diff --git a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.css.tsx b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.css.tsx
index 52d6d8b82..5c2bea788 100644
--- a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.css.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreview.css.tsx
@@ -257,6 +257,16 @@ export const EmbedIframe = style([
   },
 ]);
 
+// Variable-height iframe that sizes itself (X/Twitter post embed — height set inline).
+export const EmbedIframeStatic = style([
+  DefaultReset,
+  {
+    width: '100%',
+    border: 0,
+    display: 'block',
+  },
+]);
+
 export const EmbedPlaceholder = style([
   DefaultReset,
   {
@@ -415,6 +425,11 @@ export const BadgeStreamable = style({
   color: '#ffffff',
 });
 
+export const BadgeAppleMusic = style({
+  backgroundColor: '#fa243c',
+  color: '#ffffff',
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Twitch LIVE badge
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreviewCard.tsx b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreviewCard.tsx
index d1882fa4d..e122f9c09 100644
--- a/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreviewCard.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/url-preview/UrlPreviewCard.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { IPreviewUrlResponse } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
-import { Box, Icon, IconButton, Icons, Scroll, Spinner, Text, as, color, config } from 'folds';
+import { Box, Chip, Icon, IconButton, Icons, Scroll, Spinner, Text, as, color, config } from 'folds';
 import { ImageOverlay } from '../ImageOverlay';
 import { AsyncStatus, useAsyncCallback } from '../../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ImageViewer } from '../image-viewer';
 import { onEnterOrSpace } from '../../utils/keyboard';
 import { useSetting } from '../../state/hooks/settings';
 import { settingsAtom } from '../../state/settings';
-import { MediaEmbed, parseMediaEmbed } from '../../utils/videoEmbed';
+import { getTweetId, MediaEmbed, parseMediaEmbed } from '../../utils/videoEmbed';
 
 const linkStyles = { color: color.Success.Main };
 
@@ -544,6 +544,61 @@ function TikTokCard({
 // Card 3: Twitter / X
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// Interactive X/Twitter post embed. The official platform.twitter.com iframe
+// renders the full post — playable video/GIF, image galleries, quote tweets —
+// and reports its height back to us via postMessage, which we apply so the card
+// grows to fit. Scoped to messages from OUR iframe + the platform.twitter.com
+// origin. Only mounted after the user clicks "View post" (privacy facade).
+function TweetEmbed({ id }: { id: string }) {
+  const iframeRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement | null>(null);
+  const [height, setHeight] = useState(320);
+  const theme =
+    typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+    window.matchMedia &&
+    window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: light)').matches
+      ? 'light'
+      : 'dark';
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onMessage = (e: MessageEvent) => {
+      if (e.origin !== 'https://platform.twitter.com') return;
+      if (iframeRef.current && e.source !== iframeRef.current.contentWindow) return;
+      let payload: unknown = e.data;
+      if (typeof payload === 'string') {
+        try {
+          payload = JSON.parse(payload);
+        } catch {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+      const embed = (payload as { 'twttr.embed'?: unknown } | null)?.['twttr.embed'];
+      const calls = Array.isArray(embed) ? embed : embed ? [embed] : [];
+      calls.forEach((c: { method?: string; params?: Array<{ height?: number }> }) => {
+        const h = c?.method === 'twttr.private.resize' ? c.params?.[0]?.height : undefined;
+        if (typeof h === 'number' && h > 0) setHeight(Math.min(Math.ceil(h), 1400));
+      });
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('message', onMessage);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('message', onMessage);
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <iframe
+      ref={iframeRef}
+      className={previewCss.EmbedIframeStatic}
+      src={`https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=${encodeURIComponent(
+        id,
+      )}&theme=${theme}&dnt=true`}
+      title="Post on X"
+      style={{ height: `${height}px` }}
+      sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation"
+      allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; fullscreen"
+      loading="lazy"
+      scrolling="no"
+    />
+  );
+}
+
 function TwitterCard({
   url,
   prev,
@@ -555,12 +610,16 @@ function TwitterCard({
   mx: ReturnType<typeof useMatrixClient>;
   useAuthentication: boolean;
 }) {
+  const [inlineMediaEmbeds] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'inlineMediaEmbeds');
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
+
   const rawTitle = (prev['og:title'] as string | undefined) ?? '';
   const rawDescription = (prev['og:description'] as string | undefined) ?? '';
   const mxcImage = prev['og:image'] as string | undefined;
   const imageWidth = prev['og:image:width'] as number | undefined;
 
   const isTweet = isTwitterTweet(url);
+  const tweetId = getTweetId(url);
   const { name, handle, text } = parseTweetTitle(rawTitle);
 
   const tweetText = text ?? (isTweet ? rawDescription : undefined);
@@ -571,22 +630,39 @@ function TwitterCard({
     ? mxcUrlToHttp(mx, mxcImage!, useAuthentication, 400, 200, 'scale', false)
     : null;
 
+  const canEmbed = isTweet && inlineMediaEmbeds && !!tweetId;
+
+  const header = (
+    <div className={previewCss.TwitterHeader}>
+      <XLogoIcon size={18} />
+      <Text priority="400" style={{ fontWeight: 600 }} truncate>
+        {name}
+      </Text>
+      {handle && (
+        <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ opacity: 0.55 }} truncate>
+          @{handle}
+        </Text>
+      )}
+      <Box grow="Yes" />
+      <SiteBadge label="𝕏" colorClass={previewCss.BadgeTwitter} />
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  // Expanded: the interactive, self-sizing post embed (playable video, gallery…).
+  if (canEmbed && expanded && tweetId) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        {header}
+        <UrlPreviewContent>
+          <TweetEmbed id={tweetId} />
+        </UrlPreviewContent>
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
-      {/* Header row */}
-      <div className={previewCss.TwitterHeader}>
-        <XLogoIcon size={18} />
-        <Text priority="400" style={{ fontWeight: 600 }} truncate>
-          {name}
-        </Text>
-        {handle && (
-          <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ opacity: 0.55 }} truncate>
-            @{handle}
-          </Text>
-        )}
-        <Box grow="Yes" />
-        <SiteBadge label="𝕏" colorClass={previewCss.BadgeTwitter} />
-      </div>
+      {header}
 
       <UrlPreviewContent>
         {isTweet && tweetText ? (
@@ -609,17 +685,29 @@ function TwitterCard({
           />
         )}
 
-        <Text
-          size="T200"
-          priority="300"
-          style={{ opacity: 0.5 }}
-          as="a"
-          href={url}
-          target="_blank"
-          rel="noreferrer"
-        >
-          {getDomain(url)}
-        </Text>
+        <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200" justifyContent="SpaceBetween">
+          <Text
+            size="T200"
+            priority="300"
+            style={{ opacity: 0.5 }}
+            as="a"
+            href={url}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noreferrer"
+          >
+            {getDomain(url)}
+          </Text>
+          {canEmbed && (
+            <Chip
+              variant="Secondary"
+              radii="Pill"
+              onClick={() => setExpanded(true)}
+              before={<Icon size="50" src={Icons.Play} />}
+            >
+              <Text size="T200">View post</Text>
+            </Chip>
+          )}
+        </Box>
       </UrlPreviewContent>
     </>
   );
@@ -902,6 +990,7 @@ const EMBED_BADGE: Record<string, { label: string; class: string }> = {
   twitch: { label: 'Twitch', class: previewCss.BadgeTwitchPurple },
   spotify: { label: 'Spotify', class: previewCss.BadgeSpotify },
   soundcloud: { label: 'SoundCloud', class: previewCss.BadgeSoundCloud },
+  applemusic: { label: 'Apple Music', class: previewCss.BadgeAppleMusic },
 };
 
 // One media-forward tile for every embeddable provider (video / portrait / audio).
diff --git a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
index 46df46fc9..086586c3d 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
   getTwitchTarget,
   getSpotifyEmbedTarget,
   isSoundCloudTrack,
+  getAppleMusicEmbed,
+  getTweetId,
   buildVideoEmbedUrl,
   spotifyEmbedHeight,
   parseMediaEmbed,
@@ -109,6 +111,31 @@ test('parseMediaEmbed: routes provider + kind, builds embed URLs', () => {
   assert.equal(parseMediaEmbed('https://example.com/x', HOST), null);
 });
 
+test('Apple Music: album vs single song height, embed host swap', () => {
+  const album = getAppleMusicEmbed('https://music.apple.com/us/album/some-album/123456');
+  assert.equal(album?.embedUrl, 'https://embed.music.apple.com/us/album/some-album/123456');
+  assert.equal(album?.height, 450);
+  const song = getAppleMusicEmbed('https://music.apple.com/us/album/some-album/123456?i=789');
+  assert.equal(song?.height, 175);
+  assert.ok(song?.embedUrl.includes('?i=789'));
+  assert.equal(getAppleMusicEmbed('https://music.apple.com/us/browse'), null);
+  assert.equal(getAppleMusicEmbed('https://example.com/album/x/1'), null);
+});
+
+test('getTweetId', () => {
+  assert.equal(getTweetId('https://x.com/user/status/1799999999999999999'), '1799999999999999999');
+  assert.equal(getTweetId('https://twitter.com/user/status/12345'), '12345');
+  assert.equal(getTweetId('https://x.com/user'), null);
+  assert.equal(getTweetId('https://youtube.com/watch?v=x'), null);
+});
+
+test('parseMediaEmbed: Apple Music → audio', () => {
+  const m = parseMediaEmbed('https://music.apple.com/us/album/x/1?i=2', 'chat.lotusguild.org');
+  assert.equal(m?.provider, 'applemusic');
+  assert.equal(m?.kind, 'audio');
+  assert.equal(m?.height, 175);
+});
+
 test('parseMediaEmbed: Twitch embed carries the parent host', () => {
   const chan = parseMediaEmbed('https://twitch.tv/streamer', HOST);
   assert.equal(chan?.provider, 'twitch');
diff --git a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
index dfab69a8f..ac55dbf1d 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/videoEmbed.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,37 @@ export function isSoundCloudTrack(url: string): boolean {
   }
 }
 
+// --- Apple Music ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** music.apple.com/<cc>/album|playlist|song/<slug>/<id>[?i=<songId>] → embed player. */
+export function getAppleMusicEmbed(url: string): { embedUrl: string; height: number } | null {
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(url);
+    if (u.hostname !== 'music.apple.com' && u.hostname !== 'embed.music.apple.com') return null;
+    if (!/\/(album|playlist|song|music-video)\//.test(u.pathname)) return null;
+    const embedUrl = `https://embed.music.apple.com${u.pathname}${u.search}`;
+    // A single song (?i=… on an album, or a /song/ link) is compact; collections are tall.
+    const isSong = u.searchParams.has('i') || /\/song\//.test(u.pathname);
+    return { embedUrl, height: isSong ? 175 : 450 };
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+// --- X / Twitter ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+export function getTweetId(url: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(url);
+    const h = hostname.replace(/^www\./, '');
+    if (h !== 'twitter.com' && h !== 'x.com' && h !== 'mobile.twitter.com') return null;
+    const m = pathname.match(/\/status(?:es)?\/(\d+)/);
+    return m ? m[1] : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 // --- Embed-URL builders ---------------------------------------------------
 
 const enc = encodeURIComponent;
@@ -254,5 +285,14 @@ export function parseMediaEmbed(url: string, host: string): MediaEmbed | null {
       height: 166,
     };
 
+  const apple = getAppleMusicEmbed(url);
+  if (apple)
+    return {
+      provider: 'applemusic',
+      kind: 'audio',
+      embedUrl: apple.embedUrl,
+      height: apple.height,
+    };
+
   return null;
 }