diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 1c95a9e..c73b3ee 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.OrientationEventListener;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewDebug;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.PagedView;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
+import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimationSuccessListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatorPlaybackController;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation.EndState;
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.graphics.RotationMode;
 import com.android.launcher3.statehandlers.DepthController;
 import com.android.launcher3.states.RotationHelper;
+import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 import com.android.launcher3.touch.PagedOrientationHandler.CurveProperties;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto;
 import com.android.launcher3.userevent.nano.LauncherLogProto.Action.Direction;
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@
                 }
             };
 
+    private OrientationEventListener mOrientationListener;
     private int mPreviousRotation;
     protected RecentsAnimationController mRecentsAnimationController;
     protected RecentsAnimationTargets mRecentsAnimationTargets;
@@ -376,6 +380,22 @@
 
         // Initialize quickstep specific cache params here, as this is constructed only once
         mActivity.getViewCache().setCacheSize(R.layout.digital_wellbeing_toast, 5);
+
+        mOrientationListener = new OrientationEventListener(getContext()) {
+            @Override
+            public void onOrientationChanged(int i) {
+                int rotation = RotationHelper.getRotationFromDegrees(i);
+                if (mPreviousRotation != rotation) {
+                    animateRecentsRotationInPlace(rotation);
+                    if (rotation == 0) {
+                        showActionsView();
+                    } else {
+                        hideActionsView();
+                    }
+                    mPreviousRotation = rotation;
+                }
+            }
+        };
     }
 
     public OverScroller getScroller() {
@@ -504,6 +524,15 @@
     }
 
     public void setOverviewStateEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        if (supportsVerticalLandscape()
+                && !TestProtocol.sDisableSensorRotation // Ignore hardware dependency for tests
+                && mOrientationListener.canDetectOrientation()) {
+            if (enabled) {
+                mOrientationListener.enable();
+            } else {
+                mOrientationListener.disable();
+            }
+        }
         mOverviewStateEnabled = enabled;
         updateTaskStackListenerState();
         if (!enabled) {
@@ -947,6 +976,35 @@
         setSwipeDownShouldLaunchApp(true);
     }
 
+    private void animateRecentsRotationInPlace(int newRotation) {
+        if (!supportsVerticalLandscape()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        AnimatorSet pa = setRecentsChangedOrientation(true);
+        pa.addListener(AnimationSuccessListener.forRunnable(() -> {
+            updateLayoutRotation(newRotation);
+            mActivity.getDragLayer().recreateControllers();
+            rotateAllChildTasks();
+            setRecentsChangedOrientation(false).start();
+        }));
+        pa.start();
+    }
+
+    public AnimatorSet setRecentsChangedOrientation(boolean fadeInChildren) {
+        getRunningTaskIndex();
+        int runningIndex = getCurrentPage();
+        AnimatorSet as = new AnimatorSet();
+        for (int i = 0; i < getTaskViewCount(); i++) {
+            if (runningIndex == i) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            View taskView = getTaskViewAt(i);
+            as.play(ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(taskView, View.ALPHA, fadeInChildren ? 0 : 1));
+        }
+        return as;
+    }
+
     abstract protected boolean supportsVerticalLandscape();
 
     private void rotateAllChildTasks() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestInformationHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestInformationHandler.java
index 4e49c6e..e786f07 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestInformationHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestInformationHandler.java
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
                         mDeviceProfile.allAppsCellHeightPx);
                 break;
             }
+
+            case TestProtocol.REQUEST_MOCK_SENSOR_ROTATION:
+                TestProtocol.sDisableSensorRotation = true;
+                break;
         }
         return response;
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
index 9f20df6..3181752 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/testing/TestProtocol.java
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 
     public static final String REQUEST_OVERVIEW_ACTIONS_ENABLED = "overview-actions-enabled";
 
+    public static boolean sDisableSensorRotation;
+    public static final String REQUEST_MOCK_SENSOR_ROTATION = "mock-sensor-rotation";
+
     public static final String PERMANENT_DIAG_TAG = "TaplTarget";
 
     public static final String NO_BACKGROUND_TO_OVERVIEW_TAG = "b/138251824";
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
index 7cd656e..873f1cb 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
         mLauncher.enableDebugTracing();
         // Avoid double-reporting of Launcher crashes.
         mLauncher.setOnLauncherCrashed(() -> mLauncherPid = 0);
+        mLauncher.disableSensorRotation();
     }
 
     protected final LauncherActivityRule mActivityMonitor = new LauncherActivityRule();
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@
             clearPackageData(mDevice.getLauncherPackageName());
             mLauncher.enableDebugTracing();
             mLauncherPid = mLauncher.getPid();
+            mLauncher.disableSensorRotation();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index e47b5fc..710ce9e 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -1263,6 +1263,10 @@
                 TestProtocol.TEST_INFO_RESPONSE_FIELD);
     }
 
+    public void disableSensorRotation() {
+        getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_MOCK_SENSOR_ROTATION);
+    }
+
     public void disableDebugTracing() {
         getTestInfo(TestProtocol.REQUEST_DISABLE_DEBUG_TRACING);
     }