diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index ab733efb..18cfd961 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
   @apply pl-sai pr-sai;
 }
 
+/* root */
+
+:root {
+  font-family: Lato;
+  --sait: var(--safe-area-inset-top, env(safe-area-inset-top));
+  --saib: var(--safe-area-inset-bottom, env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
+  --sail: var(--safe-area-inset-left, env(safe-area-inset-left));
+  --sair: var(--safe-area-inset-right, env(safe-area-inset-right));
+  --video-call-panel-bg: #181e24;
+}
+
 @utility py-sai {
   @apply pt-sai pb-sai;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte b/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte
index ca1eaa82..6fda6390 100644
--- a/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import ProfileCircle from "@app/components/ProfileCircle.svelte"
   import VideoCallVideo from "@app/components/VideoCallVideo.svelte"
+  import VoiceWidget from "@app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte"
   import {
     currentVoiceSession,
     currentVoiceRoom,
-    videoCallContentActive,
     videoCallLayoutRevision,
     videoPrimaryTileKey,
     toggleVideoPrimaryTile,
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@
 
   const roomMatches = $derived($currentVoiceRoom?.url === url && $currentVoiceRoom?.h === h)
 
-  const allowEmptyPanel = $derived(variant === "desktop-split" || variant === "desktop-full")
-
-  const showPanel = $derived(
-    visible &&
-      roomMatches &&
-      (variant === "mobile" ? $videoCallContentActive : $videoCallContentActive || allowEmptyPanel),
-  )
+  const showPanel = $derived(visible && roomMatches)
 
   const tiles = $derived.by(() => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions -- re-run when remote video subscribes
@@ -158,11 +152,11 @@
   const panelChrome = $derived(
     cx(
       variant === "mobile" &&
-        "cb ct cw z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed inset-x-0 flex min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden p-2 md:hidden",
+        "cb top-[calc(var(--sait)+6rem)] cw z-compose bg-[var(--video-call-panel-bg)] fixed inset-x-0 flex min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden px-2 pb-2 pt-1 md:hidden",
       variant === "desktop-split" &&
-        "cb ct cw-split-video z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed hidden min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden p-2 md:flex",
+        "cb ct cw-split-video z-compose bg-[var(--video-call-panel-bg)] fixed hidden min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden p-2 md:flex",
       variant === "desktop-full" &&
-        "cb ct cw z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed hidden min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden p-2 md:flex",
+        "cb ct cw z-compose bg-[var(--video-call-panel-bg)] fixed hidden min-h-0 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden p-2 md:flex",
       className,
     ),
   )
@@ -208,43 +202,56 @@
   </div>
 {/snippet}
 
-{#if showPanel && (showTileGrid || allowEmptyPanel)}
-  <div class={panelChrome}>
-    {#if showTileGrid}
-      {#if useSpotlightLayout && primaryTile}
-        <div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden">
-          {@render videoTile(primaryTile, "spotlight")}
-          {#if secondaryTiles.length > 0}
-            <div
-              class="flex max-h-40 shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto overflow-y-hidden py-0.5">
-              {#each secondaryTiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
-                {@render videoTile(tile, "strip")}
-              {/each}
-            </div>
-          {/if}
-        </div>
-      {:else if useMultiGrid}
-        <div
-          class="grid min-h-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 content-start gap-2 overflow-y-auto sm:grid-cols-2">
-          {#each tiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
-            {@render videoTile(tile, "default")}
-          {/each}
-        </div>
-      {:else}
-        <div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto">
-          {#each tiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
-            {@render videoTile(tile, "default")}
-          {/each}
-        </div>
-      {/if}
-    {:else}
-      <div
-        class="flex min-h-[12rem] flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-box bg-base-100/50 p-4 text-center text-sm opacity-80">
-        <p>No camera or screen share yet.</p>
-        <p class="text-xs">
-          Use the camera or screen share control in the voice widget to share video.
-        </p>
+{#snippet videoPanelBody()}
+  {#if showTileGrid}
+    {#if useSpotlightLayout && primaryTile}
+      <div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden">
+        {@render videoTile(primaryTile, "spotlight")}
+        {#if secondaryTiles.length > 0}
+          <div
+            class="flex max-h-40 shrink-0 flex-row gap-2 overflow-x-auto overflow-y-hidden py-0.5">
+            {#each secondaryTiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
+              {@render videoTile(tile, "strip")}
+            {/each}
+          </div>
+        {/if}
       </div>
+    {:else if useMultiGrid}
+      <div
+        class="grid min-h-0 flex-1 grid-cols-1 content-start gap-2 overflow-y-auto sm:grid-cols-2">
+        {#each tiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
+          {@render videoTile(tile, "default")}
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    {:else}
+      <div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto">
+        {#each tiles as tile (tileKey(tile))}
+          {@render videoTile(tile, "default")}
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    {/if}
+  {:else}
+    <div
+      class="flex min-h-[12rem] flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-box bg-base-200/50 p-4 text-center text-sm opacity-80">
+      <p>No camera or screen share yet.</p>
+      <p class="text-xs">Use the camera or screen share control to share video.</p>
+    </div>
+  {/if}
+{/snippet}
+
+{#if showPanel}
+  <div class={panelChrome}>
+    {#if variant === "mobile"}
+      <div class="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2">
+        <div class="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-hidden">
+          {@render videoPanelBody()}
+        </div>
+        <div class="shrink-0">
+          <VoiceWidget />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    {:else}
+      {@render videoPanelBody()}
     {/if}
   </div>
 {/if}
diff --git a/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte b/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
index 7270b930..dfcdebb6 100644
--- a/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import {readable} from "svelte/store"
   import {fly} from "svelte/transition"
+  import {browser} from "$app/environment"
   import {goto} from "$app/navigation"
   import {page} from "$app/stores"
   import cx from "classnames"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
   import Monitor from "@assets/icons/monitor.svg?dataurl"
   import PhoneRounded from "@assets/icons/phone-rounded.svg?dataurl"
   import PhoneCallingRounded from "@assets/icons/phone-calling-rounded.svg?dataurl"
+  import ChatRound from "@assets/icons/chat-round.svg?dataurl"
   import CloseCircle from "@assets/icons/close-circle.svg?dataurl"
   import Settings from "@assets/icons/settings.svg?dataurl"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
     currentVoiceSession,
     currentVoiceRoom,
     voiceState,
+    voiceMobileRoomPanel,
+    voiceDesktopRoomPanel,
     isLocalSpeaking,
     leaveVoiceRoom,
     toggleMute,
@@ -76,6 +80,45 @@
     pushModal(VoiceCallAudioSettingsDialog)
   }
 
+  let isMd = $state(
+    typeof window !== "undefined" && window.matchMedia("(min-width: 768px)").matches,
+  )
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!browser) return
+    const mq = window.matchMedia("(min-width: 768px)")
+    const sync = () => {
+      isMd = mq.matches
+    }
+    sync()
+    mq.addEventListener("change", sync)
+    return () => mq.removeEventListener("change", sync)
+  })
+
+  const showVoiceLayoutToggle = $derived(
+    $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected &&
+      targetRoom !== undefined &&
+      getRoomType(targetRoom) === RoomType.Voice &&
+      typeof h === "string" &&
+      relay !== undefined &&
+      decodeRelay(relay) === targetRoom.url &&
+      h === targetRoom.h,
+  )
+
+  const layoutToggleActive = $derived(
+    showVoiceLayoutToggle &&
+      ((!isMd && $voiceMobileRoomPanel === "chat") || (isMd && $voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "split")),
+  )
+
+  const onLayoutToggle = () => {
+    if (!showVoiceLayoutToggle) return
+    if (isMd) {
+      voiceDesktopRoomPanel.update(p => (p === "split" ? "chat" : "split"))
+    } else {
+      voiceMobileRoomPanel.update(p => (p === "chat" ? "video" : "chat"))
+    }
+  }
+
   const mediaToggleClass = "center tooltip tooltip-top btn btn-sm btn-square btn-ghost"
 </script>
 
@@ -96,18 +139,28 @@
     out:fly={{y: 60, duration: 250}}
     class="flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-box bg-base-100 p-3">
     <div class="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
-      {#if $voiceState === VoiceState.Joining}
-        <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-warning">Joining...</span>
-      {:else if $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected}
-        <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-success">Voice Connected</span>
-      {:else}
-        <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-neutral-content">Disconnected</span>
-      {/if}
+      <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+        {#if $voiceState === VoiceState.Joining}
+          <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-warning">Joining...</span>
+        {:else if $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected}
+          <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-success">Voice Connected</span>
+        {:else}
+          <span class="text-sm font-semibold text-neutral-content">Disconnected</span>
+        {/if}
+        {#if showVoiceLayoutToggle}
+          <Button
+            data-tip="Toggle full-screen chat ↔ video (mobile) or split view (desktop)"
+            class={cx(mediaToggleClass, "shrink-0", layoutToggleActive && "text-primary")}
+            onclick={onLayoutToggle}>
+            <Icon icon={ChatRound} size={4} />
+          </Button>
+        {/if}
+      </div>
       <span class="ellipsize text-xs opacity-70">
         {roomName} / {spaceName}
       </span>
     </div>
-    <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+    <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
       {#if $voiceState === VoiceState.Joining}
         <span class="loading loading-spinner loading-sm"></span>
         <Button
diff --git a/src/app/voice.ts b/src/app/voice.ts
index 60248ed9..2e35ac61 100644
--- a/src/app/voice.ts
+++ b/src/app/voice.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ export const voiceState = writable<VoiceState>(VoiceState.Disconnected)
 
 export const currentVoiceRoom = writable<Room | undefined>(undefined)
 
+/** Mobile room UI: full-screen chat vs video (see VoiceWidget layout toggle). */
+export const voiceMobileRoomPanel = writable<"chat" | "video">("chat")
+
+/** Desktop room UI: messages only, video only, or split (see VoiceWidget layout toggle). */
+export const voiceDesktopRoomPanel = writable<"chat" | "video" | "split">("split")
+
+const resetVoiceRoomPanels = () => {
+  voiceMobileRoomPanel.set("chat")
+  voiceDesktopRoomPanel.set("chat")
+}
+
 export const participantPubkeyMap = writable<Map<string, Pubkey>>(new Map())
 
 /** Bumps when remote video is subscribed/unsubscribed so layout/video UI can react. */
@@ -229,6 +240,7 @@ const onRoomDisconnected = (reason?: DisconnectReason) => {
   videoCallLayoutRevision.set(0)
   videoPrimaryTileKey.set(undefined)
   currentVoiceSession.set(undefined)
+  resetVoiceRoomPanels()
   if (reason !== undefined && reason !== DisconnectReason.CLIENT_INITIATED) {
     voiceState.set(VoiceState.Disconnected)
     const message =
@@ -396,6 +408,7 @@ export const leaveVoiceRoom = async () => {
   videoCallLayoutRevision.set(0)
   videoPrimaryTileKey.set(undefined)
   currentVoiceSession.set(undefined)
+  resetVoiceRoomPanels()
   session.room.disconnect()
   speakingParticipants.set([])
   participantPubkeyMap.set(new Map())
@@ -429,26 +442,6 @@ export const toggleMute = async () => {
 
 const VISUAL_SOURCES = [Track.Source.Camera, Track.Source.ScreenShare] as const
 
-const roomHasSubscribedRemoteVisual = (room: LiveKitRoom): boolean => {
-  for (const p of room.remoteParticipants.values()) {
-    for (const source of VISUAL_SOURCES) {
-      const pub = p.getTrackPublication(source)
-      if (pub?.isSubscribed && pub.track) return true
-    }
-  }
-  return false
-}
-
-/** True when local camera/screen share is on or any subscribed remote camera/screen track. */
-export const videoCallContentActive = derived(
-  [currentVoiceSession, voiceState, videoCallLayoutRevision],
-  ([$session, $state, _rev]) => {
-    if ($state !== VoiceState.Connected || !$session) return false
-    if ($session.cameraOn || $session.screenShareOn) return true
-    return roomHasSubscribedRemoteVisual($session.room)
-  },
-)
-
 const countLiveVisualFeeds = (session: VoiceSession): number => {
   const room = session.room
   let n = 0
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
index 1072166f..5fefdc54 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@
   } from "@app/core/state"
   import VoiceWidget from "@app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte"
   import VideoCallContent from "@app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte"
-  import {VoiceState, currentVoiceRoom, videoTileCount, voiceState} from "@app/voice"
+  import {
+    VoiceState,
+    currentVoiceRoom,
+    videoTileCount,
+    voiceMobileRoomPanel,
+    voiceDesktopRoomPanel,
+    voiceState,
+  } from "@app/voice"
   import {makeFeed} from "@app/core/requests"
   import {popKey} from "@lib/implicit"
   import {checked} from "@app/util/notifications"
@@ -66,23 +73,20 @@
       $currentVoiceRoom?.h === h,
   )
 
-  let mobileRoomPanel = $state<"chat" | "video">("chat")
-  let voiceDesktopPanel = $state<"chat" | "video" | "split">("split")
-
   const showMobileVideoPanel = $derived(
-    isVoiceRoom && $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected && mobileRoomPanel === "video",
+    isVoiceRoom && $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected && $voiceMobileRoomPanel === "video",
   )
 
   const pageContentHiddenDesktopVideoOnly = $derived(
-    voiceConnectedHere && voiceDesktopPanel === "video",
+    voiceConnectedHere && $voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "video",
   )
 
   let prevVideoTileCount = $state(0)
 
   $effect(() => {
     if ($voiceState !== VoiceState.Connected) {
-      mobileRoomPanel = "chat"
-      voiceDesktopPanel = "chat"
+      voiceMobileRoomPanel.set("chat")
+      voiceDesktopRoomPanel.set("chat")
       prevVideoTileCount = 0
       return
     }
@@ -96,8 +100,8 @@
     }
 
     if (prevVideoTileCount === 0 && n >= 1) {
-      voiceDesktopPanel = "video"
-      mobileRoomPanel = "video"
+      voiceDesktopRoomPanel.set("video")
+      voiceMobileRoomPanel.set("video")
     }
     prevVideoTileCount = n
   })
@@ -402,40 +406,6 @@
     <RoomName {url} {h} />
   {/snippet}
   {#snippet action()}
-    {#if voiceConnectedHere}
-      <div class="flex gap-1 md:hidden">
-        <Button
-          class={cx("btn btn-sm", mobileRoomPanel === "chat" && "btn-primary")}
-          onclick={() => (mobileRoomPanel = "chat")}>
-          Chat
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          class={cx("btn btn-sm", mobileRoomPanel === "video" && "btn-primary")}
-          onclick={() => (mobileRoomPanel = "video")}>
-          Video
-        </Button>
-      </div>
-      <div class="hidden flex-wrap gap-1 md:flex">
-        <Button
-          data-tip="Messages only"
-          class={cx("btn btn-sm", voiceDesktopPanel === "chat" && "btn-primary")}
-          onclick={() => (voiceDesktopPanel = "chat")}>
-          Chat
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          data-tip="Video only"
-          class={cx("btn btn-sm", voiceDesktopPanel === "video" && "btn-primary")}
-          onclick={() => (voiceDesktopPanel = "video")}>
-          Video
-        </Button>
-        <Button
-          data-tip="Video and chat side by side"
-          class={cx("btn btn-sm", voiceDesktopPanel === "split" && "btn-primary")}
-          onclick={() => (voiceDesktopPanel = "split")}>
-          Video + Chat
-        </Button>
-      </div>
-    {/if}
     <SpaceSearch {url} {h} />
     <Button class="btn btn-neutral btn-sm btn-square" onclick={showRoomDetail}>
       <Icon size={4} icon={InfoCircle} />
@@ -446,34 +416,34 @@
 <div
   class={cx(
     "flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col",
-    voiceConnectedHere && voiceDesktopPanel === "split" && "md:flex-row",
+    voiceConnectedHere && $voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "split" && "md:flex-row",
   )}>
   {#if voiceConnectedHere}
     <VideoCallContent
       variant="desktop-split"
       {url}
       {h}
-      visible={voiceDesktopPanel === "split"}
+      visible={$voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "split"}
       class="hidden min-h-0 w-full min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col md:flex" />
     <VideoCallContent
       variant="desktop-full"
       {url}
       {h}
-      visible={voiceDesktopPanel === "video"}
+      visible={$voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "video"}
       class="hidden min-h-0 w-full min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col md:flex" />
   {/if}
 
   <div
     class={cx(
       "flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col",
-      voiceConnectedHere && voiceDesktopPanel === "video" && "md:hidden",
+      voiceConnectedHere && $voiceDesktopRoomPanel === "video" && "md:hidden",
     )}>
     {#if isVoiceRoom && $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected}
       <VideoCallContent
         variant="mobile"
         {url}
         {h}
-        visible={mobileRoomPanel === "video"}
+        visible={$voiceMobileRoomPanel === "video"}
         class="md:hidden" />
     {/if}