diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 863ad19687..287a53cb69 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
     *   Add a setter to `SntpClient` to set the max elapsed time since the last
         update after which the client is re-initialized
         ([#1794](https://github.com/androidx/media/pull/1794)).
+    *   Reduce default values for `bufferForPlaybackMs` and
+        `bufferForPlaybackAfterRebufferMs` in `DefaultLoadControl` to 1000 and
+        2000 ms respectively.
 *   Transformer:
     *   Update parameters of `VideoFrameProcessor.registerInputStream` and
         `VideoFrameProcessor.Listener.onInputStreamRegistered` to use `Format`.
diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DefaultLoadControl.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DefaultLoadControl.java
index 41518ba442..54247a0c80 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DefaultLoadControl.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/DefaultLoadControl.java
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ public class DefaultLoadControl implements LoadControl {
    * The default duration of media that must be buffered for playback to start or resume following a
    * user action such as a seek, in milliseconds.
    */
-  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_FOR_PLAYBACK_MS = 2500;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_FOR_PLAYBACK_MS = 1000;
 
   /**
    * The default duration of media that must be buffered for playback to resume after a rebuffer, in
    * milliseconds. A rebuffer is defined to be caused by buffer depletion rather than a user action.
    */
-  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_FOR_PLAYBACK_AFTER_REBUFFER_MS = 5000;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_FOR_PLAYBACK_AFTER_REBUFFER_MS = 2000;
 
   /**
    * The default target buffer size in bytes. The value ({@link C#LENGTH_UNSET}) means that the load