diff --git a/App/Continuity/Views/DownloadQueueButton.swift b/App/Continuity/Views/DownloadQueueButton.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac13be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/App/Continuity/Views/DownloadQueueButton.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import Ingest
+
+/// Live ingest affordance: arrow + remaining-job count in one glass capsule.
+///
+/// Isolated so `ingestJobs` updates (byte progress included) only invalidate this control,
+/// not the library grid or Now Playing chrome. The count is a single token (`19`, not
+/// `4/4 19`) with `lineLimit(1)` + `fixedSize` so a toolbar or island-adjacent slot
+/// cannot wrap it onto two lines.
+struct DownloadQueueButton: View {
+    @Environment(PreparationQueue.self) private var prepQueue
+    @Binding var showingDownloads: Bool
+    /// Library toolbar stays visible so Downloads is always reachable. Now Playing hides
+    /// the control when the queue is empty so it doesn't sit under the Dynamic Island.
+    var showsWhenEmpty: Bool = true
+
+    var body: some View {
+        let count = prepQueue.ingestJobs.count
+        if showsWhenEmpty || count > 0 {
+            Button {
+                showingDownloads = true
+            } label: {
+                HStack(spacing: 6) {
+                    Image(systemName: count == 0 ? "arrow.down.circle" : "arrow.down.circle.fill")
+                    if count > 0 {
+                        Text("\(count)")
+                            .font(.caption.weight(.bold).monospacedDigit())
+                            .lineLimit(1)
+                            .minimumScaleFactor(1)
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding(.horizontal, count > 0 ? 10 : 8)
+                .padding(.vertical, 6)
+                .continuityGlassCapsule(interactive: true)
+                // Grow with the digits; never compress into a square that wraps `419` as `4/4`/`19`.
+                .fixedSize(horizontal: true, vertical: true)
+            }
+            .buttonStyle(.plain)
+            .accessibilityLabel(count == 0 ? "Downloads" : "\(count) downloads in progress")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/App/Continuity/Views/LibrarySheetView.swift b/App/Continuity/Views/LibrarySheetView.swift
index 6ed28b8..40e631f 100644
--- a/App/Continuity/Views/LibrarySheetView.swift
+++ b/App/Continuity/Views/LibrarySheetView.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct LibrarySheetView: View {
                 .navigationTitle("Continuity")
                 .toolbar {
                     ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
-                        DownloadsToolbarButton(showingDownloads: $showingDownloads)
+                        DownloadQueueButton(showingDownloads: $showingDownloads)
                     }
                     // Every action is a primaryAction so nothing collapses into a dead "…"
                     // overflow menu (secondaryAction items did, and looked broken).
@@ -119,30 +119,3 @@ private struct AddBadgeIcon: View {
     }
 }
 
-/// Isolated so byte-level download progress only invalidates this control, not the library grid.
-private struct DownloadsToolbarButton: View {
-    @Environment(PreparationQueue.self) private var prepQueue
-    @Binding var showingDownloads: Bool
-
-    var body: some View {
-        let count = prepQueue.ingestJobs.count
-        return Button {
-            showingDownloads = true
-        } label: {
-            Image(systemName: count == 0 ? "arrow.down.circle" : "arrow.down.circle.fill")
-        }
-        .accessibilityLabel("Downloads")
-        .overlay(alignment: .topTrailing) {
-            if count > 0 {
-                Text("\(count)")
-                    .font(.system(size: 9, weight: .bold))
-                    .padding(.horizontal, 4)
-                    .padding(.vertical, 1)
-                    .background(.tint, in: Capsule())
-                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
-                    .offset(x: 8, y: -8)
-                    .accessibilityHidden(true)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/App/Continuity/Views/NowPlayingView.swift b/App/Continuity/Views/NowPlayingView.swift
index b158080..8dc52ca 100644
--- a/App/Continuity/Views/NowPlayingView.swift
+++ b/App/Continuity/Views/NowPlayingView.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import SwiftUI
+import Ingest
 import Playback
 import Domain
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ struct NowPlayingView: View {
     @Environment(MainPagerState.self) private var pagerState
 
     @State private var showingTransitionSettings = false
+    @State private var showingDownloads = false
 
     var body: some View {
         // No backdrop here: MainPagerView supplies AlbumBackdrop as the page BACKGROUND
@@ -58,6 +60,16 @@ struct NowPlayingView: View {
             }
             .padding(.top, 8)
         }
+        // Same control as the library toolbar, hidden when idle so it doesn't sit under
+        // the Dynamic Island. Isolated: job-count ticks don't rebuild this page.
+        .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) {
+            DownloadQueueButton(showingDownloads: $showingDownloads, showsWhenEmpty: false)
+                .padding(.leading, 16)
+                .padding(.top, 8)
+        }
+        .sheet(isPresented: $showingDownloads) {
+            DownloadsView()
+        }
         .overlay(alignment: .bottom) {
             pageChevron(
                 system: "chevron.compact.down",