diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 053e10e8..f247fdec 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     },
     "packages/react-native-video": {
       "name": "react-native-video",
-      "version": "7.0.0-dev.5",
+      "version": "7.0.0-dev.7",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@expo/config-plugins": "^10.0.2",
         "@react-native/eslint-config": "^0.77.0",
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index f56ed277..4cbc74bc 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ PODS:
     - React-logger (= 0.77.2)
     - React-perflogger (= 0.77.2)
     - React-utils (= 0.77.2)
-  - ReactNativeVideo (7.0.0-dev.5):
+  - ReactNativeVideo (7.0.0-dev.7):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   ReactAppDependencyProvider: f334cebc0beed0a72490492e978007082c03d533
   ReactCodegen: 474fbb3e4bb0f1ee6c255d1955db76e13d509269
   ReactCommon: 7763e59534d58e15f8f22121cdfe319040e08888
-  ReactNativeVideo: 055eea1518708bb116895548d9365d6f4a8c86fe
+  ReactNativeVideo: b2fade3dd3cd947936c2a0397f7f761d64bfd6d6
   SocketRocket: d4aabe649be1e368d1318fdf28a022d714d65748
   Yoga: 31a098f74c16780569aebd614a0f37a907de0189
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoplayer/HybridVideoPlayer.kt b/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoplayer/HybridVideoPlayer.kt
index 8c06f153..95b85d81 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoplayer/HybridVideoPlayer.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoplayer/HybridVideoPlayer.kt
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ class HybridVideoPlayer() : HybridVideoPlayerSpec() {
       playerPointer.playbackParameters = playerPointer.playbackParameters.withSpeed(value.toFloat())
     }
 
+  override var isPlaying: Boolean = runOnMainThreadSync {
+    return@runOnMainThreadSync player?.isPlaying == true
+  }
+
   private fun initializePlayer() {
     if (NitroModules.applicationContext == null) {
       throw LibraryError.ApplicationContextNotFound
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ class HybridVideoPlayer() : HybridVideoPlayerSpec() {
   override fun replaceSourceAsync(source: HybridVideoPlayerSourceSpec?): Promise<Unit> {
     return Promise.async {
       if (source == null) {
-        playerPointer.stop()
+        release()
         return@async
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoviewviewmanager/HybridVideoViewViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoviewviewmanager/HybridVideoViewViewManager.kt
index 82925614..96a0cfd3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoviewviewmanager/HybridVideoViewViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/android/src/main/java/com/video/hybrids/videoviewviewmanager/HybridVideoViewViewManager.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class HybridVideoViewViewManager(nitroId: Int): HybridVideoViewViewManagerSpec()
   }
 
   override var autoEnterPictureInPicture: Boolean
-    get() = videoView.get()?.autoEnterPictureInPicture
+    get() = videoView.get()?.autoEnterPictureInPicture == true
     set(value) {
       videoView.get()?.autoEnterPictureInPicture = value
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/ios/hybrids/VideoPlayer/HybridVideoPlayer.swift b/packages/react-native-video/ios/hybrids/VideoPlayer/HybridVideoPlayer.swift
index 58dff8be..1dd1b8db 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/ios/hybrids/VideoPlayer/HybridVideoPlayer.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/ios/hybrids/VideoPlayer/HybridVideoPlayer.swift
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ class HybridVideoPlayer: HybridVideoPlayerSpec {
   }
   
   var loop: Bool = false
+
+  var isPlaying: Bool {
+    get {
+      // we are using here player as we don't want to initialize it
+      // player is initialized lazily when playerPointer is accessed
+      return player?.rate != 0
+    }
+  }
   
   func clean() throws {
     release()
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
index eaed55f4..fd8671ac 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::video {
     static const auto method = javaClassStatic()->getMethod<void(double /* rate */)>("setRate");
     method(_javaPart, rate);
   }
+  bool JHybridVideoPlayerSpec::getIsPlaying() {
+    static const auto method = javaClassStatic()->getMethod<jboolean()>("isPlaying");
+    auto __result = method(_javaPart);
+    return static_cast<bool>(__result);
+  }
 
   // Methods
   std::shared_ptr<Promise<void>> JHybridVideoPlayerSpec::replaceSourceAsync(const std::optional<std::shared_ptr<margelo::nitro::video::HybridVideoPlayerSourceSpec>>& source) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
index cede02d7..cdf7d0fc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/c++/JHybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::video {
     void setLoop(bool loop) override;
     double getRate() override;
     void setRate(double rate) override;
+    bool getIsPlaying() override;
 
   public:
     // Methods
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/kotlin/com/margelo/nitro/video/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.kt b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/kotlin/com/margelo/nitro/video/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.kt
index dc6bbfe1..e370c039 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/kotlin/com/margelo/nitro/video/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/android/kotlin/com/margelo/nitro/video/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ abstract class HybridVideoPlayerSpec: HybridObject() {
   @set:DoNotStrip
   @set:Keep
   abstract var rate: Double
+  
+  @get:DoNotStrip
+  @get:Keep
+  abstract val isPlaying: Boolean
 
   // Methods
   @DoNotStrip
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpecSwift.hpp b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpecSwift.hpp
index da2e104a..38ae768c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpecSwift.hpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpecSwift.hpp
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::video {
     inline void setRate(double rate) noexcept override {
       _swiftPart.setRate(std::forward<decltype(rate)>(rate));
     }
+    inline bool getIsPlaying() noexcept override {
+      return _swiftPart.isPlaying();
+    }
 
   public:
     // Methods
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.swift b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.swift
index 43c4d156..a864bb9e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.swift
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public protocol HybridVideoPlayerSpec_protocol: HybridObject {
   var muted: Bool { get set }
   var loop: Bool { get set }
   var rate: Double { get set }
+  var isPlaying: Bool { get }
 
   // Methods
   func replaceSourceAsync(source: (any HybridVideoPlayerSourceSpec)?) throws -> Promise<Void>
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec_cxx.swift b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec_cxx.swift
index 6b3b29b0..b1c839ef 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec_cxx.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/ios/swift/HybridVideoPlayerSpec_cxx.swift
@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ public class HybridVideoPlayerSpec_cxx {
       self.__implementation.rate = newValue
     }
   }
+  
+  public final var isPlaying: Bool {
+    @inline(__always)
+    get {
+      return self.__implementation.isPlaying
+    }
+  }
 
   // Methods
   @inline(__always)
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
index 3ba45ecc..5ef5ab68 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::video {
       prototype.registerHybridSetter("loop", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::setLoop);
       prototype.registerHybridGetter("rate", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::getRate);
       prototype.registerHybridSetter("rate", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::setRate);
+      prototype.registerHybridGetter("isPlaying", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::getIsPlaying);
       prototype.registerHybridMethod("replaceSourceAsync", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::replaceSourceAsync);
       prototype.registerHybridMethod("clean", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::clean);
       prototype.registerHybridMethod("preload", &HybridVideoPlayerSpec::preload);
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
index cccf680d..e630afd5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/nitrogen/generated/shared/c++/HybridVideoPlayerSpec.hpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace margelo::nitro::video {
       virtual void setLoop(bool loop) = 0;
       virtual double getRate() = 0;
       virtual void setRate(double rate) = 0;
+      virtual bool getIsPlaying() = 0;
 
     public:
       // Methods
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/package.json b/packages/react-native-video/package.json
index c194e772..94a69fc9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-video",
-  "version": "7.0.0-dev.7",
+  "version": "7.0.0-dev.8",
   "description": "<Video /> Component for React Native",
   "source": "./src/index.tsx",
   "main": "./lib/commonjs/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/VideoPlayer.ts b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/VideoPlayer.ts
index 7e9e19a5..dc49f303 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/VideoPlayer.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/VideoPlayer.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ class VideoPlayer extends VideoPlayerEvents implements VideoPlayerBase {
     this.player.rate = value;
   }
 
+  // Is Playing
+  get isPlaying(): boolean {
+    return this.player.isPlaying;
+  }
+
   async preload(): Promise<void> {
     await this.wrapPromise(this.player.preload());
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
index c378a6f4..b70f7760 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-video/src/core/types/VideoPlayerBase.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ export interface VideoPlayerBase {
    */
   rate: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the player is playing.
+   * @note This is a read-only property.
+   * @note To pause/resume the player, you need to use {@link play} and {@link pause} methods.
+   */
+  readonly isPlaying: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Preload the video.
    * This is useful to avoid delay when the user plays the video.