diff --git a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.java b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
index d015c192a0..7e754407dd 100644
--- a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
+++ b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.revanced.extension.youtube.patches.playback.speed;
 
+import static app.revanced.extension.shared.StringRef.sf;
 import static app.revanced.extension.shared.StringRef.str;
 
 import android.preference.ListPreference;
@@ -10,15 +11,18 @@
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
-import app.revanced.extension.youtube.patches.components.PlaybackSpeedMenuFilterPatch;
-import app.revanced.extension.youtube.settings.Settings;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import app.revanced.extension.shared.Logger;
 import app.revanced.extension.shared.Utils;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import app.revanced.extension.youtube.patches.components.PlaybackSpeedMenuFilterPatch;
+import app.revanced.extension.youtube.settings.Settings;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch {
+
+    private static final float PLAYBACK_SPEED_AUTO = Settings.PLAYBACK_SPEED_DEFAULT.defaultValue;
+
     /**
      * Maximum playback speed, exclusive value.  Custom speeds must be less than this value.
      *
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ public class CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch {
      * and the UI selector starts flickering and acting weird.
      * Over 10x and the speeds show up out of order in the UI selector.
      */
-    public static final float MAXIMUM_PLAYBACK_SPEED = 8;
+    public static final float PLAYBACK_SPEED_MAXIMUM = 8;
 
     /**
      * Custom playback speeds.
@@ -69,8 +73,8 @@ private static void loadCustomSpeeds() {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException();
                 }
 
-                if (speedFloat >= MAXIMUM_PLAYBACK_SPEED) {
-                    resetCustomSpeeds(str("revanced_custom_playback_speeds_invalid", MAXIMUM_PLAYBACK_SPEED));
+                if (speedFloat >= PLAYBACK_SPEED_MAXIMUM) {
+                    resetCustomSpeeds(str("revanced_custom_playback_speeds_invalid", PLAYBACK_SPEED_MAXIMUM));
                     loadCustomSpeeds();
                     return;
                 }
@@ -98,10 +102,15 @@ private static boolean arrayContains(float[] array, float value) {
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public static void initializeListPreference(ListPreference preference) {
         if (preferenceListEntries == null) {
-            preferenceListEntries = new String[customPlaybackSpeeds.length];
-            preferenceListEntryValues = new String[customPlaybackSpeeds.length];
+            final int numberOfEntries = customPlaybackSpeeds.length + 1;
+            preferenceListEntries = new String[numberOfEntries];
+            preferenceListEntryValues = new String[numberOfEntries];
 
-            int i = 0;
+            // Auto speed (same behavior as unpatched).
+            preferenceListEntries[0] = sf("revanced_custom_playback_speeds_auto").toString();
+            preferenceListEntryValues[0] = String.valueOf(PLAYBACK_SPEED_AUTO);
+
+            int i = 1;
             for (float speed : customPlaybackSpeeds) {
                 String speedString = String.valueOf(speed);
                 preferenceListEntries[i] = speedString + "x";
diff --git a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.java b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
index 87237ae6ff..3c504df5d9 100644
--- a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
+++ b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/playback/speed/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public static void userSelectedPlaybackSpeed(float playbackSpeed) {
             // With the 0.05x menu, if the speed is set by integrations to higher than 2.0x
             // then the menu will allow increasing without bounds but the max speed is
             // still capped to under 8.0x.
-            playbackSpeed = Math.min(playbackSpeed, CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.MAXIMUM_PLAYBACK_SPEED - 0.05f);
+            playbackSpeed = Math.min(playbackSpeed, CustomPlaybackSpeedPatch.PLAYBACK_SPEED_MAXIMUM - 0.05f);
 
             // Prevent toast spamming if using the 0.05x adjustments.
             // Show exactly one toast after the user stops interacting with the speed menu.
diff --git a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
index dc0d15d18f..2de272d76a 100644
--- a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
     // Speed
     public static final BooleanSetting REMEMBER_PLAYBACK_SPEED_LAST_SELECTED = new BooleanSetting("revanced_remember_playback_speed_last_selected", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting CUSTOM_SPEED_MENU = new BooleanSetting("revanced_custom_speed_menu", TRUE);
-    public static final FloatSetting PLAYBACK_SPEED_DEFAULT = new FloatSetting("revanced_playback_speed_default", 1.0f);
+    public static final FloatSetting PLAYBACK_SPEED_DEFAULT = new FloatSetting("revanced_playback_speed_default", -2.0f);
     public static final StringSetting CUSTOM_PLAYBACK_SPEEDS = new StringSetting("revanced_custom_playback_speeds",
             "0.25\n0.5\n0.75\n0.9\n0.95\n1.0\n1.05\n1.1\n1.25\n1.5\n1.75\n2.0\n3.0\n4.0\n5.0", true);
 
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/speed/remember/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/speed/remember/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.kt
index 3c51559ea8..75fcf392ae 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/speed/remember/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/video/speed/remember/RememberPlaybackSpeedPatch.kt
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ internal val rememberPlaybackSpeedPatch = bytecodePatch {
                     invoke-static { }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->getPlaybackSpeedOverride()F
                     move-result v0
                     
-                    # Check if the playback speed is not 1.0x.
-                    const/high16 v1, 1.0f
+                    # Check if the playback speed is not auto (-2.0f)
+                    const/4 v1, 0x0
                     cmpg-float v1, v0, v1
-                    if-eqz v1, :do_not_override
+                    if-lez v1, :do_not_override
     
                     # Get the instance of the class which has the container class field below.
                     iget-object v1, p0, $onItemClickListenerClassFieldReference
diff --git a/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml b/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
index d6950433bc..a2af2493c0 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
+++ b/patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml
@@ -1188,6 +1188,7 @@ This is because Crowdin requires temporarily flattening this file and removing t
             <string name="revanced_custom_playback_speeds_summary">Add or change the custom playback speeds</string>
             <string name="revanced_custom_playback_speeds_invalid">Custom speeds must be less than %s. Using default values.</string>
             <string name="revanced_custom_playback_speeds_parse_exception">Invalid custom playback speeds. Using default values.</string>
+            <string name="revanced_custom_playback_speeds_auto">Auto</string>
         </patch>
         <patch id="video.speed.remember.rememberPlaybackSpeedPatch">
             <string name="revanced_remember_playback_speed_last_selected_title">Remember playback speed changes</string>