diff --git a/plugin-designs/plugin-studio/plugin-studio.vue b/plugin-designs/plugin-studio/plugin-studio.vue
index 78c969db1..eea877ac0 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/plugin-studio/plugin-studio.vue
+++ b/plugin-designs/plugin-studio/plugin-studio.vue
@@ -448,7 +448,8 @@ const WIDGET_CSS = `
 [data-wb-icon]{display:grid;place-items:center;flex:none;color:#38bdf8}
 [data-wb-icon] svg,[data-wb-chev] svg{width:20px;height:20px;display:block}
 [data-wb-text]{min-width:0;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;text-overflow:ellipsis}
-[data-widget-bubble][data-listening="true"]{width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 32px))}
+/* ★ WHILE RECORDING THE PILL DOES NOT BREATHE. The Driver: "it keeps RESIZING, kind of distracting — it should stay the same width". width alone was not enough: the bubble is inline-flex, so it still sizes to content wherever width loses — and it carries a max-width that the <=480px query overrides, which is exactly the phone case he was looking at. Truncating the text cannot fix it either: 33 CHARACTERS is 133px of "illi" and 344px of "MMM WOW", so a character count is not a width. min-width and max-width are pinned to the same value as width so no later rule and no viewport can let it grow or shrink; the text ellipsises inside it. */
+[data-widget-bubble][data-listening="true"]{width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 32px));min-width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 32px));max-width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 32px))}
 [data-widget-bubble][data-listening="true"] [data-wb-text]{flex:1 1 auto}
 [data-wb-dot],[data-wb-chev]{display:none;flex:none}
 [data-wb-dot]{width:10px;height:10px;border-radius:50%;background:#ef4444}
@@ -466,6 +467,8 @@ const WIDGET_CSS = `
   [data-studio-widgets$="left"]{left:max(8px,env(safe-area-inset-left))}
   [data-widget-panel]{width:calc(100vw - 16px);max-width:none;height:60vh;height:60dvh}
   [data-widget-bubble]{max-width:calc(100vw - 16px)}
+  /* ...but a RECORDING pill keeps its fixed width on a phone too, or it grows to the viewport. */
+  [data-widget-bubble][data-listening="true"]{width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 16px));min-width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 16px));max-width:min(300px,calc(100vw - 16px))}
 }`
 const WIDGET_ICON_OPEN = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><rect x="9" y="2" width="6" height="12" rx="3"/><path d="M5 10v1a7 7 0 0 0 14 0v-1"/><path d="M12 18v4"/></svg>'
 const WIDGET_ICON_CLOSE = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.4" stroke-linecap="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 9l6 6 6-6"/></svg>'