diff --git a/src/app.css b/src/app.css
index 9916ff0a..ab733efb 100644
--- a/src/app.css
+++ b/src/app.css
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ progress[value]::-webkit-progress-value {
   transition: width 0.5s;
 }
 
-/* content width for fixed elements */
+/* Anchors for fixed overlays (compose, search, reply) — main scroll lives in Page / PageContent flow */
 
 .left-content {
   @apply md:left-[calc(18.5rem+var(--sail))];
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ body.keyboard-open .hide-on-keyboard {
 /* chat view */
 
 .chat__compose {
-  @apply z-compose relative mb-14 grow md:mb-0;
+  @apply relative z-compose mb-14 shrink-0 md:mb-0;
 }
 
 .chat__compose .chat__compose-inner {
diff --git a/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte b/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1da29813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import cx from "classnames"
+  import {Track} from "livekit-client"
+  import {displayProfileByPubkey, loadProfile} from "@welshman/app"
+  import ProfileCircle from "@app/components/ProfileCircle.svelte"
+  import VideoCallVideo from "@app/components/VideoCallVideo.svelte"
+  import {
+    currentVoiceSession,
+    currentVoiceRoom,
+    videoCallContentActive,
+    videoCallLayoutRevision,
+    pubkeyFromLiveKitIdentity,
+  } from "@app/voice"
+
+  type Variant = "mobile" | "desktop-split" | "desktop-full"
+
+  type Props = {
+    variant: Variant
+    url: string
+    h: string
+    visible?: boolean
+    class?: string
+  }
+
+  type Tile = {
+    identity: string
+    isLocal: boolean
+    trackSid: string
+    attachable: Track | undefined
+  }
+
+  const {variant, url, h, visible = true, class: className = ""}: Props = $props()
+
+  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 tiles = $derived.by(() => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions -- re-run when remote video subscribes
+    $videoCallLayoutRevision
+    const session = $currentVoiceSession
+    if (!session || $currentVoiceRoom?.url !== url || $currentVoiceRoom?.h !== h) {
+      return []
+    }
+
+    const room = session.room
+    const out: Tile[] = []
+    const lp = room.localParticipant
+
+    if (session.cameraOn) {
+      const localPub = lp.getTrackPublication(Track.Source.Camera)
+      out.push({
+        identity: lp.identity,
+        isLocal: true,
+        trackSid: localPub?.trackSid ?? "local-camera",
+        attachable: localPub?.track,
+      })
+    }
+
+    for (const rp of room.remoteParticipants.values()) {
+      const pub = rp.getTrackPublication(Track.Source.Camera)
+      if (pub?.isSubscribed && pub.track) {
+        out.push({
+          identity: rp.identity,
+          isLocal: false,
+          trackSid: pub.trackSid,
+          attachable: pub.track,
+        })
+      }
+    }
+
+    return out
+  })
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    for (const t of tiles) {
+      const pk = pubkeyFromLiveKitIdentity(t.identity)
+      if (pk) loadProfile(pk)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const labelFor = (identity: string) => {
+    const pk = pubkeyFromLiveKitIdentity(identity)
+    return pk ? displayProfileByPubkey(pk) : "Unknown"
+  }
+
+  const showTileGrid = $derived(tiles.length > 0)
+</script>
+
+{#if showPanel && (showTileGrid || allowEmptyPanel)}
+  <div
+    class={cx(
+      variant === "mobile" &&
+        "cb ct cw z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed inset-x-0 flex flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-2 md:hidden",
+      variant === "desktop-split" &&
+        "cb ct cw-split-video z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed hidden flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-2 md:flex",
+      variant === "desktop-full" &&
+        "cb ct cw z-compose bg-base-300/95 fixed hidden flex-col gap-2 overflow-y-auto p-2 md:flex",
+      className,
+    )}>
+    {#if showTileGrid}
+      {#each tiles as tile (tile.trackSid + tile.identity)}
+        <div class="relative aspect-video overflow-hidden rounded-box bg-base-100 shadow-sm">
+          {#if tile.attachable}
+            <VideoCallVideo track={tile.attachable} muted={tile.isLocal} class="absolute inset-0" />
+          {:else}
+            <div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
+              <ProfileCircle pubkey={pubkeyFromLiveKitIdentity(tile.identity)} {url} size={14} />
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+          <span
+            class="absolute bottom-1 left-1 max-w-[calc(100%-0.5rem)] truncate rounded bg-base-100/80 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs">
+            {labelFor(tile.identity)}{tile.isLocal ? " (you)" : ""}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      {/each}
+    {: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 video yet.</p>
+        <p class="text-xs">Use the camera control in the voice widget to share video.</p>
+      </div>
+    {/if}
+  </div>
+{/if}
diff --git a/src/app/components/VideoCallVideo.svelte b/src/app/components/VideoCallVideo.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbc3af89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/VideoCallVideo.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type {Track} from "livekit-client"
+  import cx from "classnames"
+
+  type Props = {
+    track: Track
+    muted?: boolean
+    class?: string
+  }
+
+  const {track, muted = true, class: className = ""}: Props = $props()
+
+  let el = $state<HTMLVideoElement | undefined>()
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    const v = el
+    const t = track
+    if (!v) return
+    t.attach(v)
+    return () => {
+      t.detach(v)
+    }
+  })
+</script>
+
+<video bind:this={el} class={cx("h-full w-full object-cover", className)} playsinline {muted}
+></video>
diff --git a/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte b/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
index 1ed8356e..64375bc9 100644
--- a/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   import {displayRelayUrl} from "@welshman/util"
   import Microphone from "@assets/icons/microphone.svg?dataurl"
   import MicrophoneOff from "@assets/icons/microphone-off.svg?dataurl"
+  import Videocamera from "@assets/icons/videocamera.svg?dataurl"
+  import VideocameraRecord from "@assets/icons/videocamera-record.svg?dataurl"
   import PhoneRounded from "@assets/icons/phone-rounded.svg?dataurl"
   import PhoneCallingRounded from "@assets/icons/phone-calling-rounded.svg?dataurl"
   import CloseCircle from "@assets/icons/close-circle.svg?dataurl"
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
     voiceState,
     leaveVoiceRoom,
     toggleMute,
+    toggleCamera,
     cancelJoinVoiceRoom,
   } from "@app/voice"
 
@@ -107,9 +110,16 @@
           <Icon icon={$currentVoiceSession.muted ? MicrophoneOff : Microphone} size={4} />
         </Button>
         <Button
-          data-tip="Audio settings"
-          class="center tooltip tooltip-top btn btn-sm btn-square btn-ghost"
-          onclick={openAudioSettings}>
+          data-tip={$currentVoiceSession.cameraOn ? "Turn off camera" : "Turn on camera"}
+          class="center tooltip tooltip-top btn btn-sm btn-square {$currentVoiceSession.cameraOn
+            ? 'btn-ghost'
+            : 'btn-error'}"
+          onclick={toggleCamera}>
+          <Icon icon={$currentVoiceSession.cameraOn ? VideocameraRecord : Videocamera} size={4} />
+        </Button>
+        <Button>
+          data-tip="Audio settings" class="center tooltip tooltip-top btn btn-sm btn-square
+          btn-ghost" onclick={openAudioSettings}>
           <Icon icon={Settings} size={4} />
         </Button>
         <Button
diff --git a/src/app/voice.ts b/src/app/voice.ts
index 7fb1f241..da679853 100644
--- a/src/app/voice.ts
+++ b/src/app/voice.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export type VoiceSession = {
   h: string
   room: LiveKitRoom
   muted: boolean
+  cameraOn: boolean
 }
 
 export type Pubkey = string
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ export const currentVoiceRoom = writable<Room | undefined>(undefined)
 
 export const participantPubkeyMap = writable<Map<string, Pubkey>>(new Map())
 
+/** Bumps when remote video is subscribed/unsubscribed so layout/video UI can react. */
+export const videoCallLayoutRevision = writable(0)
+
+const bumpVideoCallLayoutRevision = () => videoCallLayoutRevision.update(n => n + 1)
+
 const addParticipant = (identity: string) => {
   participantPubkeyMap.update(m => {
     const next = new Map(m)
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ const setUpMicrophone = async (
 }
 
 const onRoomDisconnected = (reason?: DisconnectReason) => {
+  videoCallLayoutRevision.set(0)
   currentVoiceSession.set(undefined)
   if (reason !== undefined && reason !== DisconnectReason.CLIENT_INITIATED) {
     voiceState.set(VoiceState.Disconnected)
@@ -216,11 +223,16 @@ const onTrackSubscribed = (track: Track) => {
     element.style.display = "none"
     document.body.appendChild(element)
     element.play().catch(() => {})
+  } else if (track.kind === Track.Kind.Video) {
+    bumpVideoCallLayoutRevision()
   }
 }
 
 const onTrackUnsubscribed = (track: Track) => {
   track.detach().forEach(el => el.remove())
+  if (track.kind === Track.Kind.Video) {
+    bumpVideoCallLayoutRevision()
+  }
 }
 
 const onActiveSpeakersChanged = (participants: {identity: string}[]) => {
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ export const joinVoiceRoom = async (
 
     const muted = await setUpMicrophone(startMuted, preferredMicId, liveKitRoom.localParticipant)
 
-    currentVoiceSession.set({url, h, room: liveKitRoom, muted})
+    currentVoiceSession.set({url, h, room: liveKitRoom, muted, cameraOn: false})
     voiceState.set(VoiceState.Connected)
     playJoinSound()
   } catch (e) {
@@ -320,7 +332,16 @@ export const leaveVoiceRoom = async () => {
   const audio = new Audio("/leave-voice-room.mp3")
   audio.play().catch(() => {})
 
+  if (session.cameraOn) {
+    try {
+      await session.room.localParticipant.setCameraEnabled(false)
+    } catch {
+      /* pass */
+    }
+  }
+
   voiceState.set(VoiceState.Disconnected)
+  videoCallLayoutRevision.set(0)
   currentVoiceSession.set(undefined)
   session.room.disconnect()
   speakingParticipants.set([])
@@ -352,3 +373,66 @@ export const toggleMute = async () => {
     pushToast({theme: "error", message: "Could not access microphone"})
   }
 }
+
+const roomHasSubscribedRemoteCamera = (room: LiveKitRoom): boolean => {
+  for (const p of room.remoteParticipants.values()) {
+    const pub = p.getTrackPublication(Track.Source.Camera)
+    if (pub?.isSubscribed && pub.track) return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+/** True when the connected session has local camera on or any subscribed remote camera track. */
+export const videoCallContentActive = derived(
+  [currentVoiceSession, voiceState, videoCallLayoutRevision],
+  ([$session, $state, _rev]) => {
+    if ($state !== VoiceState.Connected || !$session) return false
+    if ($session.cameraOn) return true
+    return roomHasSubscribedRemoteCamera($session.room)
+  },
+)
+
+/** Live camera tracks (local + remote) for layout automation. */
+const countLiveCameraFeeds = (session: VoiceSession): number => {
+  const room = session.room
+  let n = 0
+  const lp = room.localParticipant
+  if (session.cameraOn) {
+    const pub = lp.getTrackPublication(Track.Source.Camera)
+    if (pub?.track) n += 1
+  }
+  for (const rp of room.remoteParticipants.values()) {
+    const pub = rp.getTrackPublication(Track.Source.Camera)
+    if (pub?.isSubscribed && pub.track) n += 1
+  }
+  return n
+}
+
+export const videoTileCount = derived(
+  [currentVoiceSession, voiceState, videoCallLayoutRevision],
+  ([$session, $state, _rev]) => {
+    if ($state !== VoiceState.Connected || !$session) return 0
+    return countLiveCameraFeeds($session)
+  },
+)
+
+export const toggleCamera = async () => {
+  const session = get(currentVoiceSession)
+  if (!session) return
+
+  const cameraOn = !session.cameraOn
+  if (!cameraOn) {
+    session.room.localParticipant.setCameraEnabled(false)
+    currentVoiceSession.set({...session, cameraOn})
+    bumpVideoCallLayoutRevision()
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await session.room.localParticipant.setCameraEnabled(true)
+    currentVoiceSession.set({...session, cameraOn})
+    bumpVideoCallLayoutRevision()
+  } catch (e) {
+    pushToast({theme: "error", message: "Could not access camera"})
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/PageContent.svelte b/src/lib/components/PageContent.svelte
index d73eebcc..f8d021fe 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/PageContent.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/PageContent.svelte
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 
   let {children, element = $bindable(), ...props}: Props = $props()
 
-  const className = cx(props.class, "scroll-container z-feature overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden")
+  const className = $derived(
+    cx(
+      props.class,
+      "scroll-container z-feature flex min-h-0 w-full min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden",
+    ),
+  )
 </script>
 
 <div {...props} bind:this={element} data-component="PageContent" class={className}>
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+layout.svelte
index efbb3754..bc9b64e1 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-<script>
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type {Snippet} from "svelte"
   import {page} from "$app/stores"
+
+  type Props = {
+    children?: Snippet
+  }
+
+  const {children}: Props = $props()
 </script>
 
 {#key $page.url.searchParams.get("at")}
-  <slot />
+  {@render children?.()}
 {/key}
diff --git a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
index 48b6c327..1072166f 100644
--- a/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/spaces/[relay]/[h]/+page.svelte
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   import ClockCircle from "@assets/icons/clock-circle.svg?dataurl"
   import InfoCircle from "@assets/icons/info-circle.svg?dataurl"
   import Login2 from "@assets/icons/login-3.svg?dataurl"
+  import cx from "classnames"
   import {slide, fade, fly} from "@lib/transition"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
   import Divider from "@lib/components/Divider.svelte"
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@
     userSettingsValues,
   } from "@app/core/state"
   import VoiceWidget from "@app/components/VoiceWidget.svelte"
-  import {VoiceState, voiceState} from "@app/voice"
+  import VideoCallContent from "@app/components/VideoCallContent.svelte"
+  import {VoiceState, currentVoiceRoom, videoTileCount, voiceState} from "@app/voice"
   import {makeFeed} from "@app/core/requests"
   import {popKey} from "@lib/implicit"
   import {checked} from "@app/util/notifications"
@@ -56,6 +58,49 @@
   const url = decodeRelay(relay)
   const room = deriveRoom(url, h)
   const isVoiceRoom = $derived(getRoomType($room) === RoomType.Voice)
+
+  const voiceConnectedHere = $derived(
+    isVoiceRoom &&
+      $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected &&
+      $currentVoiceRoom?.url === url &&
+      $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",
+  )
+
+  const pageContentHiddenDesktopVideoOnly = $derived(
+    voiceConnectedHere && voiceDesktopPanel === "video",
+  )
+
+  let prevVideoTileCount = $state(0)
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    if ($voiceState !== VoiceState.Connected) {
+      mobileRoomPanel = "chat"
+      voiceDesktopPanel = "chat"
+      prevVideoTileCount = 0
+      return
+    }
+
+    const here = isVoiceRoom && $currentVoiceRoom?.url === url && $currentVoiceRoom?.h === h
+    const n = $videoTileCount
+
+    if (!here) {
+      prevVideoTileCount = 0
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (prevVideoTileCount === 0 && n >= 1) {
+      voiceDesktopPanel = "video"
+      mobileRoomPanel = "video"
+    }
+    prevVideoTileCount = n
+  })
   const shouldProtect = canEnforceNip70(url)
   const membershipStatus = deriveUserRoomMembershipStatus(url, h)
   const at = $derived(parseInt($page.url.searchParams.get("at")!))
@@ -357,6 +402,40 @@
     <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} />
@@ -364,7 +443,49 @@
   {/snippet}
 </SpaceBar>
 
-<PageContent bind:element onscroll={onScroll} class="flex flex-col-reverse pt-4">
+<div
+  class={cx(
+    "flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col",
+    voiceConnectedHere && voiceDesktopPanel === "split" && "md:flex-row",
+  )}>
+  {#if voiceConnectedHere}
+    <VideoCallContent
+      variant="desktop-split"
+      {url}
+      {h}
+      visible={voiceDesktopPanel === "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"}
+      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",
+    )}>
+    {#if isVoiceRoom && $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected}
+      <VideoCallContent
+        variant="mobile"
+        {url}
+        {h}
+        visible={mobileRoomPanel === "video"}
+        class="md:hidden" />
+    {/if}
+
+    <PageContent
+      bind:element
+      onscroll={onScroll}
+      class={cx(
+        showMobileVideoPanel
+          ? "hidden flex-col-reverse pt-4 md:flex md:flex-col-reverse"
+          : "flex flex-col-reverse pt-4",
+        pageContentHiddenDesktopVideoOnly && "md:hidden",
+      )}>
   {#if $room.isPrivate && $membershipStatus !== MembershipStatus.Granted}
     <div class="py-20">
       <div class="card2 col-8 m-auto max-w-md items-center text-center">
@@ -431,10 +552,15 @@
     </p>
   {/if}
   <div class="h-screen"></div>
-</PageContent>
+    </PageContent>
 
-<div class="chat__compose flex flex-col gap-1 bg-base-200 md:flex-row md:gap-0">
-  <div class="chat__compose-inner min-w-0 flex-1">
+    <div
+      class={cx(
+        "chat__compose-zone chat__compose flex flex-col gap-1 bg-base-200 md:flex-row md:gap-0",
+        pageContentHiddenDesktopVideoOnly && "md:hidden",
+        showMobileVideoPanel && "max-md:hidden",
+      )}>
+      <div class="chat__compose-inner min-w-0 flex-1">
     {#if $room.isPrivate && $membershipStatus !== MembershipStatus.Granted}
       <!-- pass -->
     {:else if $room.isRestricted && $membershipStatus !== MembershipStatus.Granted}
@@ -481,10 +607,16 @@
     {/if}
   </div>
   {#if isVoiceRoom || $voiceState === VoiceState.Joining || $voiceState === VoiceState.Connected}
-    <div class="hide-on-keyboard shrink-0 p-2 md:hidden">
+    <div
+      class={cx(
+        "hide-on-keyboard flex-shrink-0 p-2 md:hidden",
+        showMobileVideoPanel && "hidden",
+      )}>
       <VoiceWidget />
     </div>
   {/if}
+    </div>
+  </div>
 </div>
 
 {#if showScrollButton}