diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67b7698..fd7dcb6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <maven.surefire.version>3.2.5</maven.surefire.version>
 
         <!-- Core Testing Framework -->
+        <playwright.version>1.52.0</playwright.version>
         <selenium.version>4.36.0</selenium.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.4.0</rest-assured.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
@@ -580,6 +581,13 @@
             <version>${webdrivermanager.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Playwright (Browser Automation) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
+            <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>
+            <version>${playwright.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Cucumber BDD Framework -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/activesupport/driver/PlaywrightBrowser.java b/src/main/java/activesupport/driver/PlaywrightBrowser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ca1bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/activesupport/driver/PlaywrightBrowser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package activesupport.driver;
+
+import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class PlaywrightBrowser {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger(PlaywrightBrowser.class);
+
+    private Playwright playwright;
+    private com.microsoft.playwright.Browser browser;
+    private BrowserContext context;
+    private Page page;
+
+    public void create() {
+        String browserName = System.getProperty("browser", "chrome");
+        boolean headless = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("headless", "true"));
+        LOGGER.info("Creating Playwright session: browser={}, headless={}", browserName, headless);
+
+        playwright = Playwright.create();
+
+        BrowserType browserType = resolveBrowserType(browserName);
+
+        BrowserType.LaunchOptions launchOptions = new BrowserType.LaunchOptions()
+                .setHeadless(headless)
+                .setArgs(launchArgs());
+
+        if ("edge".equalsIgnoreCase(browserName)) {
+            launchOptions.setChannel("msedge");
+        }
+
+        configureLaunchOptions(launchOptions);
+
+        browser = browserType.launch(launchOptions);
+        context = browser.newContext(contextOptions());
+        page = context.newPage();
+    }
+
+    public Page page() {
+        if (page == null) create();
+        return page;
+    }
+
+    public BrowserContext context() {
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isOpen() {
+        return page != null;
+    }
+
+    public byte[] screenshot() {
+        return page != null ? page.screenshot() : new byte[0];
+    }
+
+    public void close() {
+        safeClose(page, "page");
+        page = null;
+        safeClose(context, "context");
+        context = null;
+        safeClose(browser, "browser");
+        browser = null;
+        safeClose(playwright, "playwright");
+        playwright = null;
+    }
+
+    protected BrowserType resolveBrowserType(String browserName) {
+        return switch (normaliseBrowser(browserName)) {
+            case "firefox" -> playwright.firefox();
+            case "webkit" -> playwright.webkit();
+            default -> playwright.chromium();
+        };
+    }
+
+    protected List<String> launchArgs() {
+        return List.of("--no-sandbox", "--disable-gpu", "--disable-dev-shm-usage");
+    }
+
+    protected void configureLaunchOptions(BrowserType.LaunchOptions options) {
+        // Override to customise launch options
+    }
+
+    protected com.microsoft.playwright.Browser.NewContextOptions contextOptions() {
+        return new com.microsoft.playwright.Browser.NewContextOptions()
+                .setViewportSize(1920, 1080)
+                .setIgnoreHTTPSErrors(true);
+    }
+
+    private String normaliseBrowser(String raw) {
+        if (raw == null) return "chrome";
+        return switch (raw.toLowerCase().trim()) {
+            case "firefox", "firefox-proxy" -> "firefox";
+            case "edge" -> "edge";
+            case "webkit", "safari" -> "webkit";
+            default -> "chrome";
+        };
+    }
+
+    private void safeClose(AutoCloseable resource, String name) {
+        if (resource != null) {
+            try {
+                resource.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Error closing {}: {}", name, e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}