diff --git a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/message_bubble.dart b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/message_bubble.dart
index 8e6d38aac5..0d18be649c 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/message_bubble.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/features/channels/channel_detail_page/message_bubble.dart
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class _MessageBubble extends HookConsumerWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
-    final coordinationExpanded = useState(false);
     final messageSnapshotKey = useMemoized(GlobalKey.new, const []);
     final swipeContentKey = useMemoized(GlobalKey.new, const []);
     final mediaOffset = useMessageMediaOffset(message.content, message.tags);
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ class _MessageBubble extends HookConsumerWidget {
       );
     }
 
-    if (message.isAgentCoordination && !coordinationExpanded.value) {
+    if (message.isAgentCoordination) {
       final collapsed = Padding(
         key: swipeContentKey,
         padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: Grid.xxs),
@@ -151,13 +150,10 @@ class _MessageBubble extends HookConsumerWidget {
             key: ValueKey('message-row-${message.id}'),
             snapshotKey: messageSnapshotKey,
             onLongPressDetails: openMessageActions,
-            onTap: () => coordinationExpanded.value = true,
             child: RepaintBoundary(
               key: messageSnapshotKey,
               child: Semantics(
-                button: true,
-                expanded: false,
-                label: 'Agent update from $displayName. Show message',
+                label: 'Agent update from $displayName',
                 child: Row(
                   children: [
                     SizedBox(
@@ -208,7 +204,11 @@ class _MessageBubble extends HookConsumerWidget {
         currentPubkey: currentPubkey,
         isMember: isMember,
         isArchived: isArchived,
-        child: collapsed,
+        child: AgentReplyHandoff(
+          key: ValueKey('reply-handoff-${message.id}'),
+          animate: typingHandoff,
+          child: collapsed,
+        ),
       );
     }
 
@@ -334,17 +334,6 @@ class _MessageBubble extends HookConsumerWidget {
                                     ? CrossAxisAlignment.end
                                     : CrossAxisAlignment.start,
                                 children: [
-                                  if (message.isAgentCoordination)
-                                    TextButton(
-                                      key: ValueKey(
-                                        'collapse-update-${message.id}',
-                                      ),
-                                      onPressed: () =>
-                                          coordinationExpanded.value = false,
-                                      child: const Text(
-                                        'Collapse agent update',
-                                      ),
-                                    ),
                                   if (showAuthor)
                                     Padding(
                                       padding: EdgeInsets.only(
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
index 118e49bfe9..055030692e 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test.dart
@@ -11078,6 +11078,71 @@ void main() {
       expect(findRichText('Here is the reply'), findsOneWidget);
     });
 
+    testWidgets('Me compact reply consumes typing and animates', (
+      tester,
+    ) async {
+      final now = DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch ~/ 1000;
+      final prompt = _textMsg(
+        id: threadIdRoot,
+        pubkey: 'self',
+        content: 'Hello',
+        createdAt: now - 3,
+      );
+      final typing = _FakeTypingNotifier(const []);
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        _buildTestable(
+          personalChat: true,
+          messages: [prompt],
+          typingNotifier: typing,
+          users: const {
+            'alice': UserProfile(pubkey: 'alice', displayName: 'Alice'),
+          },
+        ),
+      );
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      typing.setEntries([
+        TypingEntry(
+          pubkey: 'alice',
+          threadHeadId: threadIdRoot,
+          expiresAtMs: (now - 1) * 1000 + 8000,
+        ),
+      ]);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await tester.pump(const Duration(milliseconds: 250));
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('agent-typing-bubble')), findsOneWidget);
+      final container = ProviderScope.containerOf(
+        tester.element(find.byType(ChannelDetailPage)),
+      );
+      final messages =
+          container.read(meMessagesProvider(_channelId).notifier)
+              as _FakeMessagesNotifier;
+      messages.setMessages([
+        prompt,
+        _textMsg(
+          id: 'reply',
+          pubkey: 'alice',
+          content: 'Here is the reply',
+          createdAt: now,
+          extraTags: [
+            ['e', threadIdRoot, '', 'reply'],
+            ['audience', 'agents'],
+          ],
+        ),
+      ]);
+      await tester.pump();
+      expect(
+        find.byKey(const ValueKey('inline-agent-typing-alice')),
+        findsNothing,
+      );
+      final handoff = tester.widget<AgentReplyHandoff>(
+        find.byKey(const ValueKey('reply-handoff-reply')),
+      );
+      expect(handoff.animate, isTrue);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(find.byKey(const ValueKey('agent-typing-bubble')), findsNothing);
+      expect(find.text('Here is the reply'), findsOneWidget);
+    });
+
     for (final personal in [true, false]) {
       testWidgets('reply-scoped typing is visible only in flat Me: $personal', (
         tester,
diff --git a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test/bubble_tests.dart b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test/bubble_tests.dart
index 9ea049df04..047eb5e235 100644
--- a/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test/bubble_tests.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/features/channels/channel_detail_page_test/bubble_tests.dart
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void bubbleLayoutTests() {
   }
 
   testWidgets(
-    'agent audience updates collapse without a bubble and expand on tap',
+    'agent audience updates stay compact on tap and preserve swipe reply',
     (tester) async {
       await tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(const Size(390, 844));
       addTearDown(() => tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(null));
@@ -362,10 +362,6 @@ void bubbleLayoutTests() {
       }
       await tester.tap(row);
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
-      expect(tester.widget<MessageContent>(body()).bubble, isFalse);
-      expect(tester.widget<MessageContent>(body()).content, update);
-      await tester.tap(find.byKey(const ValueKey('collapse-update-update')));
-      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
       expect(body(), findsNothing);
       await tester.drag(row, const Offset(150, 0));
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();