diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDevice.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDevice.kt
index 1ff217db..cf4fad99 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDevice.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDevice.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ data class PodDevice(
     val hasDualMicrophone: Boolean get() = ble is HasDualMicrophone
 
     // Signal / timing
-    val seenLastAt: Instant? get() = ble?.seenLastAt ?: cached?.lastSeenAt
+    val seenLastAt: Instant?
+        get() = listOfNotNull(ble?.seenLastAt, aap?.lastMessageAt, cached?.lastSeenAt).maxOrNull()
     val seenFirstAt: Instant? get() = ble?.seenFirstAt
     val signalQuality: Float
         get() {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceCacheTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceCacheTest.kt
index 53ff609e..15d7841c 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceCacheTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceCacheTest.kt
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ class PodDeviceCacheTest : BaseTest() {
             device.seenLastAt shouldBe fiveMinAgo
         }
 
+        @Test
+        fun `seenLastAt prefers live AAP message over stale cache`() {
+            // Reproduces the reported bug: while AAP is connected, iOS throttles BLE advertising.
+            // After BlePodMonitor evicts the BLE snapshot, the merged device had ble=null and the
+            // getter fell through to the stale cache, showing "hours ago" even though AAP traffic
+            // was still flowing. Live AAP messages must win over any cached timestamp.
+            val freshAapMessage = Instant.parse("2026-03-31T11:59:55Z") // 5s ago, newer than cache
+            val aap = AapPodState(
+                connectionState = AapPodState.ConnectionState.READY,
+                lastMessageAt = freshAapMessage,
+            )
+            val device = PodDevice(profileId = "test-profile", ble = null, aap = aap, cached = cachedState)
+            device.seenLastAt shouldBe freshAapMessage
+        }
+
         @Test
         fun `profileId falls back to cache`() {
             val device = PodDevice(profileId = "test-profile", ble = null, aap = null, cached = cachedState)
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceTest.kt
index 08233349..b1a1c382 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/eu/darken/capod/monitor/core/PodDeviceTest.kt
@@ -143,6 +143,33 @@ class PodDeviceTest : BaseTest() {
         device.rssi shouldBe 0
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `seenLastAt uses AAP lastMessageAt when BLE is null`() {
+        val aapMessageAt = Instant.parse("2026-04-01T12:00:00Z")
+        val aap = AapPodState(
+            connectionState = AapPodState.ConnectionState.READY,
+            lastMessageAt = aapMessageAt,
+        )
+        val device = PodDevice(profileId = null, ble = null, aap = aap)
+        device.seenLastAt shouldBe aapMessageAt
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `seenLastAt picks max of BLE and AAP timestamps`() {
+        val bleSeenAt = Instant.parse("2026-04-01T12:00:00Z")
+        val aapMessageAt = bleSeenAt.plusSeconds(25) // AAP is more recent
+        val ble = mockk<DualApplePods>(relaxed = true) {
+            every { model } returns PodModel.AIRPODS_PRO3
+            every { seenLastAt } returns bleSeenAt
+        }
+        val aap = AapPodState(
+            connectionState = AapPodState.ConnectionState.READY,
+            lastMessageAt = aapMessageAt,
+        )
+        val device = PodDevice(profileId = null, ble = ble, aap = aap)
+        device.seenLastAt shouldBe aapMessageAt
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `charging properties delegate to BLE interfaces`() {
         val mock = mockk<DualApplePods>(relaxed = true) {