diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Layout.jsx b/frontend/src/components/Layout.jsx
index 8dbe916..6a7fdd9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Layout.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Layout.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Outlet, NavLink, Link, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useRef, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "../hooks/useAuth";
 import SearchBar from "./SearchBar";
 import { getDownloads, getChannels, getActiveTasks, getMe } from "../api";
@@ -259,6 +260,24 @@ function useNewVideosCount() {
   return channels.reduce((sum, c) => sum + (c.new_count ?? 0), 0);
 }
 
+function useNewVideoNotifications(newCount) {
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const prevCount = useRef(newCount);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const enabled = localStorage.getItem("notifications_enabled") === "true";
+    if (!enabled) return;
+    if (Notification.permission !== "granted") return;
+    if (location.pathname === "/following") return;
+    if (newCount > 0 && newCount > prevCount.current) {
+      new Notification("New videos", {
+        body: `${newCount} new video${newCount !== 1 ? "s" : ""} from channels you follow`,
+      });
+    }
+    prevCount.current = newCount;
+  }, [newCount, location.pathname]);
+}
+
 function useOffline() {
   const { isError, error } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ["health"],
@@ -274,6 +293,7 @@ export default function Layout() {
   const { user, logout } = useAuth();
   const newCount = useNewVideosCount();
   const offline = useOffline();
+  useNewVideoNotifications(newCount);
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col overflow-hidden" style={{ height: "100dvh" }}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.jsx
index 5e6e1c9..af3a954 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings.jsx
@@ -600,6 +600,62 @@ function OAuth2Section({ s, qc }) {
   );
 }
 
+function NotificationsSection() {
+  const [permission, setPermission] = useState(() =>
+    "Notification" in window ? Notification.permission : "unsupported"
+  );
+  const [enabled, setEnabled] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem("notifications_enabled") === "true");
+
+  const requestPermission = async () => {
+    if (!("Notification" in window)) return;
+    const result = await Notification.requestPermission();
+    setPermission(result);
+    if (result === "granted") {
+      setEnabled(true);
+      localStorage.setItem("notifications_enabled", "true");
+      new Notification("YTContinue notifications on", {
+        body: "You'll be notified when new videos arrive from channels you follow.",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const toggle = () => {
+    if (permission !== "granted") {
+      requestPermission();
+      return;
+    }
+    const next = !enabled;
+    setEnabled(next);
+    localStorage.setItem("notifications_enabled", next ? "true" : "false");
+  };
+
+  if (permission === "unsupported") return null;
+
+  return (
+    <Section title="Notifications">
+      <Row
+        label="New video alerts"
+        hint={
+          permission === "denied"
+            ? "Blocked by browser — allow notifications for this site in browser settings"
+            : "Get a browser notification when followed channels upload new videos"
+        }
+      >
+        {permission === "denied" ? (
+          <span className="text-xs text-zinc-600">Blocked</span>
+        ) : (
+          <button
+            onClick={toggle}
+            className={`relative inline-flex h-6 w-11 items-center rounded-full transition-colors ${enabled && permission === "granted" ? "bg-accent" : "bg-zinc-700"}`}
+          >
+            <span className={`inline-block h-4 w-4 transform rounded-full bg-white transition-transform ${enabled && permission === "granted" ? "translate-x-6" : "translate-x-1"}`} />
+          </button>
+        )}
+      </Row>
+    </Section>
+  );
+}
+
 export default function SettingsPage() {
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const qc = useQueryClient();
@@ -823,6 +879,9 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
         </Row>
       </Section>
 
+      {/* Notifications */}
+      <NotificationsSection />
+
       {/* Data */}
       <Section title="Data">
         <div className="px-5 py-4 flex items-center justify-between">