diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView-test.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView-test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3852d9290f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView-test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { render, screen } from "jest-matrix-react";
+import { composeStories } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import React from "react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { fireEvent } from "@testing-library/dom";
+
+import * as stories from "./AudioPlayerView.stories.tsx";
+import { AudioPlayerView, type AudioPlayerViewActions, type AudioPlayerViewSnapshot } from "./AudioPlayerView";
+import { MockViewModel } from "../../MockViewModel.ts";
+
+const { Default, NoMediaName, NoSize, HasError } = composeStories(stories);
+
+describe("AudioPlayerView", () => {
+    afterEach(() => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+    });
+
+    it("renders the audio player in default state", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<Default />);
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it("renders the audio player without media name", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<NoMediaName />);
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it("renders the audio player without size", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<NoSize />);
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it("renders the audio player in error state", () => {
+        const { container } = render(<HasError />);
+        expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    const onKeyDown = jest.fn();
+    const togglePlay = jest.fn();
+    const onSeekbarChange = jest.fn();
+
+    class AudioPlayerViewModel extends MockViewModel<AudioPlayerViewSnapshot> implements AudioPlayerViewActions {
+        public onKeyDown = onKeyDown;
+        public togglePlay = togglePlay;
+        public onSeekbarChange = onSeekbarChange;
+    }
+
+    it("should attach vm methods", async () => {
+        const user = userEvent.setup();
+        const vm = new AudioPlayerViewModel({
+            playbackState: "stopped",
+            mediaName: "Test Audio",
+            durationSeconds: 300,
+            playedSeconds: 120,
+            percentComplete: 30,
+            sizeBytes: 3500,
+            error: false,
+        });
+
+        render(<AudioPlayerView vm={vm} />);
+        await user.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Play" }));
+        expect(togglePlay).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        // user event doesn't support change events on sliders, so we use fireEvent
+        fireEvent.change(screen.getByRole("slider", { name: "Audio seek bar" }), { target: { value: "50" } });
+        expect(onSeekbarChange).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        await user.type(screen.getByLabelText("Audio player"), "{arrowup}");
+        expect(onKeyDown).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ key: "ArrowUp" }));
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.stories.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a33e2fddad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import React, { type JSX } from "react";
+
+import type { Meta, StoryFn } from "@storybook/react-vite";
+import { ViewWrapper } from "../../ViewWrapper";
+import { WidgetCardView, WidgetCardViewActions, WidgetCardViewModel, WidgetCardViewSnapshot } from "./WidgetCardView";
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+
+type WidgetCardProps = WidgetCardViewSnapshot & WidgetCardViewActions;
+
+const WidgeCardViewWrapper = (props: WidgetCardProps): JSX.Element => (
+    <ViewWrapper<WidgetCardViewSnapshot, WidgetCardViewModel> Component={WidgetCardView} props={props} />
+);
+
+export default {
+    title: "RightPanel/WidgetCardView",
+    component: WidgeCardViewWrapper,
+    tags: ["autodocs"],
+    args: {
+        room: new Room("roomId"),
+        app: undefined,
+        userId: "@userId",
+        widgetPageTitle: "",
+        widgetName: "",
+        shouldEmptyWidgetCard: true,
+        creatorUserId: undefined,
+        onClose: () => void
+    }
+} as Meta<typeof WidgeCardViewWrapper>;
+
+const Template: StoryFn<typeof WidgeCardViewWrapper> = (args) => <WidgeCardViewWrapper {...args} />;
+
+export const Default = Template.bind({});
+
+// export const WidgetCreated = Template.bind({});
+// WidgetCreated.args = {
+//     room: "roomId",
+//     app: undefined,
+//     userId: "@userId",
+//     widgetPageTitle: "",
+//     widgetName: "",
+//     shouldEmptyWidgetCard: true,
+//     creatorUserId: undefined,
+//     onClose: () => void
+// };
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.tsx b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ca51dc4462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
+Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+*/
+
+import React, { type JSX } from "react";
+import { type Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+
+import BaseCard from "../../../components/views/right_panel/BaseCard";
+import AppTile from "../../../components/views/elements/AppTile";
+import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
+import { ChevronFace, ContextMenuButton, useContextMenu } from "../../../components/structures/ContextMenu";
+import { WidgetContextMenu } from "../../../components/views/context_menus/WidgetContextMenu";
+import UIStore from "../../../stores/UIStore";
+import Heading from "../../../components/views/typography/Heading";
+import { type ViewModel } from "../../ViewModel";
+import { type IApp } from "../../../utils/WidgetUtils-types";
+import { useViewModel } from "../../useViewModel";
+
+
+export interface WidgetCardViewSnapshot {
+    room: Room;
+    app: IApp | undefined;
+    userId: string;
+    widgetPageTitle: string;
+    widgetName: string;
+    shouldEmptyWidgetCard: boolean;
+    creatorUserId: string | undefined;
+}
+
+export interface WidgetCardViewActions {
+    onClose: () => void;
+}
+/**
+ * The view model for the widget card
+ */
+export type WidgetCardViewModel = ViewModel<WidgetCardViewSnapshot> & WidgetCardViewActions;
+
+interface WidgetCardViewProps {
+    vm: WidgetCardViewModel;
+}
+
+export const WidgetCardView: React.FC<WidgetCardViewProps> = ({ vm }: Readonly<WidgetCardViewProps>) => {
+    const { room, app, userId, widgetPageTitle, widgetName, shouldEmptyWidgetCard } = useViewModel(vm);
+
+    const [menuDisplayed, handle, openMenu, closeMenu] = useContextMenu();
+
+    let contextMenu: JSX.Element | undefined;
+    if (menuDisplayed && app) {
+        const rect = handle.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
+        const rightMargin = rect ? rect.right : 0;
+        const bottomMargin = rect ? rect.bottom : 0;
+        contextMenu = (
+            <WidgetContextMenu
+                chevronFace={ChevronFace.None}
+                right={UIStore.instance.windowWidth - rightMargin - 12}
+                top={bottomMargin + 12}
+                onFinished={closeMenu}
+                app={app}
+            />
+        );
+    }
+
+    const header = (
+        <div className="mx_BaseCard_header_title">
+            <Heading size="4" className="mx_BaseCard_header_title_heading" as="h1">
+                {widgetName}
+            </Heading>
+            <ContextMenuButton
+                className="mx_BaseCard_header_title_button--option"
+                ref={handle}
+                onClick={openMenu}
+                isExpanded={menuDisplayed}
+                label={_t("common|options")}
+            />
+            {contextMenu}
+        </div>
+    );
+
+    if (shouldEmptyWidgetCard || !app) return null;
+
+    return (
+        <BaseCard header={header} className="mx_WidgetCard" onClose={vm.onClose} withoutScrollContainer>
+            <AppTile
+                app={app}
+                fullWidth
+                showMenubar={false}
+                room={room}
+                userId={userId}
+                creatorUserId={app.creatorUserId}
+                widgetPageTitle={widgetPageTitle}
+                waitForIframeLoad={app.waitForIframeLoad}
+            />
+        </BaseCard>
+    );
+};
diff --git a/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/index.ts b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d44f3afd639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+export { WidgetCardView } from "./WidgetCardView";
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.tsx b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.tsx
index e006b1d92aa..3f28acedf03 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { RightPanelPhases } from "../../stores/right-panel/RightPanelStorePhases
 import RightPanelStore from "../../stores/right-panel/RightPanelStore";
 import MatrixClientContext from "../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import RoomSummaryCardView from "../views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCardView";
-import WidgetCard from "../views/right_panel/WidgetCard";
 import UserInfo from "../views/right_panel/UserInfo";
 import ThirdPartyMemberInfo from "../views/rooms/ThirdPartyMemberInfo";
 import FilePanel from "./FilePanel";
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import { type XOR } from "../../@types/common";
 import ExtensionsCard from "../views/right_panel/ExtensionsCard";
 import MemberListView from "../views/rooms/MemberList/MemberListView";
 import { _t } from "../../languageHandler";
+import { WidgetCard } from "../viewmodels/right_panel/WidgetCardViewModel";
 
 interface BaseProps {
     overwriteCard?: IRightPanelCard; // used to display a custom card and ignoring the RightPanelStore (used for UserView)
diff --git a/src/components/viewmodels/right_panel/WidgetCardViewModel.tsx b/src/components/viewmodels/right_panel/WidgetCardViewModel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9470bedc3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/viewmodels/right_panel/WidgetCardViewModel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { type MatrixClient, type Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import React, { type JSX, useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
+
+import { BaseViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/base/BaseViewModel";
+import {
+    type WidgetCardViewSnapshot,
+    type WidgetCardViewModel as WidgetCardViewModelInterface,
+    WidgetCardView,
+} from "../../../../packages/shared-components/src/right-panel/WidgetCardView/WidgetCardView";
+import WidgetUtils, { useWidgets } from "../../../utils/WidgetUtils";
+import RightPanelStore from "../../../stores/right-panel/RightPanelStore";
+import { Container, WidgetLayoutStore } from "../../../stores/widgets/WidgetLayoutStore";
+import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../../MatrixClientPeg";
+import { type IApp } from "../../../utils/WidgetUtils-types";
+
+
+interface WidgetCardProps {
+    room: Room;
+    widgetId: string;
+    onClose(): void;
+}
+
+type WidgetCardViewModelProps = WidgetCardProps & {
+    apps: IApp[];
+}
+
+export class WidgetCardViewModel
+    extends BaseViewModel<WidgetCardViewSnapshot, WidgetCardViewModelProps>
+    implements WidgetCardViewModelInterface
+{
+    private cli: MatrixClient | null;
+
+    public static computeSnapshot = (
+        props: WidgetCardViewModelProps & { cli: MatrixClient | null },
+    ): WidgetCardViewSnapshot => {
+        const { room, widgetId } = props;
+
+        const app = props.apps.find((a) => a.id === widgetId);
+        const isRight = app && WidgetLayoutStore.instance.isInContainer(room, app, Container.Right);
+        let shouldEmptyWidgetCard = !isRight;
+
+        if (!app || !isRight) {
+            // stop showing this card
+            RightPanelStore.instance.popCard();
+            shouldEmptyWidgetCard = true;
+        }
+
+        return {
+            room,
+            app,    
+            creatorUserId: app ? app.creatorUserId : undefined,
+            widgetPageTitle: WidgetUtils.getWidgetDataTitle(app),
+            userId: props.cli!.getSafeUserId(),
+            widgetName: WidgetUtils.getWidgetName(app),
+            shouldEmptyWidgetCard,
+        };
+    };
+
+    public constructor(props: WidgetCardViewModelProps) {
+        const cli = MatrixClientPeg?.get();
+        super(props, WidgetCardViewModel.computeSnapshot({ ...props, cli }));
+        this.cli = cli;
+    }
+
+    public onClose = (): void => {
+        this.snapshot.set({
+            room: this.props.room,
+            app: undefined,
+            creatorUserId: undefined,
+            widgetPageTitle: WidgetUtils.getWidgetDataTitle(),
+            userId: this.cli!.getSafeUserId(),
+            widgetName: WidgetUtils.getWidgetName(),
+            shouldEmptyWidgetCard: true,
+        });
+        this.props.onClose();
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * WidgetCard component that initializes the WidgetCardViewModel and renders the WidgetCardView.
+ */
+export function WidgetCard(props: WidgetCardProps): JSX.Element {
+    const { room, widgetId, onClose } = props;
+    const apps = useWidgets(props.room);
+    const vm = useMemo(() => new WidgetCardViewModel({ room, widgetId, apps, onClose }), [apps, room, widgetId, onClose]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        return () => {
+            vm.dispose();
+        };
+    }, [vm]);
+
+    return <WidgetCardView vm={vm} />;
+}