diff --git a/src/__tests__/compiler/compiler.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/compiler/compiler.test.tsx
index 7a9fbea8..59d3b1f6 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/compiler/compiler.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/compiler/compiler.test.tsx
@@ -324,6 +324,69 @@ test("light-dark()", () => {
   });
 });
 
+test("prefers-reduced-motion", () => {
+  // `motion-reduce:` compiles to `reduce`, `motion-safe:` to `no-preference`,
+  // and a bare `@media (prefers-reduced-motion)` to the boolean (`!!`) form.
+  // The native runtime evaluates these against the reduceMotion observable
+  // (see native/media-query.test.tsx).
+  expect(
+    compile(
+      `@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .my-class { opacity: 0 } }`,
+    ).stylesheet(),
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    s: [
+      [
+        "my-class",
+        [
+          {
+            s: [2, 1],
+            m: [["=", "prefers-reduced-motion", "reduce"]],
+            d: [{ opacity: 0 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+    ],
+  });
+
+  expect(
+    compile(
+      `@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { .my-class { opacity: 0 } }`,
+    ).stylesheet(),
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    s: [
+      [
+        "my-class",
+        [
+          {
+            s: [2, 1],
+            m: [["=", "prefers-reduced-motion", "no-preference"]],
+            d: [{ opacity: 0 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+    ],
+  });
+
+  expect(
+    compile(
+      `@media (prefers-reduced-motion) { .my-class { opacity: 0 } }`,
+    ).stylesheet(),
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    s: [
+      [
+        "my-class",
+        [
+          {
+            s: [2, 1],
+            m: [["!!", "prefers-reduced-motion"]],
+            d: [{ opacity: 0 }],
+          },
+        ],
+      ],
+    ],
+  });
+});
+
 test("media query nested in rules", () => {
   const compiled = compile(`
 .my-class {
diff --git a/src/__tests__/native/media-query.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/native/media-query.test.tsx
index 020b4aad..e4a4ab99 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/native/media-query.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/native/media-query.test.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { View } from "react-native-css/components/View";
 import { registerCSS, testID } from "react-native-css/jest";
 import { colorScheme } from "react-native-css/runtime";
 
-import { dimensions } from "../../native/reactivity";
+import { dimensions, reduceMotion } from "../../native/reactivity";
 
 jest.mock("react-native", () => {
   const RN = jest.requireActual("react-native");
@@ -283,3 +283,156 @@ describe("max-resolution", () => {
     expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual(undefined);
   });
 });
+
+// Outside the describe below, whose beforeEach overwrites the value before any
+// assertion can see it. The documented cold-start default is motion ENABLED: the
+// getter is async with no synchronous counterpart, so the first paint answers from
+// this, and seeding true would suppress motion-safe: styling for every user.
+test("reduceMotion defaults to false before AccessibilityInfo answers", () => {
+  expect(reduceMotion.get()).toBe(false);
+});
+
+describe("prefers-reduced-motion", () => {
+  // reduceMotion and colorScheme are module-global observables; reset them so
+  // each test starts from a known state (motion enabled, light scheme).
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(false);
+      colorScheme.set("light");
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("reduce (motion-reduce:) — applies only when reduce motion is enabled", () => {
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    // Default: motion enabled → the reduce rule does not apply.
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#f00" });
+
+    // Reactive both ways — toggling the OS flag off restores the base style.
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(false);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+  });
+
+  test("no-preference (motion-safe:) — applies only when reduce motion is disabled", () => {
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    // Default: motion enabled → no-preference matches.
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#f00" });
+
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+  });
+
+  test("composes with prefers-color-scheme via `and`", () => {
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) and (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+
+    // Only reduce motion — the rule still needs dark.
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+
+    // Both conditions now hold.
+    act(() => {
+      colorScheme.set("dark");
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#f00" });
+  });
+
+  test("negation — not (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)", () => {
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media not all and (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    // Motion enabled → not(reduce) is true → the rule applies.
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#f00" });
+
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+  });
+
+  test("bare boolean — @media (prefers-reduced-motion) is equivalent to reduce", () => {
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    // Bare boolean form matches when reduce motion is enabled (CSS: bare ≡ reduce).
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#f00" });
+  });
+
+  test("an unrecognised value never matches", () => {
+    // The compiler emits ["=", name, value] for any value, with no allowlist, so
+    // this condition is reachable. MQ5 makes an unknown value false — a two-way
+    // branch on `no-preference` would alias everything else to `reduce`.
+    registerCSS(`
+.my-class { color: blue; }
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: bogus-value) {
+  .my-class { color: red; }
+}`);
+
+    render(<View testID={testID} className="my-class" />);
+    const component = screen.getByTestId(testID);
+
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+
+    act(() => {
+      reduceMotion.set(true);
+    });
+    expect(component.props.style).toStrictEqual({ color: "#00f" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/__tests__/native/reduce-motion-init.test.ts b/src/__tests__/native/reduce-motion-init.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1de0a74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/native/reduce-motion-init.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// src/native/reactivity.ts is the root of every media feature — colorScheme, vw/vh,
+// containers and reduceMotion all live there. Seeding reduceMotion reaches out to
+// AccessibilityInfo at module scope, so a host without a native AccessibilityInfo
+// must not take the whole module down with it.
+//
+// A Proxy over requireActual rather than a spread: spreading react-native eagerly
+// triggers its lazy DevMenu getter and throws.
+const noopSubscription = { remove: () => undefined };
+
+const withAccessibilityInfo =
+  (accessibilityInfo: unknown) => (): Record<string, unknown> => {
+    const actual = jest.requireActual<Record<string, unknown>>("react-native");
+
+    return new Proxy(actual, {
+      get: (target, property): unknown =>
+        property === "AccessibilityInfo"
+          ? accessibilityInfo
+          : Reflect.get(target, property),
+    });
+  };
+
+describe("an AccessibilityInfo without isReduceMotionEnabled", () => {
+  test("does not stop the reactivity module importing", async () => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.doMock(
+      "react-native",
+      withAccessibilityInfo({ addEventListener: () => noopSubscription }),
+    );
+
+    const reactivity = await import("../../native/reactivity");
+
+    expect(reactivity.reduceMotion.get()).toBe(false);
+    expect(reactivity.colorScheme).toBeDefined();
+    expect(reactivity.vw).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("an AccessibilityInfo whose getter rejects", () => {
+  test("leaves the safe default in place and does not reject unhandled", async () => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    jest.doMock(
+      "react-native",
+      withAccessibilityInfo({
+        isReduceMotionEnabled: () =>
+          Promise.reject(new Error("NativeAccessibilityManager unavailable")),
+        addEventListener: () => noopSubscription,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const reactivity = await import("../../native/reactivity");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(reactivity.reduceMotion.get()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("a working AccessibilityInfo", () => {
+  test("seeds reduceMotion from it and stays live on the change event", async () => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    let changed: ((enabled: boolean) => void) | undefined;
+    jest.doMock(
+      "react-native",
+      withAccessibilityInfo({
+        isReduceMotionEnabled: () => Promise.resolve(true),
+        addEventListener: (event: string, listener: (v: boolean) => void) => {
+          if (event === "reduceMotionChanged") changed = listener;
+          return noopSubscription;
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const reactivity = await import("../../native/reactivity");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    // The seed is what connects the observable to the OS at all; without it the
+    // flag is a value the library only ever writes to itself
+    expect(reactivity.reduceMotion.get()).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(changed).toBeDefined();
+    changed?.(false);
+    expect(reactivity.reduceMotion.get()).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/native/conditions/media-query.ts b/src/native/conditions/media-query.ts
index 75cd9006..2685602a 100644
--- a/src/native/conditions/media-query.ts
+++ b/src/native/conditions/media-query.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { I18nManager, PixelRatio, Platform } from "react-native";
 
 import type { MediaCondition } from "react-native-css/compiler";
 
-import { colorScheme, vh, vw, type Getter } from "../reactivity";
+import { colorScheme, reduceMotion, vh, vw, type Getter } from "../reactivity";
 
 export function testMediaQuery(mediaQueries: MediaCondition[], get: Getter) {
   return mediaQueries.every((query) => test(query, get));
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ export function testMediaQuery(mediaQueries: MediaCondition[], get: Getter) {
 function test(mediaQuery: MediaCondition, get: Getter): Boolean {
   switch (mediaQuery[0]) {
     case "[]":
-    case "!!":
       return false;
+    case "!!":
+      // A bare boolean media feature, e.g. `@media (prefers-reduced-motion)`.
+      // Per CSS, bare `(prefers-reduced-motion)` is equivalent to `reduce`.
+      return mediaQuery[1] === "prefers-reduced-motion"
+        ? get(reduceMotion)
+        : false;
     case "!":
       return !test(mediaQuery[1], get);
     case "&":
@@ -47,6 +52,13 @@ function testComparison(mediaQuery: MediaCondition, get: Getter): Boolean {
     case "prefers-color-scheme": {
       return value === get(colorScheme);
     }
+    case "prefers-reduced-motion": {
+      // `motion-reduce:` compiles to `reduce`, `motion-safe:` to
+      // `no-preference`. An equality test rather than a two-way branch, so an
+      // unrecognised value is false as MQ5 requires, instead of aliasing to
+      // `reduce`.
+      return value === (get(reduceMotion) ? "reduce" : "no-preference");
+    }
     case "display-mode":
       return value === "native" || Platform.OS === value;
     case "min-width":
diff --git a/src/native/reactivity.ts b/src/native/reactivity.ts
index 0824edeb..df7d535c 100644
--- a/src/native/reactivity.ts
+++ b/src/native/reactivity.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable */
 import { createContext } from "react";
 import {
+  AccessibilityInfo,
   Appearance,
   Dimensions,
   type ColorSchemeName,
@@ -221,6 +222,39 @@ export const colorScheme = observable<ColorSchemeName>(
 );
 Appearance.addChangeListener((event) => colorScheme.set(event.colorScheme));
 
+/** Reduce Motion ************************************************************/
+
+// Mirror the Color Scheme wiring above — but AccessibilityInfo has no
+// synchronous getter (Appearance.getColorScheme() does), so this can't be
+// seeded synchronously. It starts `false` (motion enabled — the safe default),
+// flips when isReduceMotionEnabled() resolves (a brief, unavoidable cold-start
+// window), and stays live via reduceMotionChanged. iOS drives this directly; on
+// Android there is no distinct setting, so AccessibilityInfoModule reads
+// Settings.Global.TRANSITION_ANIMATION_SCALE and reports true when it is 0
+// (react-native #31221 — which is about that reading disagreeing with the
+// "Remove animations" toggle).
+export const reduceMotion = observable(false);
+
+// Guarded because this module is the root of every media feature. Without a
+// native AccessibilityInfo the getter is absent or rejects, and an unguarded
+// call throws at module scope — taking colorScheme, vw/vh and containers down
+// with it, none of which have anything to do with motion.
+try {
+  AccessibilityInfo.isReduceMotionEnabled()
+    .then((enabled) => reduceMotion.set(enabled))
+    .catch(() => undefined);
+} catch {
+  // Leave the safe default in place.
+}
+
+try {
+  AccessibilityInfo.addEventListener("reduceMotionChanged", (enabled) =>
+    reduceMotion.set(enabled),
+  );
+} catch {
+  // Without the listener the flag stays at whatever the seed resolved to.
+}
+
 /** Containers ****************************************************************/
 
 export type ContainerContextValue = Record<string, WeakKey>;