diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(main)/chat/page.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/(main)/chat/page.tsx
index 8373bbb..0431e9e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/(main)/chat/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(main)/chat/page.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { EmbeddedApp } from "../../../components/embed/embedded-app";
 import { api, errorMessage } from "../../../lib/api-client";
 import { useApiResource } from "../../../lib/use-api";
+import { useIsMobile } from "../../../hooks/use-is-mobile";
 
 /**
  * In-app Chat: Element Web, full height inside the Hub shell, signed in as the
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ function originOf(url: string): string | null {
 
 export default function ChatPage(): React.ReactElement {
   const identity = useApiResource<MatrixIdentity, MatrixIdentity | null>("/matrix/identity", identityView, null);
+  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
   const frameRef = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement>(null);
   const mints = useRef(0);
   const tokenSent = useRef(false);
@@ -127,6 +129,39 @@ export default function ChatPage(): React.ReactElement {
           ? ssoUser
           : undefined;
 
+  if (isMobile) {
+    // Mobile: a framed three-pane Element under the bottom tab bar breaks
+    // (nested scrolling, keyboard collapse, double chrome) — hand off to the
+    // standalone app instead (panel consensus: gateway pattern).
+    return (
+      <div className="flex h-full flex-col justify-center px-6 py-10 text-center">
+        <h1 className="text-lg font-bold">Newsroom chat</h1>
+        <p className="mx-auto mt-2 max-w-xs text-xs leading-relaxed text-text-dim">
+          Chat runs best as its own app on mobile — the full three-pane interface gets cramped inside the Hub frame.
+        </p>
+        <div className="mx-auto mt-8 flex w-full max-w-xs flex-col gap-3">
+          <a
+            href={identity.error === null ? `${elementOrigin}/` : FALLBACK_CHAT_URL}
+            className="flex min-h-12 items-center justify-center rounded-xl bg-accent px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-white transition-opacity hover:opacity-90"
+          >
+            Open chat ↗
+          </a>
+          {ssoUser !== null && (
+            <a
+              href={`matrix:u/${ssoUser.slice(1)}`}
+              className="flex min-h-12 items-center justify-center rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface px-4 text-sm font-medium text-text transition-colors hover:border-accent"
+            >
+              Open in a Matrix app
+            </a>
+          )}
+        </div>
+        <p className="mt-4 text-2xs text-text-faint">
+          {ssoUser !== null ? `Signed in as ${ssoUser}` : "Sign in on desktop to link your account."}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <EmbeddedApp
       title="Chat"
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/(main)/files/drive/page.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/(main)/files/drive/page.tsx
index aa96efd..651061f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/(main)/files/drive/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/(main)/files/drive/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { EmbeddedApp } from "../../../../components/embed/embedded-app";
 import { useFilesLang } from "../../../../components/files/i18n";
 import { useApiResource } from "../../../../lib/use-api";
+import { useIsMobile } from "../../../../hooks/use-is-mobile";
 
 /**
  * Drive — the oCIS web UI (personal space, shares, office documents) embedded
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const driveView = (session: DriveSession): DriveSession | null => session;
 export default function DrivePage(): React.ReactElement {
   const { t } = useFilesLang();
   const drive = useApiResource<DriveSession, DriveSession | null>("/drive/session", driveView, null);
+  const isMobile = useIsMobile();
 
   const driveUrl = drive.source === "sample" ? FALLBACK_DRIVE_URL : drive.data?.driveUrl ?? null;
   const notConfigured = drive.source === "live" && drive.error === null && driveUrl === null;
@@ -43,6 +45,26 @@ export default function DrivePage(): React.ReactElement {
           es: "Inicia sesión una vez dentro de la unidad y quedará abierta. Los archivos de los colectivos están en la pestaña Biblioteca.",
         });
 
+  if (isMobile) {
+    // Mobile: the oCIS file browser under the bottom tab bar breaks (nested
+    // scrolling, double chrome) — hand off to the standalone drive instead
+    // (panel consensus: gateway pattern). The Library tab is fully native.
+    return (
+      <div className="flex h-full flex-col justify-center px-6 py-10 text-center">
+        <h1 className="text-lg font-bold">{t({ en: "Drive", es: "Unidad" })}</h1>
+        <p className="mx-auto mt-2 max-w-xs text-xs leading-relaxed text-text-dim">{error ?? notice}</p>
+        <div className="mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-xs">
+          <a
+            href={`${driveUrl ?? FALLBACK_DRIVE_URL}/`}
+            className="flex min-h-12 items-center justify-center rounded-xl bg-accent px-4 text-sm font-semibold text-white transition-opacity hover:opacity-90"
+          >
+            {t({ en: "Open drive ↗", es: "Abrir unidad ↗" })}
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <EmbeddedApp
       title={t({ en: "Drive", es: "Unidad" })}
diff --git a/infra/occupymedia/edge/hub-sso/chat-sso.html b/infra/occupymedia/edge/hub-sso/chat-sso.html
index c0f7e8d..eb76d13 100644
--- a/infra/occupymedia/edge/hub-sso/chat-sso.html
+++ b/infra/occupymedia/edge/hub-sso/chat-sso.html
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@
   // Element and the homeserver share this host (/_matrix is proxied here).
   var HOMESERVER = location.origin;
 
+  // Pin the Hub theme before any handover. config.json's default_theme only
+  // applies to devices that never picked a theme: Element stores the choice
+  // in mx_local_settings on THIS origin, and this bootstrap page is the one
+  // place the Hub can set it. Version-flagged so a later choice in Element's
+  // theme picker is respected.
+  try {
+    if (localStorage.getItem("tmbh_theme_pin_v1") !== "1") {
+      var raw = localStorage.getItem("mx_local_settings");
+      var settings = raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : {};
+      settings.theme = "custom-OccupyHub Dark";
+      localStorage.setItem("mx_local_settings", JSON.stringify(settings));
+      localStorage.setItem("tmbh_theme_pin_v1", "1");
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+
   function openElement(query) {
     location.replace("/" + query);
   }