diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
index d352b6d0..0c4e5f2d 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
@@ -3803,6 +3803,7 @@ export default function VideoEditor() {
 
 	const isExportSaving = exportProgress?.phase === "saving";
 	const isExportFinalizing = exportProgress?.phase === "finalizing";
+	const isRenderingAudio = isExportFinalizing && typeof exportProgress?.audioProgress === "number";
 	const exportFinalizingProgress = isExportFinalizing
 		? Math.min(
 				typeof exportProgress?.renderProgress === "number"
@@ -3858,13 +3859,17 @@ export default function VideoEditor() {
 	const exportPercentLabel = exportProgress
 		? isExportSaving
 			? t("editor.exportStatus.saving", "Opening save dialog...")
-			: isExportFinalizing
-				? t("editor.exportStatus.finalizingPercent", "Finalizing {{percent}}%", {
-						percent: Math.round(exportFinalizingProgress ?? 99),
-					})
-				: t("editor.exportStatus.completePercent", "{{percent}}% complete", {
-						percent: Math.round(exportProgress.percentage),
+			: isRenderingAudio
+				? t("editor.exportStatus.renderingAudio", "Rendering audio {{percent}}%", {
+						percent: Math.round((exportProgress.audioProgress ?? 0) * 100),
 					})
+				: isExportFinalizing
+					? t("editor.exportStatus.finalizingPercent", "Finalizing {{percent}}%", {
+							percent: Math.round(exportFinalizingProgress ?? 99),
+						})
+					: t("editor.exportStatus.completePercent", "{{percent}}% complete", {
+							percent: Math.round(exportProgress.percentage),
+						})
 		: t("editor.exportStatus.preparing", "Preparing export...");
 
 	const projectBrowser = (
@@ -4062,13 +4067,15 @@ export default function VideoEditor() {
 											<div
 												className="h-full bg-[#2563EB] transition-all duration-300 ease-out"
 												style={{
-													width: `${Math.min(exportFinalizingProgress ?? (exportProgress?.percentage ?? 8), 100)}%`,
+													width: `${Math.min(isRenderingAudio ? (exportProgress.audioProgress ?? 0) * 100 : (exportFinalizingProgress ?? (exportProgress?.percentage ?? 8)), 100)}%`,
 												}}
 											/>
 										)}
 									</div>
 									<p className="mt-2 text-xs text-slate-400">{exportPercentLabel}</p>
-									{exportRenderSpeedLabel ? (
+									{isRenderingAudio ? (
+										<p className="mt-1 text-[11px] text-slate-500">Audio requires real-time playback for speed/overlay edits</p>
+									) : exportRenderSpeedLabel ? (
 										<p className="mt-1 text-[11px] text-slate-500">{exportRenderSpeedLabel}</p>
 									) : null}
 									{exportRuntimeLabel ? (
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts b/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
index fa158b46..104df89a 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/audioEncoder.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type TrimLikeRegion = TrimRegion | ClipRegion
 
 export class AudioProcessor {
   private cancelled = false
+  private onProgress?: (progress: number) => void
 
   private isPassthroughAudioCodec(codec: string | undefined): boolean {
     if (!codec) {
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
    * 1) no speed regions -> fast WebCodecs trim-only pipeline
    * 2) speed regions present -> pitch-preserving rendered timeline pipeline
    */
+  setOnProgress(callback: (progress: number) => void) {
+    this.onProgress = callback
+  }
+
   async process(
     demuxer: WebDemuxer | null,
     muxer: VideoMuxer,
@@ -567,6 +572,9 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
       await this.seekTo(timelineMedia, 0)
       await timelineMedia.play()
 
+      const totalDurationMs = (timelineMedia.duration || 0) * 1000
+      let lastProgressReport = 0
+
       await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
         const cleanup = () => {
           if (rafId !== null) {
@@ -594,6 +602,16 @@ export class AudioProcessor {
             return
           }
 
+          // Report audio rendering progress
+          if (this.onProgress && totalDurationMs > 0) {
+            const now = performance.now()
+            if (now - lastProgressReport > 250) {
+              lastProgressReport = now
+              const progress = Math.min((timelineMedia.currentTime * 1000) / totalDurationMs, 1)
+              this.onProgress(progress)
+            }
+          }
+
           let currentTimeMs = timelineMedia.currentTime * 1000
           const activeTrimRegion = this.findActiveTrimRegion(currentTimeMs, trimRegions)
 
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/types.ts b/src/lib/exporter/types.ts
index 9063c881..73a32395 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/types.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export interface ExportProgress {
   encoderName?: string;
   phase?: 'extracting' | 'finalizing' | 'saving'; // Phase of export
   renderProgress?: number; // 0-100, progress of GIF rendering phase
+  audioProgress?: number; // 0-1, progress of real-time audio rendering (speed/audio regions)
 }
 
 export interface ExportMetrics {
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
index 9c19306a..1943c67c 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/videoExporter.ts
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 			this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 96);
 
 			if (useNativeEncoder && nativeAudioPlan) {
-				this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99);
-				return await this.finishNativeVideoExport(nativeAudioPlan);
+				this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99, 0);
+				return await this.finishNativeVideoExport(nativeAudioPlan, totalFrames);
 			}
 
 			// Finalize encoding
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 				const demuxer = this.streamingDecoder.getDemuxer();
 				if (demuxer || hasAudioRegions || hasSourceAudioFallback) {
 					this.audioProcessor = new AudioProcessor();
-					this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99);
+					this.audioProcessor.setOnProgress((progress) => {
+						this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99, progress);
+					});
+					this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99, 0);
 					await this.awaitWithFinalizationTimeout(
 						this.audioProcessor.process(
 							demuxer,
@@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private async finishNativeVideoExport(audioPlan: NativeAudioPlan): Promise<ExportResult> {
+	private async finishNativeVideoExport(audioPlan: NativeAudioPlan, totalFrames: number): Promise<ExportResult> {
 		if (!this.nativeExportSessionId) {
 			return { success: false, error: "Native export session is not active" };
 		}
@@ -512,6 +515,9 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 
 		if (audioPlan.audioMode === "edited-track") {
 			this.audioProcessor = new AudioProcessor();
+			this.audioProcessor.setOnProgress((progress) => {
+				this.reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames, 99, progress);
+			});
 			const audioBlob = await this.awaitWithFinalizationTimeout(
 				this.audioProcessor.renderEditedAudioTrack(
 					this.config.videoUrl,
@@ -593,8 +599,8 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 		exportFrame.close();
 	}
 
-	private reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames: number, renderProgress: number) {
-		this.reportProgress(totalFrames, totalFrames, "finalizing", renderProgress);
+	private reportFinalizingProgress(totalFrames: number, renderProgress: number, audioProgress?: number) {
+		this.reportProgress(totalFrames, totalFrames, "finalizing", renderProgress, audioProgress);
 	}
 
 	private reportProgress(
@@ -602,6 +608,7 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 		totalFrames: number,
 		phase: ExportProgress["phase"] = "extracting",
 		renderProgress?: number,
+		audioProgress?: number,
 	) {
 		const nowMs = this.getNowMs();
 		const elapsedSeconds = Math.max((nowMs - this.exportStartTimeMs) / 1000, 0.001);
@@ -637,6 +644,7 @@ export class VideoExporter {
 				renderFps,
 				phase,
 				renderProgress: safeRenderProgress,
+				audioProgress: typeof audioProgress === "number" ? Math.max(0, Math.min(audioProgress, 1)) : undefined,
 			});
 		}
 	}