diff --git a/images/chromium-headful/client/src/components/video.vue b/images/chromium-headful/client/src/components/video.vue
index fda512fa..a2a739db 100644
--- a/images/chromium-headful/client/src/components/video.vue
+++ b/images/chromium-headful/client/src/components/video.vue
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
     private focused = false
     private fullscreen = false
     private mutedOverlay = true
+    private isVideoSyncing = false
 
     get admin() {
       return this.$accessor.user.admin
@@ -431,6 +432,10 @@
 
     @Watch('playing')
     async onPlayingChanged(playing: boolean) {
+      // In Safari, native events can fire slightly before the `video.paused` property flips.
+      // This anti-echo guard prevents the watcher from fighting the video element's own state changes.
+      if (this.isVideoSyncing) return;
+
       if (this._video && this._video.paused && playing) {
         // if autoplay is disabled, play() will throw an error
         // and we need to properly save the state otherwise we
@@ -511,11 +516,15 @@
       })
 
       this._video.addEventListener('playing', () => {
+        this.isVideoSyncing = true
         this.$accessor.video.play()
+        this.$nextTick(() => { this.isVideoSyncing = false })
       })
 
       this._video.addEventListener('pause', () => {
+        this.isVideoSyncing = true
         this.$accessor.video.pause()
+        this.$nextTick(() => { this.isVideoSyncing = false })
       })
 
       /* Initialize Guacamole Keyboard */