diff --git a/containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GamingHUD.qml b/containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GamingHUD.qml
index b39fae4a..e67b0342 100644
--- a/containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GamingHUD.qml
+++ b/containments/homescreens/folio/qml/gaming/GamingHUD.qml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Controls as QQC2
+import QtQuick.Layouts
 import QtQuick.Window
 
 import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
@@ -18,11 +19,32 @@ Window {
     // Guard against startup timing where Kirigami units may briefly be 0/NaN.
     // LayerShell surfaces must never be committed with zero size.
     readonly property real safeGridUnit: ((Kirigami.Units.gridUnit || 0) > 0) ? Kirigami.Units.gridUnit : 16
-    width: safeGridUnit * 4
-    height: safeGridUnit * 2
+
+    property string toastMessage: ""
+    property bool toastError: false
+    readonly property bool toastActive: toastMessage.length > 0
+
+    // Most-recently-played game for quick resume. Populated from recentGames(1)
+    // and refreshed whenever the recent list changes.
+    property var quickResumeGame: null
+    readonly property bool hasQuickResume: quickResumeGame !== null
+
+    // Window grows leftward from top-right anchor:
+    //   toast active  → widest (needs room for message text)
+    //   quick resume  → medium (game name + controls)
+    //   idle          → compact (controls only)
+    width: toastActive ? safeGridUnit * 16 : (hasQuickResume ? safeGridUnit * 14 : safeGridUnit * 4)
+    height: toastActive ? safeGridUnit * 4 : safeGridUnit * 2
     color: "transparent"
     flags: Qt.FramelessWindowHint
 
+    Behavior on width {
+        NumberAnimation { duration: Kirigami.Units.shortDuration; easing.type: Easing.OutCubic }
+    }
+    Behavior on height {
+        NumberAnimation { duration: Kirigami.Units.shortDuration; easing.type: Easing.OutCubic }
+    }
+
     LayerShell.Window.scope: "gaming-hud"
     LayerShell.Window.layer: LayerShell.Window.LayerOverlay
     LayerShell.Window.anchors: LayerShell.Window.AnchorTop | LayerShell.Window.AnchorRight
@@ -38,16 +60,93 @@ Window {
         NumberAnimation { duration: Kirigami.Units.longDuration; easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad }
     }
 
+    Timer {
+        id: toastTimer
+        onTriggered: root.toastMessage = ""
+    }
+
+    Connections {
+        target: GamingShell.GameLauncherProvider
+        function onGameLaunched(name) {
+            root.toastMessage = i18n("Launching %1", name)
+            root.toastError = false
+            toastTimer.interval = 3000
+            toastTimer.restart()
+        }
+        function onGameLaunchFailed(name, error) {
+            root.toastMessage = error.length > 0 ? error : i18n("Failed to launch %1", name)
+            root.toastError = true
+            toastTimer.interval = 5000
+            toastTimer.restart()
+        }
+        function onRecentGamesChanged() {
+            const recent = GamingShell.GameLauncherProvider.recentGames(1)
+            root.quickResumeGame = recent.length > 0 ? recent[0] : null
+        }
+    }
+
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        const recent = GamingShell.GameLauncherProvider.recentGames(1)
+        root.quickResumeGame = recent.length > 0 ? recent[0] : null
+    }
+
+    // ---- HUD pill (always visible, fills window width, grows leftward) ----
     Rectangle {
-        anchors.fill: parent
+        anchors.top: parent.top
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.right: parent.right
         anchors.margins: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+        height: safeGridUnit * 2 - Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2
         radius: height / 2
         color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55)
 
-        Row {
-            anchors.centerIn: parent
-            spacing: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+        RowLayout {
+            anchors {
+                fill: parent
+                leftMargin: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+                rightMargin: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            }
+            spacing: 0
 
+            // Quick-resume section — only visible when a recent game exists
+            QQC2.ToolButton {
+                visible: root.hasQuickResume
+                icon.name: "media-playback-start"
+                icon.color: "white"
+                display: QQC2.AbstractButton.IconOnly
+                QQC2.ToolTip.visible: hovered
+                QQC2.ToolTip.text: root.quickResumeGame ? i18n("Resume %1", root.quickResumeGame.name) : ""
+                QQC2.ToolTip.delay: Kirigami.Units.toolTipDelay
+                onClicked: {
+                    if (root.quickResumeGame) {
+                        GamingShell.GameLauncherProvider.launchByStorageId(root.quickResumeGame.storageId)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            QQC2.Label {
+                visible: root.hasQuickResume
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                text: root.quickResumeGame ? root.quickResumeGame.name : ""
+                color: "white"
+                font.pointSize: Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize * 0.85
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                maximumLineCount: 1
+                leftPadding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            }
+
+            // Separator between quick-resume and controls
+            Rectangle {
+                visible: root.hasQuickResume
+                width: 1
+                implicitHeight: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit
+                color: Qt.rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.25)
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
+                Layout.leftMargin: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+                Layout.rightMargin: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            }
+
+            // Game Center button
             QQC2.ToolButton {
                 icon.name: "input-gaming"
                 icon.color: "white"
@@ -57,7 +156,7 @@ Window {
                 onClicked: root.openRequested()
             }
 
-            // Show primary gamepad battery when connected
+            // Primary gamepad battery
             QQC2.Label {
                 visible: GamingShell.GamepadManager.hasGamepad
                          && GamingShell.GamepadManager.primaryGamepad
@@ -67,7 +166,50 @@ Window {
                       : ""
                 color: "white"
                 font.pointSize: Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize * 0.8
-                anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                rightPadding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ---- toast pill (slides in below HUD pill when active) ----
+    Rectangle {
+        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        anchors.margins: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+        height: safeGridUnit * 2 - Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 2
+        radius: height / 2
+        color: root.toastError ? Qt.rgba(0.75, 0.1, 0.05, 0.9) : Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55)
+
+        opacity: root.toastActive ? 1.0 : 0.0
+        Behavior on opacity {
+            NumberAnimation { duration: Kirigami.Units.shortDuration; easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad }
+        }
+
+        RowLayout {
+            anchors {
+                left: parent.left
+                right: parent.right
+                verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+                leftMargin: Kirigami.Units.largeSpacing
+                rightMargin: Kirigami.Units.largeSpacing
+            }
+            spacing: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
+
+            Kirigami.Icon {
+                source: root.toastError ? "dialog-warning" : "media-playback-start"
+                implicitWidth: Kirigami.Units.iconSizes.small
+                implicitHeight: Kirigami.Units.iconSizes.small
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
+            }
+
+            QQC2.Label {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                text: root.toastMessage
+                color: "white"
+                font.pointSize: Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize * 0.85
+                elide: Text.ElideRight
+                maximumLineCount: 1
             }
         }
     }