diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a56505fd..43cebfd4 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -3539,6 +3539,9 @@ function scheduleFreeze(tab) {
   if (!settings.freezeBackgroundTabs || tab.keepRunning || tab.pending || !tab.url || tab.id === activeId) return;
   tab.freezeTimer = setTimeout(() => {
     if (tab.id === activeId || !tabs.includes(tab) || tab.keepRunning || tab.pending || tabHasPendingDialog(tab.id)) return;
+    // A tab playing sound (music, a talk) keeps playing, as in any browser;
+    // check again later and freeze it once it falls quiet.
+    try { if (tab.view.webContents.isCurrentlyAudible()) { scheduleFreeze(tab); return; } } catch {}
     setTabFrozen(tab, true);
   }, FREEZE_GRACE_MS);
 }