diff --git a/winit-appkit/src/lib.rs b/winit-appkit/src/lib.rs
index 3ff9c82f49..e8a0779f85 100644
--- a/winit-appkit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/winit-appkit/src/lib.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ use self::window::Window as AppKitWindow;
 
 /// Additional methods on [`Window`] that are specific to MacOS.
 pub trait WindowExtMacOS {
+    /// This is `true` only while the user is interactively resizing the window
+    /// or AppKit is running an equivalent native resize transition.
+    fn is_live_resizing(&self) -> bool;
+
+    /// Returns whether AppKit is currently entering or exiting native fullscreen.
+    fn is_fullscreen_transition(&self) -> bool;
+
     /// Returns whether or not the window is in simple fullscreen mode.
     fn simple_fullscreen(&self) -> bool;
 
@@ -210,6 +217,18 @@ pub trait WindowExtMacOS {
 }
 
 impl WindowExtMacOS for dyn Window + '_ {
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_live_resizing(&self) -> bool {
+        let window = self.cast_ref::<AppKitWindow>().unwrap();
+        window.maybe_wait_on_main(|w| w.is_live_resizing())
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_fullscreen_transition(&self) -> bool {
+        let window = self.cast_ref::<AppKitWindow>().unwrap();
+        window.maybe_wait_on_main(|w| w.is_fullscreen_transition())
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn simple_fullscreen(&self) -> bool {
         let window = self.cast_ref::<AppKitWindow>().unwrap();
diff --git a/winit-appkit/src/window_delegate.rs b/winit-appkit/src/window_delegate.rs
index 8bc14e3df8..f564fd513b 100644
--- a/winit-appkit/src/window_delegate.rs
+++ b/winit-appkit/src/window_delegate.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ define_class!(
         #[unsafe(method(windowDidResize:))]
         fn window_did_resize(&self, _: Option<&AnyObject>) {
             let _entered = debug_span!("windowDidResize:").entered();
+            self.refresh_maximized();
             // NOTE: WindowEvent::SurfaceResized is reported using NSViewFrameDidChangeNotification.
             self.emit_move_event();
         }
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ define_class!(
         #[unsafe(method(windowDidEndLiveResize:))]
         fn window_did_end_live_resize(&self, _: Option<&AnyObject>) {
             let _entered = debug_span!("windowDidEndLiveResize:").entered();
+            self.refresh_maximized();
             self.set_resize_increments_inner(NSSize::new(1., 1.));
         }
 
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ define_class!(
             let _entered = debug_span!("windowDidEnterFullScreen:").entered();
             self.ivars().initial_fullscreen.set(false);
             self.ivars().in_fullscreen_transition.set(false);
+            self.request_redraw();
             if let Some(target_fullscreen) = self.ivars().target_fullscreen.take() {
                 self.set_fullscreen(target_fullscreen);
             }
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@ define_class!(
 
             self.restore_state_from_fullscreen();
             self.ivars().in_fullscreen_transition.set(false);
+            self.request_redraw();
             if let Some(target_fullscreen) = self.ivars().target_fullscreen.take() {
                 self.set_fullscreen(target_fullscreen);
             }
@@ -1187,6 +1191,10 @@ impl WindowDelegate {
         self.ivars().app_state.queue_redraw(window_id(self.window()));
     }
 
+    fn refresh_maximized(&self) {
+        self.ivars().maximized.set(self.is_zoomed());
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn pre_present_notify(&self) {}
 
@@ -1522,6 +1530,7 @@ impl WindowDelegate {
         let event =
             NSApplication::sharedApplication(mtm).currentEvent().ok_or(RequestError::Ignored)?;
         self.window().performWindowDragWithEvent(&event);
+        self.refresh_maximized();
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1530,6 +1539,14 @@ impl WindowDelegate {
         Err(NotSupportedError::new("drag_resize_window is not supported"))
     }
 
+    pub fn is_live_resizing(&self) -> bool {
+        self.window().inLiveResize()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_fullscreen_transition(&self) -> bool {
+        self.ivars().in_fullscreen_transition.get()
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn show_window_menu(&self, _position: Position) {}
 
@@ -1606,6 +1623,7 @@ impl WindowDelegate {
         let mtm = MainThreadMarker::from(self);
         let is_zoomed = self.is_zoomed();
         if is_zoomed == maximized {
+            self.ivars().maximized.set(maximized);
             return;
         };
 
@@ -1643,7 +1661,7 @@ impl WindowDelegate {
 
     #[inline]
     pub fn is_maximized(&self) -> bool {
-        self.is_zoomed()
+        self.ivars().maximized.get()
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -2085,6 +2103,16 @@ fn restore_and_release_display(monitor: &MonitorHandle) {
 }
 
 impl WindowExtMacOS for WindowDelegate {
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_live_resizing(&self) -> bool {
+        WindowDelegate::is_live_resizing(self)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_fullscreen_transition(&self) -> bool {
+        WindowDelegate::is_fullscreen_transition(self)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     fn simple_fullscreen(&self) -> bool {
         self.ivars().is_simple_fullscreen.get()
diff --git a/winit/src/changelog/unreleased.md b/winit/src/changelog/unreleased.md
index e2f7326ea6..e961d4cde4 100644
--- a/winit/src/changelog/unreleased.md
+++ b/winit/src/changelog/unreleased.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ changelog entry.
 - On Redox, add support for `EventLoopExtPumpEvents::pump_app_events`.
 - Implement `Send` and `Sync` for `OwnedDisplayHandle`.
 - Use new macOS 15 cursors for resize icons.
+- On macOS, add `WindowExtMacOS::is_live_resizing` and
+  `WindowExtMacOS::is_fullscreen_transition`.
 - On Android, added scancode conversions for more obscure key codes.
 - On Wayland, added `HoldGesture` event for multi-finger hold gestures
 - On Wayland, added ext-background-effect-v1 support.
@@ -78,3 +80,4 @@ changelog entry.
 - On macOS, fix IME being locked on (regardless of requests to disable) after being enabled once.
 - On macOS, fix a panic and incorrect cursor position in Ime::Preedit when the preedit string contains special characters (ie. emojis) caused by incorrect UTF-16 to UTF-8 offset conversion.
 - On Wayland, fix a protocol error when setting a custom cursor on compositors with `wl_surface` version below 3.
+- On macOS, avoid querying AppKit's zoom state from `Window::is_maximized`.