/// Runs [body] against a freshly started slideshow
+void slideshowTest(
+  String description,
+  Future<void> Function(WidgetTester tester, FakeSlideshow show) body, {
+  int? Function(int index)? nextIndex,
+}) {
+  testWidgets(description, (tester) async {
+    final show = FakeSlideshow(nextIndex: nextIndex ?? FakeSlideshow._nextInOrder);
+
+    // The slideshow's ticker takes its baseline on this frame, so a test can jump the clock straight away
+    await tester.pump();
+
+    try {
+      await body(tester, show);
+    } finally {
+      // The slideshow ticks forever. All tests must stop it, otherwise it will leak into subsequent tests
+      // This cannot appear in tearDown due to invariants being called outside of "render"
+      show.controller.dispose();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+void main() {
+  slideshowTest('should advance once the slide duration passes', (tester, show) async {
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration - tick);
+    expect(show.events, isEmpty);
+
+    await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+    expect(show.events, ['show 1']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should show the slide the delegate provides next', (tester, show) async {
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+
+    expect(show.events, ['show 7']);
+  }, nextIndex: (_) => 7);
+
+  slideshowTest('should pause when there is no next slide', (tester, show) async {
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+
+    expect(show.events, isEmpty);
+    expect(show.controller.paused, isTrue);
+  }, nextIndex: (_) => null);
+
+  slideshowTest('should stop the clock when paused', (tester, show) async {
+    show.controller.pause();
+
+    expect(show.events, ['pause']);
+
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration * 2);
+
+    expect(show.events, ['pause']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should continue the current slide when resumed', (tester, show) async {
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.75);
+
+    show.controller.pause();
+    show.controller.resume();
+
+    // Resuming restarts the ticker, so this frame is its new baseline and elapses nothing
+    await tester.pump();
+
+    // A quarter of the slide is left
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.25 - tick);
+    expect(show.events, ['pause', 'play']);
+
+    await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+    expect(show.events, ['pause', 'play', 'show 1']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should not watchdog modify a video that is successfully playing back', (tester, show) async {
+    show.videos[0] = Duration.zero;
+
+    for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+      // Simulate progress
+      show.videos[0] = slideDuration * i;
+
+      await tester.pump(slideDuration + tick);
+    }
+
+    expect(show.events, isEmpty);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should advance past a stalled video once the slide duration passes', (tester, show) async {
+    show.videos[0] = Duration.zero;
+
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration - tick);
+    expect(show.events, isEmpty);
+
+    await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+    expect(show.events, ['show 1']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should advance immediately when a video ends', (tester, show) async {
+    show.videos[0] = Duration.zero;
+
+    show.controller.didCompleteVideo();
+
+    expect(show.events, ['show 1']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should not move when a video ends while paused', (tester, show) async {
+    show.videos[0] = Duration.zero;
+    show.controller.pause();
+
+    show.controller.didCompleteVideo();
+
+    expect(show.events, ['pause']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should move to next slide when a finished video is resumed', (tester, show) async {
+    show.videos[0] = Duration.zero;
+    show.controller.pause();
+    show.completedVideos.add(0);
+
+    expect(show.events, ['pause']);
+
+    show.controller.resume();
+
+    expect(show.events, ['pause', 'show 1']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should restart the timer on manual navigation to another slide', (tester, show) async {
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration * 0.60);
+
+    // Widget informs us of a slide change
+    show.controller.didCompleteShowSlide(2);
+
+    // A new slide restarts the ticker, so this frame is its new baseline and elapses nothing
+    await tester.pump();
+
+    // The new slide gets a full slide duration
+    await tester.pump(slideDuration - tick);
+    expect(show.events, isEmpty);
+
+    await tester.pump(tick * 2);
+    expect(show.events, ['show 3']);
+  });
+
+  slideshowTest('should pick up a new next slide when recalculating', (tester, show) async {
+    expect(show.controller.nextIndex, 1);
+
+    show.nextIndex = (_) => 7;
+    show.controller.recalculateNextIndex();
+
+    expect(show.controller.nextIndex, 7);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/mobile/test/unit/mocks.dart b/mobile/test/unit/mocks.dart
index 754c20aa48..ba220043bf 100644
--- a/mobile/test/unit/mocks.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/unit/mocks.dart
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class ServiceMocks {
   }
 
   void _stubAssetService() {
+    when(asset.getAsset).thenAnswer((_) async => null);
     when(asset.update).thenAnswer((_) async {});
     when(asset.stack).thenAnswer((_) async {});
     when(asset.unstack).thenAnswer((_) async {});
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ extension type const UserServiceStub(MockUserService service) implements Stub<Mo
 }
 
 extension type const AssetServiceStub(MockAssetService service) implements Stub<MockAssetService> {
+  Future<BaseAsset?> Function() get getAsset =>
+      () => service.getAsset(any());
+
   Future<void> Function() get update =>
       () => service.update(
         any(),
diff --git a/mobile/test/unit/presentation/presentation_context.dart b/mobile/test/unit/presentation/presentation_context.dart
index 1d46260435..b465a18f83 100644
--- a/mobile/test/unit/presentation/presentation_context.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/unit/presentation/presentation_context.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
 import 'package:drift/native.dart';
 import 'package:easy_localization/easy_localization.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/constants/locales.dart';
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ class PresentationContext {
 
   void setup() {
     when(service.user.tryGetMyUser).thenReturn(currentUser);
+
+    // Handle system chrome messages
+    TestDefaultBinaryMessengerBinding.instance.defaultBinaryMessenger.setMockMethodCallHandler(
+      SystemChannels.platform,
+      (call) async => null,
+    );
   }
 
   Future<void> dispose() async {
@@ -98,7 +105,15 @@ class PresentationContext {
 }
 
 extension PumpPresentationWidget on WidgetTester {
-  Future<void> pumpTestWidget(PresentationContext context, Widget widget, {List<Override> overrides = const []}) async {
+  /// Renders the UI from the given [widget]
+  ///
+  /// Provide [expectSettle] `false` for a component that infinitely animates
+  Future<void> pumpTestWidget(
+    PresentationContext context,
+    Widget widget, {
+    List<Override> overrides = const [],
+    bool expectSettle = true,
+  }) async {
     await pumpWidget(
       EasyLocalization(
         supportedLocales: locales.values.toList(),
@@ -126,7 +141,12 @@ extension PumpPresentationWidget on WidgetTester {
         ),
       ),
     );
-    await pumpAndSettle();
+
+    if (expectSettle) {
+      await pumpAndSettle();
+    } else {
+      await pump();
+    }
   }
 
   Future<void> pumpTestAction(