diff --git a/libs/blocks/carousel/carousel.js b/libs/blocks/carousel/carousel.js
index e50c5639d9a..a2c7d4d5549 100644
--- a/libs/blocks/carousel/carousel.js
+++ b/libs/blocks/carousel/carousel.js
@@ -306,14 +306,57 @@ function handleLightboxButtons(lightboxBtns, el, slideWrapper) {
   });
 }
 
-function checkSlideForVideo(activeSlide) {
-  const video = activeSlide.querySelector('video');
-  /* c8 ignore start */
-  if (video?.played.length > 0 && !video?.paused) {
-    video.pause();
-    syncPausePlayIcon(video);
-  }
-  /* c8 ignore end */
+// Hinting layouts intentionally peek the neighboring slide, so require
+// majority overlap (not just any overlap) to count a slide as still "in view".
+const VISIBILITY_THRESHOLD = 0.5;
+
+function getOverlapRatio(rect, wrapperRect) {
+  const overlapWidth = Math.max(0, Math.min(rect.right, wrapperRect.right)
+    - Math.max(rect.left, wrapperRect.left));
+  const overlapHeight = Math.max(0, Math.min(rect.bottom, wrapperRect.bottom)
+    - Math.max(rect.top, wrapperRect.top));
+  const rectArea = rect.width * rect.height;
+  if (!rectArea) return 0;
+  return (overlapWidth * overlapHeight) / rectArea;
+}
+
+// Pauses a slide's video if it's actually playing and no longer
+// sufficiently overlaps the carousel wrapper's visible (overflow: hidden) area.
+function checkSlideForVideo(slide, wrapperRect) {
+  const video = slide.querySelector('video');
+  if (!video || !video.played.length || video.paused) return;
+  if (getOverlapRatio(video.getBoundingClientRect(), wrapperRect) >= VISIBILITY_THRESHOLD) return;
+  video.pause();
+  syncPausePlayIcon(video);
+}
+
+function pauseVideosOutOfView(slides, wrapper) {
+  const wrapperRect = wrapper?.getBoundingClientRect();
+  if (!wrapperRect) return;
+  slides.forEach((slide) => checkSlideForVideo(slide, wrapperRect));
+}
+
+// Waits for the slide track's transform transition to finish (falling back to
+// a timer in case transitionend never fires) before checking visibility,
+// since slide positions aren't final until the transition settles. Filtered
+// to the track's own transform so a child slide's opacity transition
+// (carousel.css .carousel-slide) can't resolve this early via bubbling.
+const TRANSITION_FALLBACK_MS = 700; // .6s CSS transition + 25ms reflow delay, plus margin
+
+function waitForSlideTransition(slideContainer, onDone) {
+  let settled = false;
+  const settle = () => {
+    if (settled) return;
+    settled = true;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
+    clearTimeout(fallbackTimer);
+    onDone();
+  };
+  const fallbackTimer = setTimeout(settle, TRANSITION_FALLBACK_MS);
+  slideContainer.addEventListener('transitionend', (e) => {
+    if (e.target !== slideContainer || e.propertyName !== 'transform') return;
+    settle();
+  }, { once: true });
 }
 
 // Sets a multiplier variable, used by CSS, to move the indicator dots.
@@ -382,13 +425,6 @@ function setAriaHiddenAndTabIndex({ el: block, slides }, activeEl) {
     });
   });
 }
-// hinting (tablet/mobile)
-function isSlideVisible(currentIdx, targetIdx, n, isNext) {
-  if (isNext) return currentIdx === targetIdx || currentIdx === (targetIdx + 1) % n;
-  const prev = (targetIdx - 1 + n) % n;
-  const next = (targetIdx + 1) % n;
-  return currentIdx === prev || currentIdx === targetIdx || currentIdx === next;
-}
 
 // Skip focus on touch events to prevent the browser from scrolling the page
 function focusNavButton(button, event) {
@@ -416,6 +452,7 @@ function moveSlides(event, carouselElements) {
     const atBoundary = isNext ? atEnd : atStart;
     if (atBoundary) {
       checkCircularNav(carouselElements);
+      pauseVideosOutOfView(slides, slideContainer.closest('.carousel-wrapper'));
       return;
     }
   }
@@ -425,17 +462,9 @@ function moveSlides(event, carouselElements) {
   let referenceSlide = slideContainer.querySelector('.reference-slide');
   let activeSlide = slideContainer.querySelector('.active');
   let activeSlideIndicator = controlsContainer.querySelector('.active');
-  let skipPause = false;
 
   // hinting-tablet / hinting-mobile
   const isHintingMobile = (el.classList.contains('hinting-mobile') || el.classList.contains('hinting-center-mobile')) && isMobileVp.matches;
-  if (isHintingTablet(el) || isHintingMobile) {
-    const n = slides.length;
-    const currentIdx = carouselElements.currentActiveIndex;
-    const targetIdx = isNext ? (currentIdx + 1) % n : (currentIdx - 1 + n) % n;
-    skipPause = isSlideVisible(currentIdx, targetIdx, n, isNext);
-  }
-  if (!skipPause) checkSlideForVideo(activeSlide);
 
   // Track reference slide - last slide initially
   if (!referenceSlide) {
@@ -527,6 +556,9 @@ function moveSlides(event, carouselElements) {
   const slideDelay = 25;
   slideContainer.classList.remove('is-ready');
   setTimeout(() => slideContainer.classList.add('is-ready'), slideDelay);
+
+  const wrapper = slideContainer.closest('.carousel-wrapper');
+  waitForSlideTransition(slideContainer, () => pauseVideosOutOfView(slides, wrapper));
 }
 
 export function getSwipeDistance(start, end) {
diff --git a/test/blocks/carousel/carousel.test.js b/test/blocks/carousel/carousel.test.js
index f37a0bcc6f8..b37d63c4f6b 100644
--- a/test/blocks/carousel/carousel.test.js
+++ b/test/blocks/carousel/carousel.test.js
@@ -626,3 +626,164 @@ describe('carousel disable-buttons deferred heights on desktop', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * carousel.js doesn't load carousel.css, so slides have no real flex/order
+ * layout in this environment. getBoundingClientRect and video playback state
+ * are stubbed directly to exercise the visibility-ratio pause logic
+ * deterministically, the same way img dimensions are stubbed above.
+ */
+function stubPlayingVideo(video, { playedLength = 1, paused = false } = {}) {
+  let isPaused = paused;
+  Object.defineProperty(video, 'played', { configurable: true, get: () => ({ length: playedLength }) });
+  Object.defineProperty(video, 'paused', { configurable: true, get: () => isPaused });
+  video.pause = () => { isPaused = true; };
+  return video;
+}
+
+function stubRect(el, { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 }) {
+  el.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+    left, right, top, bottom, width: right - left, height: bottom - top,
+  });
+}
+
+const WRAPPER_RECT = { left: 0, right: 100, top: 0, bottom: 100 };
+
+// Waits past moveSlides' TRANSITION_FALLBACK_MS (700ms); no carousel.css means
+// the slide track's transitionend never fires, so every move settles via the
+// fallback timer rather than the real transition.
+async function waitForMoveSettle() {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => { setTimeout(resolve, 800); });
+}
+
+describe('carousel video pause on navigation (visibility ratio)', () => {
+  let fixtureRoot;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const html = multiSectionCarouselFixture({
+      carouselClass: 'visibility-isolated',
+      blockTitle: 'Visibility isolated',
+      companions: [
+        { h2: 'V1', body: '<video></video>' },
+        { h2: 'V2', body: '<video></video>' },
+      ],
+    });
+    fixtureRoot = appendCarouselFixture(html);
+    init(fixtureRoot.querySelector('.carousel'));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fixtureRoot?.remove();
+  });
+
+  it('pauses a playing video once it drops below the visibility threshold after navigating away', async () => {
+    const el = fixtureRoot.querySelector('.visibility-isolated');
+    const wrapper = el.querySelector('.carousel-wrapper');
+    const slides = el.querySelectorAll('.carousel-slide');
+    const outgoingVideo = stubPlayingVideo(slides[0].querySelector('video'));
+
+    stubRect(wrapper, WRAPPER_RECT);
+    // Fully outside the wrapper's [0, 100] bounds: 0% overlap.
+    stubRect(outgoingVideo, { left: 200, right: 300, top: 0, bottom: 100 });
+
+    el.querySelector('.carousel-next').click();
+    await waitForMoveSettle();
+
+    expect(outgoingVideo.paused).to.be.true;
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a playing video unpaused when it still meets the visibility threshold', async () => {
+    const el = fixtureRoot.querySelector('.visibility-isolated');
+    const wrapper = el.querySelector('.carousel-wrapper');
+    const slides = el.querySelectorAll('.carousel-slide');
+    const outgoingVideo = stubPlayingVideo(slides[0].querySelector('video'));
+
+    stubRect(wrapper, WRAPPER_RECT);
+    // 70% of the video's own 100x100 area overlaps the wrapper.
+    stubRect(outgoingVideo, { left: 30, right: 130, top: 0, bottom: 100 });
+
+    el.querySelector('.carousel-next').click();
+    await waitForMoveSettle();
+
+    expect(outgoingVideo.paused).to.be.false;
+  });
+
+  it('pauses a video sitting just under the majority-visibility threshold', async () => {
+    const el = fixtureRoot.querySelector('.visibility-isolated');
+    const wrapper = el.querySelector('.carousel-wrapper');
+    const slides = el.querySelectorAll('.carousel-slide');
+    const outgoingVideo = stubPlayingVideo(slides[0].querySelector('video'));
+
+    stubRect(wrapper, WRAPPER_RECT);
+    // 40% overlap: below the 0.5 threshold, should pause.
+    stubRect(outgoingVideo, { left: 60, right: 160, top: 0, bottom: 100 });
+
+    el.querySelector('.carousel-next').click();
+    await waitForMoveSettle();
+
+    expect(outgoingVideo.paused).to.be.true;
+  });
+
+  it('does not touch a video that was never played', async () => {
+    const el = fixtureRoot.querySelector('.visibility-isolated');
+    const wrapper = el.querySelector('.carousel-wrapper');
+    const slides = el.querySelectorAll('.carousel-slide');
+    const outgoingVideo = stubPlayingVideo(slides[0].querySelector('video'), { playedLength: 0 });
+    let pauseCalled = false;
+    outgoingVideo.pause = () => { pauseCalled = true; };
+
+    stubRect(wrapper, WRAPPER_RECT);
+    stubRect(outgoingVideo, { left: 200, right: 300, top: 0, bottom: 100 });
+
+    el.querySelector('.carousel-next').click();
+    await waitForMoveSettle();
+
+    expect(pauseCalled).to.be.false;
+  });
+});
+
+describe('carousel video pause at disable-circular-nav boundary', () => {
+  let fixtureRoot;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const html = multiSectionCarouselFixture({
+      carouselClass: 'disable-circular-nav boundary-video-isolated',
+      blockTitle: 'Boundary video isolated',
+      companions: [
+        { h2: 'B1' },
+        { h2: 'B2', body: '<video></video>' },
+      ],
+    });
+    fixtureRoot = appendCarouselFixture(html);
+    init(fixtureRoot.querySelector('.carousel'));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fixtureRoot?.remove();
+  });
+
+  it('pauses an out-of-view playing video even when next is a blocked no-op at the boundary', () => {
+    const el = fixtureRoot.querySelector('.boundary-video-isolated');
+    const wrapper = el.querySelector('.carousel-wrapper');
+    const slides = el.querySelectorAll('.carousel-slide');
+    const next = el.querySelector('.carousel-next');
+
+    // Move to the last slide first; this is a real move, not the blocked boundary case.
+    next.click();
+    expect(slides[1].classList.contains('active')).to.be.true;
+    expect(next.disabled).to.be.true;
+
+    const video = stubPlayingVideo(slides[1].querySelector('video'));
+    stubRect(wrapper, WRAPPER_RECT);
+    stubRect(video, { left: 200, right: 300, top: 0, bottom: 100 });
+
+    // next is disabled, so a real .click() is suppressed by the browser
+    // before it ever reaches the listener. dispatchEvent bypasses that,
+    // invoking moveSlides directly so it takes the early-return boundary
+    // path - this is what carousel.js's disable-circular-nav check calls
+    // pauseVideosOutOfView from, with no transition to wait for.
+    next.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true }));
+
+    expect(video.paused).to.be.true;
+  });
+});