diff --git a/examples/next-app/components/ExampleComponent.tsx b/examples/next-app/components/ExampleComponent.tsx
index daf82185..44944465 100644
--- a/examples/next-app/components/ExampleComponent.tsx
+++ b/examples/next-app/components/ExampleComponent.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const ExampleComponent = () => {
     isPaused,
     volume,
     setVolume,
+    playerQueueLength,
   } = useVoice();
 
   const [textValue, setTextValue] = useState('');
@@ -87,6 +88,12 @@ export const ExampleComponent = () => {
                     </div>
                     <div>{isPlaying ? 'true' : 'false'}</div>
                   </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <div className={'text-sm font-medium uppercase'}>
+                      Player queue length
+                    </div>
+                    <div>{playerQueueLength}</div>
+                  </div>
                   <div>
                     <div className={'text-sm font-medium uppercase'}>
                       Ready state
diff --git a/packages/react/src/lib/VoiceProvider.tsx b/packages/react/src/lib/VoiceProvider.tsx
index fbaab539..50295635 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/lib/VoiceProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/lib/VoiceProvider.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export type VoiceContextType = {
   callDurationTimestamp: string | null;
   toolStatusStore: ReturnType<typeof useToolStatus>['store'];
   chatMetadata: ChatMetadataMessage | null;
+  playerQueueLength: number;
   isPaused: boolean;
   volume: number;
   setVolume: (level: number) => void;
@@ -540,6 +541,7 @@ export const VoiceProvider: FC<VoiceProviderProps> = ({
         callDurationTimestamp,
         toolStatusStore: toolStatus.store,
         chatMetadata: messageStore.chatMetadata,
+        playerQueueLength: player.queueLength,
         isPaused,
         volume: player.volume,
         setVolume: player.setVolume,
@@ -552,6 +554,9 @@ export const VoiceProvider: FC<VoiceProviderProps> = ({
       player.isPlaying,
       player.muteAudio,
       player.unmuteAudio,
+      player.queueLength,
+      player.volume,
+      player.setVolume,
       mic.fft,
       mic.isMuted,
       mic.mute,
@@ -577,8 +582,6 @@ export const VoiceProvider: FC<VoiceProviderProps> = ({
       callDurationTimestamp,
       toolStatus.store,
       isPaused,
-      player.volume,
-      player.setVolume,
     ],
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.test.ts b/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.test.ts
index 0f1401b3..4818e131 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('useSoundPlayer', () => {
     expect(result.current.volume).toBe(1.0); // full volume
     expect(result.current.isAudioMuted).toBe(false); // not muted
     expect(result.current.isPlaying).toBe(false); // not playing
+    expect(result.current.queueLength).toBe(0); // empty queue
     expect(result.current.fft).toEqual(generateEmptyFft()); // empty fft
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.ts b/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.ts
index 069e08c5..4dcb4834 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/lib/useSoundPlayer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { convertBase64ToBlob } from 'hume';
 import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import z from 'zod';
 
 import { convertLinearFrequenciesToBark } from './convertFrequencyScale';
 import { generateEmptyFft } from './generateEmptyFft';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export const useSoundPlayer = (props: {
   const [isAudioMuted, setIsAudioMuted] = useState(false);
   const [volume, setVolumeState] = useState<number>(1.0);
   const [fft, setFft] = useState<number[]>(generateEmptyFft());
+  const [queueLength, setQueueLength] = useState(0);
 
   const audioContext = useRef<AudioContext | null>(null);
   const analyserNode = useRef<AnalyserNode | null>(null);
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export const useSoundPlayer = (props: {
 
       await initAudioContext.audioWorklet
         .addModule(
-          'https://storage.googleapis.com/evi-react-sdk-assets/audio-worklet-20250506.js',
+          'https://storage.googleapis.com/evi-react-sdk-assets/audio-worklet-20250507.js',
         )
         .catch((e) => {
           console.log(e);
@@ -63,11 +65,29 @@ export const useSoundPlayer = (props: {
       workletNode.current = worklet;
 
       worklet.port.onmessage = (e: MessageEvent) => {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-        if (e.data?.type === 'ended') {
+        const endedEvent = z
+          .object({
+            type: z.literal('ended'),
+          })
+          .safeParse(e.data);
+
+        if (endedEvent.success) {
           setIsPlaying(false);
           onStopAudio.current('stream');
         }
+
+        const queueLengthEvent = z
+          .object({
+            type: z.literal('queueLength'),
+            length: z.number(),
+          })
+          .safeParse(e.data);
+        if (queueLengthEvent.success) {
+          if (queueLengthEvent.data.length === 0) {
+            setIsPlaying(false);
+          }
+          setQueueLength(queueLengthEvent.data.length);
+        }
       };
 
       frequencyDataIntervalId.current = window.setInterval(() => {
@@ -205,5 +225,6 @@ export const useSoundPlayer = (props: {
     clearQueue,
     volume,
     setVolume,
+    queueLength,
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/worklets/audio-worklet.js b/packages/react/src/worklets/audio-worklet.js
index 2b4f3d1d..c6a8f112 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/worklets/audio-worklet.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/worklets/audio-worklet.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class BufferQueue {
     this._hasPushed = false;
   }
 
+  get size() {
+    return this._buffers.length;
+  }
+
   read() {
     if (!this._hasPushed) {
       return null;
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ class AudioStreamProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
             this._fadeOutActive = false;
             this._fadeOutCounter = 0;
           }
+          this.port.postMessage({ type: 'queueLength', length: this._bq.size });
           break;
         case 'end':
           this._shouldStop = true;
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ class AudioStreamProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
     const channels = output.length;
 
     const block = this._bq.read();
+    this.port.postMessage({ type: 'queueLength', length: this._bq.size });
 
     if (block) {
       for (let ch = 0; ch < channels; ch++) {