diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ab74e6d0b05..253ec9819e37 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
         "@babel/preset-env": "7.25.9",
         "@babel/preset-react": "7.25.9",
         "@jitsi/eslint-config": "6.0.4",
+        "@playwright/test": "^1.57.0",
         "@react-native-community/cli": "15.0.1",
         "@react-native-community/cli-platform-android": "15.0.1",
         "@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios": "15.0.1",
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@
         "jsdom": "^26.0.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "9.0.2",
         "patch-package": "6.4.7",
+        "playwright": "^1.57.0",
         "postcss": "^8.5.1",
         "postcss-loader": "^8.1.1",
         "pretty": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c9c8935c58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  testDir: './playwright/tests',
+  timeout: 60_000,
+  expect: { timeout: 10_000 },
+  use: {
+    baseURL: 'https://localhost:8080',
+    ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
+    trace: 'on-first-retry',
+    screenshot: 'only-on-failure',
+    video: 'retain-on-failure',
+  },
+  projects: [
+    { name: 'chromium', use: { browserName: 'chromium' } },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/playwright/tests/smoke.spec.ts b/playwright/tests/smoke.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2e365922d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playwright/tests/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+test('Meet loads locally', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Log in' })).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 717e597909c9..9fec55c2bcb7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1343,20 +1343,7 @@
     "@babel/parser" "^7.27.2"
     "@babel/types" "^7.27.1"
 
-"@babel/traverse--for-generate-function-map@npm:@babel/traverse@^7.25.3":
-  version "7.28.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/traverse/-/traverse-7.28.5.tgz#450cab9135d21a7a2ca9d2d35aa05c20e68c360b"
-  integrity sha512-TCCj4t55U90khlYkVV/0TfkJkAkUg3jZFA3Neb7unZT8CPok7iiRfaX0F+WnqWqt7OxhOn0uBKXCw4lbL8W0aQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/code-frame" "^7.27.1"
-    "@babel/generator" "^7.28.5"
-    "@babel/helper-globals" "^7.28.0"
-    "@babel/parser" "^7.28.5"
-    "@babel/template" "^7.27.2"
-    "@babel/types" "^7.28.5"
-    debug "^4.3.1"
-
-"@babel/traverse@^7.25.3", "@babel/traverse@^7.25.9", "@babel/traverse@^7.27.1", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.0", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.3", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.4", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.5":
+"@babel/traverse--for-generate-function-map@npm:@babel/traverse@^7.25.3", "@babel/traverse@^7.25.3", "@babel/traverse@^7.25.9", "@babel/traverse@^7.27.1", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.0", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.3", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.4", "@babel/traverse@^7.28.5":
   version "7.28.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/traverse/-/traverse-7.28.5.tgz#450cab9135d21a7a2ca9d2d35aa05c20e68c360b"
   integrity sha512-TCCj4t55U90khlYkVV/0TfkJkAkUg3jZFA3Neb7unZT8CPok7iiRfaX0F+WnqWqt7OxhOn0uBKXCw4lbL8W0aQ==
@@ -2855,6 +2842,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz#a77ea742fab25775145434eb1d2328cf5013ac33"
   integrity sha512-+1VkjdD0QBLPodGrJUeqarH8VAIvQODIbwh9XpP5Syisf7YoQgsJKPNFoqqLQlu+VQ/tVSshMR6loPMn8U+dPg==
 
+"@playwright/test@^1.57.0":
+  version "1.57.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.57.0.tgz#a14720ffa9ed7ef7edbc1f60784fc6134acbb003"
+  integrity sha512-6TyEnHgd6SArQO8UO2OMTxshln3QMWBtPGrOCgs3wVEmQmwyuNtB10IZMfmYDE0riwNR1cu4q+pPcxMVtaG3TA==
+  dependencies:
+    playwright "1.57.0"
+
 "@polka/url@^1.0.0-next.20":
   version "1.0.0-next.29"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polka/url/-/url-1.0.0-next.29.tgz#5a40109a1ab5f84d6fd8fc928b19f367cbe7e7b1"
@@ -7476,25 +7470,8 @@ crypt@0.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypt/-/crypt-0.0.2.tgz#88d7ff7ec0dfb86f713dc87bbb42d044d3e6c41b"
   integrity sha512-mCxBlsHFYh9C+HVpiEacem8FEBnMXgU9gy4zmNC+SXAZNB/1idgp/aulFJ4FgCi7GPEVbfyng092GqL2k2rmow==
 
-crypto-browserify@^3.12.0:
-  version "3.12.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto-browserify/-/crypto-browserify-3.12.1.tgz#bb8921bec9acc81633379aa8f52d69b0b69e0dac"
-  integrity sha512-r4ESw/IlusD17lgQi1O20Fa3qNnsckR126TdUuBgAu7GBYSIPvdNyONd3Zrxh0xCwA4+6w/TDArBPsMvhur+KQ==
-  dependencies:
-    browserify-cipher "^1.0.1"
-    browserify-sign "^4.2.3"
-    create-ecdh "^4.0.4"
-    create-hash "^1.2.0"
-    create-hmac "^1.1.7"
-    diffie-hellman "^5.0.3"
-    hash-base "~3.0.4"
-    inherits "^2.0.4"
-    pbkdf2 "^3.1.2"
-    public-encrypt "^4.0.3"
-    randombytes "^2.1.0"
-    randomfill "^1.0.4"
-
-"crypto@npm:crypto-browserify":
+crypto-browserify@^3.12.0, "crypto@npm:crypto-browserify":
+  name crypto
   version "3.12.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/crypto-browserify/-/crypto-browserify-3.12.1.tgz#bb8921bec9acc81633379aa8f52d69b0b69e0dac"
   integrity sha512-r4ESw/IlusD17lgQi1O20Fa3qNnsckR126TdUuBgAu7GBYSIPvdNyONd3Zrxh0xCwA4+6w/TDArBPsMvhur+KQ==
@@ -9363,6 +9340,11 @@ fs.realpath@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz#1504ad2523158caa40db4a2787cb01411994ea4f"
   integrity sha512-OO0pH2lK6a0hZnAdau5ItzHPI6pUlvI7jMVnxUQRtw4owF2wk8lOSabtGDCTP4Ggrg2MbGnWO9X8K1t4+fGMDw==
 
+fsevents@2.3.2:
+  version "2.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.2.tgz#8a526f78b8fdf4623b709e0b975c52c24c02fd1a"
+  integrity sha512-xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA==
+
 fsevents@^2.3.2, fsevents@~2.3.2, fsevents@~2.3.3:
   version "2.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.3.tgz#cac6407785d03675a2a5e1a5305c697b347d90d6"
@@ -12914,6 +12896,20 @@ platform@^1.3.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/platform/-/platform-1.3.6.tgz#48b4ce983164b209c2d45a107adb31f473a6e7a7"
   integrity sha512-fnWVljUchTro6RiCFvCXBbNhJc2NijN7oIQxbwsyL0buWJPG85v81ehlHI9fXrJsMNgTofEoWIQeClKpgxFLrg==
 
+playwright-core@1.57.0:
+  version "1.57.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.57.0.tgz#3dcc9a865af256fa9f0af0d67fc8dd54eecaebf5"
+  integrity sha512-agTcKlMw/mjBWOnD6kFZttAAGHgi/Nw0CZ2o6JqWSbMlI219lAFLZZCyqByTsvVAJq5XA5H8cA6PrvBRpBWEuQ==
+
+playwright@1.57.0, playwright@^1.57.0:
+  version "1.57.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright/-/playwright-1.57.0.tgz#74d1dacff5048dc40bf4676940b1901e18ad0f46"
+  integrity sha512-ilYQj1s8sr2ppEJ2YVadYBN0Mb3mdo9J0wQ+UuDhzYqURwSoW4n1Xs5vs7ORwgDGmyEh33tRMeS8KhdkMoLXQw==
+  dependencies:
+    playwright-core "1.57.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    fsevents "2.3.2"
+
 pngjs@^6.0.0:
   version "6.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pngjs/-/pngjs-6.0.0.tgz#ca9e5d2aa48db0228a52c419c3308e87720da821"
@@ -14937,16 +14933,8 @@ string-replace-to-array@^1.0.1:
     lodash.flatten "^4.2.0"
     lodash.isstring "^4.0.1"
 
-"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0":
-  version "4.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
-  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
-  dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
-
-string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
+  name string-width-cjs
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
@@ -15037,7 +15025,8 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1":
+"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+  name strip-ansi-cjs
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -15051,13 +15040,6 @@ strip-ansi@^5.0.0, strip-ansi@^5.2.0:
   dependencies:
     ansi-regex "^4.1.0"
 
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
-  integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
-
 strip-ansi@^7.0.1, strip-ansi@^7.1.0:
   version "7.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.1.2.tgz#132875abde678c7ea8d691533f2e7e22bb744dba"
@@ -16363,7 +16345,8 @@ workerpool@^6.5.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/workerpool/-/workerpool-6.5.1.tgz#060f73b39d0caf97c6db64da004cd01b4c099544"
   integrity sha512-Fs4dNYcsdpYSAfVxhnl1L5zTksjvOJxtC5hzMNl+1t9B8hTJTdKDyZ5ju7ztgPy+ft9tBFXoOlDNiOT9WUXZlA==
 
-"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0":
+"wrap-ansi-cjs@npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0", wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
+  name wrap-ansi-cjs
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
   integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
@@ -16381,15 +16364,6 @@ wrap-ansi@^6.2.0:
     string-width "^4.1.0"
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
 
-wrap-ansi@^7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#67e145cff510a6a6984bdf1152911d69d2eb9e43"
-  integrity sha512-YVGIj2kamLSTxw6NsZjoBxfSwsn0ycdesmc4p+Q21c5zPuZ1pl+NfxVdxPtdHvmNVOQ6XSYG4AUtyt/Fi7D16Q==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "^4.0.0"
-    string-width "^4.1.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
-
 wrap-ansi@^8.1.0:
   version "8.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-8.1.0.tgz#56dc22368ee570face1b49819975d9b9a5ead214"