diff --git a/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlayerModel.swift b/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlayerModel.swift
index d62c5fbf139f..1d60026504d8 100644
--- a/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlayerModel.swift
+++ b/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlayerModel.swift
@@ -391,9 +391,8 @@ public final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
         let currentTime = currentTime
         let duration = duration.seconds ?? 0
         // Reset the current item's last played time if you changed videos in the last 10s
-        PlaylistManager.shared.updateLastPlayed(
-          item: .init(item: selectedItem),
-          playTime: (duration - 10...duration).contains(currentTime) ? 0 : currentTime
+        persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(
+          (duration - 10...duration).contains(currentTime) ? 0 : currentTime
         )
       }
     }
@@ -682,6 +681,11 @@ public final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
     return .seconds(duration.seconds)
   }
 
+  @MainActor func persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(_ time: TimeInterval) {
+    guard let selectedItem else { return }
+    PlaylistManager.shared.updateLastPlayed(item: .init(item: selectedItem), playTime: time)
+  }
+
   // MARK: -
 
   private let player: AVPlayer = .init()
@@ -712,10 +716,7 @@ public final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
       MainActor.assumeIsolated {
         if let selectedItem = self.selectedItem {
           // Reset the play time of the item that just finished
-          PlaylistManager.shared.updateLastPlayed(
-            item: .init(item: selectedItem),
-            playTime: 0
-          )
+          self.persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(0)
         }
         if case .itemPlaybackCompletion = self.sleepTimerCondition {
           self.pause()
@@ -779,11 +780,35 @@ public final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
       playerLayer.player = player
     }
 
+    let willResignActive = center.addObserver(
+      forName: UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification,
+      object: nil,
+      queue: .main
+    ) { [weak self] _ in
+      guard let self else { return }
+      MainActor.assumeIsolated {
+        self.persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(self.currentTime)
+      }
+    }
+
+    let willTerminate = center.addObserver(
+      forName: UIApplication.willTerminateNotification,
+      object: nil,
+      queue: .main
+    ) { [weak self] _ in
+      guard let self else { return }
+      MainActor.assumeIsolated {
+        self.persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(self.currentTime)
+      }
+    }
+
     cancellables.formUnion([
       .init { _ = didPlayToEndTime },
       .init { _ = interruption },
       .init { _ = didEnterBackground },
       .init { _ = willEnterForeground },
+      .init { _ = willResignActive },
+      .init { _ = willTerminate },
     ])
   }
 
diff --git a/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlaylistContentView.swift b/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlaylistContentView.swift
index 799acec2426f..51ab09eee000 100644
--- a/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlaylistContentView.swift
+++ b/ios/brave-ios/Sources/PlaylistUI/PlaylistContentView.swift
@@ -161,10 +161,7 @@ struct PlaylistContentView: View {
     }
     .onDisappear {
       if let selectedItem {
-        PlaylistManager.shared.updateLastPlayed(
-          item: .init(item: selectedItem),
-          playTime: playerModel.currentTime
-        )
+        playerModel.persistPlaybackTimeForSelectedItem(playerModel.currentTime)
       }
     }
     .sheet(isPresented: $isEditModePresented) {
diff --git a/ios/brave-ios/Tests/PlaylistUITests/PlayerModelTests.swift b/ios/brave-ios/Tests/PlaylistUITests/PlayerModelTests.swift
index 415c69bb4f6b..825606ec7640 100644
--- a/ios/brave-ios/Tests/PlaylistUITests/PlayerModelTests.swift
+++ b/ios/brave-ios/Tests/PlaylistUITests/PlayerModelTests.swift
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 // You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import AVFoundation
-import Data
 import Foundation
 import Playlist
 import Preferences
 import TestHelpers
 import XCTest
 
+@testable import Data
 @testable import PlaylistUI
 
 class PlayerModelTests: CoreDataTestCase {
@@ -357,6 +357,44 @@ class PlayerModelTests: CoreDataTestCase {
     XCTAssertEqual(playerModel.currentTime, 3)
   }
 
+  /// Tests that playback is correctly saved when the app resigns being active
+  @MainActor func testSavingPlaybackOnAppResign() async throws {
+    let folder = try await addFolder()
+    await addMockItems(count: 1, to: folder)
+
+    Preferences.Playlist.playbackLeftOff.value = true
+
+    let item = try XCTUnwrap(PlaylistItem.getItems(parentFolder: folder).first)
+    XCTAssertEqual(item.lastPlayedOffset, 0)
+
+    let playerModel = PlayerModel(mediaStreamer: nil, initialPlaybackInfo: nil)
+    playerModel.selectedFolderID = folder.id
+    await playerModel.prepareItemQueue()
+
+    XCTAssertEqual(playerModel.currentTime, 0)
+    await playerModel.seek(to: 3, accurately: true)
+    XCTAssertEqual(playerModel.currentTime, 3)
+
+    NotificationCenter.default.post(name: UIApplication.willResignActiveNotification, object: nil)
+
+    let mergeExpectation = expectation(description: "merge")
+    let saveExpectation = expectation(
+      forNotification: .NSManagedObjectContextDidSave,
+      object: nil
+    ) { notification in
+      DispatchQueue.main.async {
+        DataController.viewContext.mergeChanges(fromContextDidSave: notification)
+        mergeExpectation.fulfill()
+      }
+      return true
+    }
+
+    await fulfillment(of: [mergeExpectation, saveExpectation], timeout: 1)
+
+    let lastPlayedOffset = PlaylistItem.getItem(id: item.id)?.lastPlayedOffset
+    XCTAssertEqual(lastPlayedOffset, 3)
+  }
+
   /// Test having both an initial offset passed in and the playbackLeftOff preference being enabled
   @MainActor func testResumingPlaybackWithBothLastPlayedOffsetAndInitialItem() async throws {
     let folder = try await addFolder()