diff --git a/apps/mobile/app.config.ts b/apps/mobile/app.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5817d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/app.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { ConfigContext, ExpoConfig } from 'expo/config';
+
+/**
+ * app.json holds the real config; this only adds build-time switches.
+ *
+ * Local test builds point at a dev server over plain http://, which Android
+ * blocks by default in release builds. Allow cleartext only when the API URL
+ * itself is http://, so store builds (https) stay locked down.
+ */
+export default ({ config }: ConfigContext): ExpoConfig => {
+  const apiUrl = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL ?? '';
+  const localHttp = apiUrl.startsWith('http://');
+  return {
+    ...(config as ExpoConfig),
+    plugins: [
+      ...(config.plugins ?? []),
+      ['expo-build-properties', { android: { usesCleartextTraffic: localHttp } }],
+    ],
+  };
+};
diff --git a/apps/mobile/app.json b/apps/mobile/app.json
index 2c4421b..d16207d 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/app.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/app.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "scheme": "musicshare",
     "userInterfaceStyle": "dark",
     "ios": {
-      "icon": "./assets/expo.icon",
+      "icon": "./assets/images/icon.png",
       "bundleIdentifier": "tech.chrisedwards.musicshare",
       "infoPlist": {
         "NSAppleMusicUsageDescription": "musicshare shows your friends what you play in Apple Music, and opens their songs for you."
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     },
     "android": {
       "adaptiveIcon": {
-        "backgroundColor": "#0e0f13",
+        "backgroundColor": "#1a0a4a",
         "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-foreground.png",
         "backgroundImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-background.png",
         "monochromeImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png"
@@ -30,9 +30,17 @@
       [
         "expo-splash-screen",
         {
-          "backgroundColor": "#0e0f13",
+          "backgroundColor": "#0b0820",
           "image": "./assets/images/splash-icon.png",
-          "imageWidth": 76
+          "imageWidth": 150
+        }
+      ],
+      [
+        "expo-camera",
+        {
+          "cameraPermission": "musicshare uses the camera to scan friends' QR codes.",
+          "microphonePermission": false,
+          "recordAudioAndroid": false
         }
       ]
     ],
diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/ambient-blue.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/ambient-blue.png
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diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/ambient-purple.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/ambient-purple.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c603188
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diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-background.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-background.png
index 5ffefc5..8f75e47 100644
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diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-foreground.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-foreground.png
index 3a9e501..eeef14e 100644
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diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png
index 77484eb..eeef14e 100644
Binary files a/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png and b/apps/mobile/assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png differ
diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/icon.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/icon.png
index 67c777a..6c5516d 100644
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diff --git a/apps/mobile/assets/images/splash-icon.png b/apps/mobile/assets/images/splash-icon.png
index 6b1642a..bf3a8da 100644
Binary files a/apps/mobile/assets/images/splash-icon.png and b/apps/mobile/assets/images/splash-icon.png differ
diff --git a/apps/mobile/package.json b/apps/mobile/package.json
index 37b4fce..be490fd 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/package.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/package.json
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@
   "main": "expo-router/entry",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@expo-google-fonts/space-grotesk": "^0.4.1",
     "@expo/ui": "~57.0.21",
     "@musicshare/shared": "*",
     "expo": "~57.0.26",
+    "expo-build-properties": "~57.0.22",
+    "expo-camera": "~57.0.6",
     "expo-constants": "~57.0.20",
     "expo-device": "~57.0.2",
     "expo-font": "~57.0.4",
     "expo-glass-effect": "~57.0.4",
+    "expo-haptics": "~57.0.3",
     "expo-image": "~57.0.5",
+    "expo-linear-gradient": "~57.0.2",
     "expo-linking": "~57.0.11",
     "expo-router": "~57.0.24",
     "expo-secure-store": "~57.0.4",
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@
     "react-native-reanimated": "4.5.1",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "~5.7.0",
     "react-native-screens": "~4.26.0",
+    "react-native-svg": "15.15.4",
     "react-native-web": "~0.21.0",
     "react-native-worklets": "0.10.1",
     "swr": "^2.5.1"
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/index.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/index.tsx
index 7dda3cc..37422b2 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { router } from 'expo-router';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { FlatList, RefreshControl, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { RefreshControl, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { FadeInDown, LinearTransition } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import useSWR from 'swr';
 import { sortFeed, type ConnectionDTO, type FeedItemDTO, type ProfileDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { AmbientBackground } from '@/components/AmbientBackground';
 import { NowPlayingCard } from '@/components/NowPlayingCard';
 import { RelinkReminder } from '@/components/RelinkReminder';
 import { SharingControls } from '@/components/SharingControls';
@@ -71,7 +73,10 @@ export default function FeedScreen() {
 
   return (
     <SafeAreaView style={styles.safe} edges={['top']}>
-      <FlatList
+      <AmbientBackground />
+      {/* Cards rise in on load and glide to new positions when someone pins or starts playing. */}
+      <Animated.FlatList
+        itemLayoutAnimation={LinearTransition.springify().damping(18)}
         data={feed ?? []}
         keyExtractor={(item) => item.user.id}
         contentContainerStyle={styles.list}
@@ -115,13 +120,15 @@ export default function FeedScreen() {
             </Card>
           )
         }
-        renderItem={({ item }) => (
-          <NowPlayingCard
-            np={item}
-            preferred={me?.preferredService}
-            pinned={Boolean(item.pinnedAt)}
-            onTogglePin={() => togglePin(item)}
-          />
+        renderItem={({ item, index }) => (
+          <Animated.View entering={FadeInDown.delay(Math.min(index, 8) * 60).springify().damping(16)}>
+            <NowPlayingCard
+              np={item}
+              preferred={me?.preferredService}
+              pinned={Boolean(item.pinnedAt)}
+              onTogglePin={() => togglePin(item)}
+            />
+          </Animated.View>
         )}
       />
     </SafeAreaView>
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/search.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/search.tsx
index 2a24032..6b0c2ac 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/search.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/search.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { FlatList, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import useSWR from 'swr';
 import type { UserSummaryDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { AmbientBackground } from '@/components/AmbientBackground';
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar';
-import { Body, Field, Title } from '@/components/ui';
+import { Body, Button, Field, Row, Title } from '@/components/ui';
 import { useDebounced } from '@/lib/useDebounced';
 import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export default function SearchScreen() {
 
   return (
     <SafeAreaView style={styles.safe} edges={['top']}>
+      <AmbientBackground />
       <FlatList
         data={query.length >= 2 ? (data ?? []) : []}
         keyExtractor={(u) => u.id}
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ export default function SearchScreen() {
         ListHeaderComponent={
           <View style={{ gap: space.md }}>
             <Title>Find friends</Title>
+            <Row>
+              <Button small variant="primary" title="Scan a code" onPress={() => router.push('/scan')} />
+              <Button small title="My code" onPress={() => router.push('/qr')} />
+            </Row>
             <Field
               placeholder="Search by name or username"
               value={q}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/settings.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/settings.tsx
index 2ad7c75..d95b4f6 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/settings.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/(tabs)/settings.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import * as Linking from 'expo-linking';
-import * as WebBrowser from 'expo-web-browser';
-import { Image } from 'expo-image';
 import { router } from 'expo-router';
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { Alert, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Alert, Platform, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import useSWR from 'swr';
 import {
   SERVICE_LABELS,
@@ -11,17 +8,17 @@ import {
   timeAgo,
   type ConnectionDTO,
   type NowPlayingProvider,
-  type TrackSearchResultDTO,
 } from '@musicshare/shared';
 import { RelinkReminder } from '@/components/RelinkReminder';
+import { FeaturedPicker } from '@/components/FeaturedPicker';
 import { Screen } from '@/components/Screen';
 import { SharingControls } from '@/components/SharingControls';
 import { Body, Button, Card, Chip, Field, Heading, Row, Title } from '@/components/ui';
 import { api } from '@/lib/api';
 import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
 import { AppleMusicPermissionError, appleMusicAvailable, connectAppleMusic } from '@/lib/appleMusic';
+import { SignInError, openSpotifyLinkPage, signInWithService } from '@/lib/connect';
 import { openReaderSettings, useReader } from '@/lib/nowPlayingReader';
-import { useDebounced } from '@/lib/useDebounced';
 import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
 import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
 
@@ -130,53 +127,19 @@ function Connections() {
     await mutate();
   };
 
-  /** Sign in on the service's site and come back via deep link. Returns true when connected. */
-  const signIn = async (provider: 'spotify' | 'plex' | 'lastfm'): Promise<boolean> => {
-    // Deep link back into the app; in Expo Go this is an exp:// URL, in builds musicshare://
-    const returnTo = Linking.createURL('settings');
-    const { url } = await api.authorizeUrl(provider, { client: 'mobile', returnTo });
-    const result = await WebBrowser.openAuthSessionAsync(url, returnTo);
-    if (result.type !== 'success') return false;
-    const error = Linking.parse(result.url).queryParams?.error;
-    if (error === 'spotify_limited') {
-      offerSpotifyViaLastfm();
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (typeof error === 'string') {
-      Alert.alert(`Couldn't connect ${SERVICE_LABELS[provider]}`, error);
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  };
-
-  const connectOAuth = (provider: 'spotify' | 'plex' | 'lastfm') => run(() => signIn(provider));
-
-  /**
-   * Spotify only lets small apps sign in a handful of accounts. Spotify's own
-   * Last.fm link works for everyone: sign in to Last.fm here, then approve
-   * "Spotify Scrobbling" on Last.fm.
-   */
-  const linkSpotifyOnLastfm = () =>
-    WebBrowser.openBrowserAsync('https://www.last.fm/settings/applications').catch((e) => showError(e));
-
-  const setUpSpotifyViaLastfm = () =>
+  /** Sign in on the service's site (Plex, Last.fm) and come back to the app. */
+  const connectOAuth = (provider: 'plex' | 'lastfm') =>
     run(async () => {
-      if (!byProvider.has('lastfm') && !(await signIn('lastfm'))) return;
-      Alert.alert('Last step: link Spotify', 'On the next page, tap Connect next to "Spotify Scrobbling" and approve.', [
-        { text: 'Open Last.fm', onPress: linkSpotifyOnLastfm },
-      ]);
+      try {
+        await signInWithService(provider);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof SignInError) Alert.alert(`Couldn't connect ${SERVICE_LABELS[provider]}`, err.message);
+        else throw err;
+      }
     });
 
-  function offerSpotifyViaLastfm() {
-    Alert.alert(
-      'Spotify sign-in is limited during beta',
-      "Spotify only allows a few accounts to sign in to new apps directly. You can still share Spotify through Last.fm: two quick approvals, and it works for everyone.",
-      [
-        { text: 'Not now', style: 'cancel' },
-        { text: 'Set up', onPress: setUpSpotifyViaLastfm },
-      ],
-    );
-  }
+  const linkSpotifyOnLastfm = () => openSpotifyLinkPage('lastfm').catch((e) => showError(e));
+  const spotifyLinked = byProvider.has('lastfm') || byProvider.has('listenbrainz');
 
   const disconnect = (provider: NowPlayingProvider) =>
     Alert.alert(`Disconnect ${SERVICE_LABELS[provider]}?`, 'Friends will stop seeing what you play there.', [
@@ -229,25 +192,39 @@ function Connections() {
         </View>
       )}
 
-      {(['spotify', 'plex'] as const).map((p) => (
-        <View key={p} style={[styles.connectionColumn, styles.connection]}>
-          <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
-            <Text style={styles.provider}>{SERVICE_LABELS[p]}</Text>
-            {status(p, p === 'plex' ? 'Music you play from your Plex servers' : 'Live from your Spotify account')}
-          </View>
-          {isActive(p) ? (
-            <Button small title="Disconnect" onPress={() => disconnect(p)} />
-          ) : (
-            <Button small variant="primary" title={byProvider.has(p) ? 'Reconnect' : 'Connect'} onPress={() => connectOAuth(p)} />
-          )}
+      {/* Spotify caps new apps at a handful of accounts, so Spotify comes in through
+          its own Last.fm / ListenBrainz link (or the Android toggle). */}
+      <View style={[styles.connectionColumn, styles.connection]}>
+        <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+          <Text style={styles.provider}>Spotify</Text>
+          <Body muted style={styles.small}>
+            {Platform.OS === 'android'
+              ? 'Shared automatically by “This phone” above. On other devices, connect it through Last.fm or ListenBrainz.'
+              : spotifyLinked
+                ? 'Through Spotify’s link to Last.fm or ListenBrainz. Make sure it’s linked there.'
+                : 'Connect it through Last.fm or ListenBrainz: Spotify sends your plays there, and we share them.'}
+          </Body>
         </View>
-      ))}
+        <Button small variant={spotifyLinked ? 'secondary' : 'primary'} title={spotifyLinked ? 'Check link' : 'Set up'} onPress={() => router.push('/spotify-setup')} />
+      </View>
+
+      <View style={[styles.connectionColumn, styles.connection]}>
+        <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+          <Text style={styles.provider}>Plex</Text>
+          {status('plex', 'Music you play from your Plex servers')}
+        </View>
+        {isActive('plex') ? (
+          <Button small title="Disconnect" onPress={() => disconnect('plex')} />
+        ) : (
+          <Button small variant="primary" title={byProvider.has('plex') ? 'Reconnect' : 'Connect'} onPress={() => connectOAuth('plex')} />
+        )}
+      </View>
 
       <View style={styles.connectionColumn}>
         <View style={styles.connection}>
           <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
             <Text style={styles.provider}>Last.fm</Text>
-            {status('lastfm', 'Also the way to share Spotify for everyone (via Spotify’s Last.fm link).')}
+            {status('lastfm', 'Scrobbles from Spotify, TIDAL, YouTube Music and more.')}
           </View>
           {byProvider.has('lastfm') ? (
             <Button small title="Disconnect" onPress={() => disconnect('lastfm')} />
@@ -387,82 +364,6 @@ function JellyfinConnection({
   );
 }
 
-function FeaturedPicker() {
-  const [q, setQ] = useState('');
-  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<TrackSearchResultDTO | null>(null);
-  const [comment, setComment] = useState('');
-  const [saved, setSaved] = useState(false);
-  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-  const query = useDebounced(q.trim(), 300);
-  const { data: results } = useSWR<TrackSearchResultDTO[]>(
-    query.length >= 2 && !selected ? `/tracks/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}` : null,
-  );
-
-  const save = async () => {
-    if (!selected) return;
-    setBusy(true);
-    try {
-      await api.setFeatured({ deezerId: selected.deezerId, comment: comment.trim() || null });
-      setSaved(true);
-    } catch (err) {
-      showError(err);
-    }
-    setBusy(false);
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <Card>
-      <Heading>Featured song</Heading>
-      <Body muted style={styles.small}>
-        Pin a song to your profile, with an optional note about why.
-      </Body>
-      {selected ? (
-        <>
-          <View style={styles.result}>
-            {selected.artworkUrl && <Image source={selected.artworkUrl} style={styles.thumb} />}
-            <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
-              <Text style={styles.provider} numberOfLines={1}>
-                {selected.title}
-              </Text>
-              <Body muted style={styles.small}>
-                {selected.artist}
-              </Body>
-            </View>
-            <Button small title="Change" onPress={() => (setSelected(null), setSaved(false))} />
-          </View>
-          <Field
-            placeholder="Say something about it (optional)"
-            value={comment}
-            onChangeText={setComment}
-            maxLength={280}
-            multiline
-            style={{ minHeight: 64 }}
-          />
-          <Button
-            variant="primary"
-            title={saved ? 'Featured ✓' : 'Feature this song'}
-            loading={busy}
-            onPress={save}
-            style={{ alignSelf: 'flex-start' }}
-          />
-        </>
-      ) : (
-        <>
-          <Field placeholder="Search for a song" value={q} onChangeText={setQ} autoCorrect={false} returnKeyType="search" />
-          {results?.map((r) => (
-            <Pressable key={r.deezerId} style={styles.result} onPress={() => setSelected(r)} accessibilityRole="button">
-              {r.artworkUrl && <Image source={r.artworkUrl} style={styles.thumb} />}
-              <Text style={styles.resultText} numberOfLines={1}>
-                {r.title} <Text style={{ color: colors.muted }}>· {r.artist}</Text>
-              </Text>
-            </Pressable>
-          ))}
-        </>
-      )}
-    </Card>
-  );
-}
-
 function Account() {
   const { me, signOut } = useSession();
   const confirmDelete = () =>
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/_layout.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/_layout.tsx
index 68d9455..8fc2575 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { SpaceGrotesk_500Medium, SpaceGrotesk_700Bold, useFonts } from '@expo-google-fonts/space-grotesk';
 import { DarkTheme, Stack, ThemeProvider } from 'expo-router';
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
 import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
@@ -33,17 +34,20 @@ export default function RootLayout() {
 function AppNavigator() {
   const { status, me, retry } = useSession();
   const signedIn = status === 'signedIn';
+  const onboarded = Boolean(me?.onboardedAt);
+  const [fontsLoaded, fontError] = useFonts({ SpaceGrotesk_500Medium, SpaceGrotesk_700Bold });
+  const ready = status !== 'loading' && (fontsLoaded || Boolean(fontError));
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (status !== 'loading') SplashScreen.hideAsync();
-  }, [status]);
+    if (ready) SplashScreen.hideAsync();
+  }, [ready]);
 
   // Keep the Android listener pointed at this account (no-op elsewhere).
   useEffect(() => {
     if (signedIn) syncDevice().catch(() => {});
   }, [signedIn]);
 
-  if (status === 'loading') return null;
+  if (!ready) return null;
   if (status === 'offline') {
     return (
       <View style={styles.offline}>
@@ -75,10 +79,20 @@ function AppNavigator() {
           headerShadowVisible: false,
           contentStyle: { backgroundColor: colors.bg },
         }}>
-        <Stack.Protected guard={signedIn}>
+        <Stack.Protected guard={signedIn && onboarded}>
           <Stack.Screen name="(tabs)" options={{ headerShown: false }} />
-          <Stack.Screen name="u/[username]" options={{ title: '' }} />
           <Stack.Screen name="share-setup" options={{ headerShown: false, presentation: 'modal' }} />
+          <Stack.Screen name="qr" options={{ title: 'My code', presentation: 'modal' }} />
+          <Stack.Screen name="spotify-setup" options={{ headerShown: false, presentation: 'modal' }} />
+        </Stack.Protected>
+        {/* New accounts go through onboarding first (finishing flips onboardedAt and lands on the feed). */}
+        <Stack.Protected guard={signedIn && !onboarded}>
+          <Stack.Screen name="onboarding" options={{ headerShown: false, gestureEnabled: false }} />
+        </Stack.Protected>
+        <Stack.Protected guard={signedIn}>
+          {/* Reachable from onboarding too (scanning a friend's code, viewing a profile). */}
+          <Stack.Screen name="u/[username]" options={{ title: '' }} />
+          <Stack.Screen name="scan" options={{ title: 'Scan a code', presentation: 'modal' }} />
         </Stack.Protected>
         <Stack.Protected guard={!signedIn}>
           <Stack.Screen name="login" options={{ headerShown: false }} />
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/_layout.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/_layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac605c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/_layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { Stack } from 'expo-router';
+import { colors } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+export default function OnboardingLayout() {
+  return <Stack screenOptions={{ headerShown: false, contentStyle: { backgroundColor: colors.bg }, animation: 'slide_from_right' }} />;
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/friends.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/friends.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c49c7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/friends.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Pressable, Share, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import useSWR from 'swr';
+import { profileUrl, type UserSummaryDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar';
+import { OnboardingStep } from '@/components/OnboardingStep';
+import { Body, Button, Field, Row, Title } from '@/components/ui';
+import { api } from '@/lib/api';
+import { WEB_URL } from '@/lib/config';
+import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { successHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
+import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { useDebounced } from '@/lib/useDebounced';
+
+/** Step 3: an empty feed is the fastest way to lose someone, so find friends now. */
+export default function FriendsStep() {
+  const { me } = useSession();
+  const [q, setQ] = useState('');
+  const [followed, setFollowed] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
+  const query = useDebounced(q.trim(), 250);
+  const { data: results } = useSWR<UserSummaryDTO[]>(query.length >= 2 ? `/users/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}` : null);
+
+  const follow = async (username: string) => {
+    try {
+      await api.follow(username);
+      successHaptic();
+      setFollowed((s) => new Set(s).add(username));
+    } catch (err) {
+      showError(err);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const invite = () => {
+    if (!me) return;
+    const url = profileUrl(WEB_URL, me.username);
+    Share.share({ message: `I'm on musicshare: follow me and see what I'm listening to → ${url}`, url }).catch(() => {});
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <OnboardingStep step={3}>
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        <Title>Find your friends</Title>
+        <Body muted>Follow people to see what they’re playing, live.</Body>
+      </View>
+
+      <Row>
+        <Button small variant="primary" title="Scan a code" onPress={() => router.push('/scan')} />
+        <Button small title="Invite friends" onPress={invite} />
+      </Row>
+
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        <Field placeholder="Search by name or username" value={q} onChangeText={setQ} autoCapitalize="none" autoCorrect={false} />
+        {results
+          ?.filter((u) => u.id !== me?.id)
+          .slice(0, 6)
+          .map((u) => (
+            <View key={u.id} style={styles.row}>
+              <Pressable style={styles.who} onPress={() => router.push(`/u/${u.username}`)}>
+                <Avatar user={u} size={36} />
+                <View style={{ flexShrink: 1 }}>
+                  <Text style={styles.name} numberOfLines={1}>
+                    {u.displayName ?? u.username}
+                  </Text>
+                  <Text style={styles.handle}>@{u.username}</Text>
+                </View>
+              </Pressable>
+              <Button
+                small
+                variant={followed.has(u.username) ? 'secondary' : 'primary'}
+                title={followed.has(u.username) ? 'Following' : 'Follow'}
+                disabled={followed.has(u.username)}
+                onPress={() => follow(u.username)}
+              />
+            </View>
+          ))}
+        {query.length >= 2 && results?.length === 0 && <Body muted>No one by that name yet. Invite them!</Body>}
+      </View>
+
+      <Button
+        variant={followed.size ? 'primary' : 'secondary'}
+        title={followed.size ? `Continue (${followed.size} followed)` : 'Skip for now'}
+        onPress={() => router.push('/onboarding/song')}
+      />
+    </OnboardingStep>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  row: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: space.md },
+  who: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.md, flexShrink: 1 },
+  name: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 15 },
+  handle: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 13 },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/index.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10f4387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { FadeInDown } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { OnboardingStep } from '@/components/OnboardingStep';
+import { Body, Button, Title } from '@/components/ui';
+import { api } from '@/lib/api';
+import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { selectionHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { LISTEN_APPS, finishOnboarding } from '@/lib/onboarding';
+import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+/** Step 1: where do you listen? Sets where friends' songs open, and picks the right setup next. */
+export default function ListenAppStep() {
+  const { me, setMe } = useSession();
+  const [picked, setPicked] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+
+  const next = async () => {
+    const app = LISTEN_APPS.find((a) => a.id === picked);
+    if (!app) return;
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      if (app.service) setMe(await api.updateMe({ preferredService: app.service }));
+      router.push({ pathname: '/onboarding/share', params: { app: app.id } });
+    } catch (err) {
+      showError(err);
+    }
+    setBusy(false);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <OnboardingStep step={1}>
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        <Title>Hi {me?.displayName ?? me?.username} 👋</Title>
+        <Body muted>Which app do you mostly listen with?</Body>
+      </View>
+      <View style={styles.grid}>
+        {LISTEN_APPS.map((app, i) => (
+          <Animated.View key={app.id} entering={FadeInDown.delay(80 + i * 35).springify().damping(16)} style={styles.cell}>
+            <Pressable
+              accessibilityRole="radio"
+              accessibilityState={{ checked: picked === app.id }}
+              onPress={() => (selectionHaptic(), setPicked(app.id))}
+              style={[styles.option, picked === app.id && styles.optionPicked]}>
+              <Text style={[styles.optionText, picked === app.id && styles.optionTextPicked]}>{app.label}</Text>
+            </Pressable>
+          </Animated.View>
+        ))}
+      </View>
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        <Button variant="primary" title="Continue" disabled={!picked} loading={busy} onPress={next} />
+        <Button title="Skip setup" onPress={() => finishOnboarding(setMe).catch(showError)} />
+      </View>
+    </OnboardingStep>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  grid: { flexDirection: 'row', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: space.sm },
+  cell: { width: '48.5%' },
+  option: {
+    minHeight: 56,
+    borderRadius: radius.md,
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: colors.border,
+    backgroundColor: colors.surface,
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    paddingHorizontal: space.md,
+  },
+  optionPicked: { borderColor: colors.accent, backgroundColor: 'rgba(124,77,255,0.18)' },
+  optionText: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '600', fontSize: 15 },
+  optionTextPicked: { color: '#fff' },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/share.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/share.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe71a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/share.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { router, useLocalSearchParams } from 'expo-router';
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
+import { OnboardingStep } from '@/components/OnboardingStep';
+import { AndroidShareSetup } from '@/components/setup/AndroidShareSetup';
+import { AppleMusicSetup } from '@/components/setup/AppleMusicSetup';
+import { ServiceSignInSetup } from '@/components/setup/ServiceSignInSetup';
+import { SpotifySetup } from '@/components/setup/SpotifySetup';
+import { Points, SetupActions, SetupHeader } from '@/components/setup/common';
+import { listenApp } from '@/lib/onboarding';
+
+const next = () => router.push('/onboarding/friends');
+
+/**
+ * Step 2: share what you play, matched to the app and the phone.
+ * Android: one toggle covers every app. iPhone: depends on the service.
+ */
+export default function ShareStep() {
+  const { app: appId } = useLocalSearchParams<{ app?: string }>();
+  const app = listenApp(appId);
+  const props = { onDone: next, skipLabel: 'Skip for now' };
+
+  let body: React.ReactNode;
+  if (Platform.OS === 'android') body = <AndroidShareSetup {...props} />;
+  else if (app.id === 'apple_music') body = <AppleMusicSetup {...props} />;
+  else if (app.id === 'spotify') body = <SpotifySetup {...props} />;
+  else if (app.id === 'plex') body = <ServiceSignInSetup service="plex" appName="Plex" {...props} />;
+  else if (app.id === 'jellyfin') {
+    body = (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader
+          title="Connect Jellyfin"
+          subtitle="Jellyfin needs your server address and login, so set it up in Settings → Music services whenever you're ready."
+        />
+        <Points items={['Your password is only used once to get a token; it isn’t stored.']} />
+        <SetupActions primary="Continue" onPrimary={next} />
+      </>
+    );
+  } else body = <ServiceSignInSetup service="lastfm" appName={app.label} {...props} />;
+
+  return <OnboardingStep step={2}>{body}</OnboardingStep>;
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/song.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/song.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d52e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/onboarding/song.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { FeaturedPicker } from '@/components/FeaturedPicker';
+import { OnboardingStep } from '@/components/OnboardingStep';
+import { Body, Button, Title } from '@/components/ui';
+import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { successHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { finishOnboarding } from '@/lib/onboarding';
+import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
+import { space } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+/** Step 4 (optional): a song on your profile, so it isn't empty for the friends you invite. */
+export default function SongStep() {
+  const { setMe } = useSession();
+  const [featured, setFeatured] = useState(false);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+
+  // Finishing flips the navigator to the main app automatically.
+  const finish = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      await finishOnboarding(setMe);
+      successHaptic();
+    } catch (err) {
+      showError(err);
+      setBusy(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <OnboardingStep step={4}>
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        <Title>Pick your song</Title>
+        <Body muted>One song that says something about you. It goes at the top of your profile, with a note if you like.</Body>
+      </View>
+      <FeaturedPicker bare onSaved={() => setFeatured(true)} />
+      <Button variant={featured ? 'primary' : 'secondary'} title={featured ? 'Finish' : 'Skip and finish'} loading={busy} onPress={finish} />
+    </OnboardingStep>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/qr.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/qr.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5af1cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/qr.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { Share, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { profileUrl } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar';
+import { QrCode } from '@/components/QrCode';
+import { Screen } from '@/components/Screen';
+import { Body, Button } from '@/components/ui';
+import { WEB_URL } from '@/lib/config';
+import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
+import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+/** "My code": friends scan it (in musicshare or any camera app) to open your profile. */
+export default function MyQrScreen() {
+  const { me } = useSession();
+  if (!me) return null;
+  const url = profileUrl(WEB_URL, me.username);
+
+  const share = () =>
+    Share.share({ message: `Follow me on musicshare and see what I'm listening to: ${url}`, url }).catch(() => {});
+
+  return (
+    <Screen edges={['bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
+      <View style={styles.who}>
+        <Avatar user={me} size={56} />
+        <Text style={styles.name}>{me.displayName ?? me.username}</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.handle}>@{me.username}</Text>
+      </View>
+      <QrCode value={url} size={260} />
+      <Body muted style={styles.hint}>
+        Friends scan this with musicshare (or their camera app) to open your profile.
+      </Body>
+      <View style={styles.actions}>
+        <Button variant="primary" title="Scan a friend’s code" onPress={() => router.replace('/scan')} />
+        <Button title="Share link" onPress={share} />
+      </View>
+    </Screen>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  content: { flexGrow: 1, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', gap: space.xl },
+  who: { alignItems: 'center', gap: space.xs },
+  name: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 22, fontWeight: '800' },
+  handle: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 15 },
+  hint: { textAlign: 'center', maxWidth: 300 },
+  actions: { alignSelf: 'stretch', gap: space.sm },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/scan.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/scan.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d3765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/scan.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { CameraView, useCameraPermissions, type BarcodeScanningResult } from 'expo-camera';
+import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { Linking, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { parseProfileLink } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { Screen } from '@/components/Screen';
+import { Body, Button, Title } from '@/components/ui';
+import { useSession } from '@/lib/session';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+/** Scan a friend's musicshare QR code and open their profile (with its Follow button). */
+export default function ScanScreen() {
+  const { me } = useSession();
+  const [permission, requestPermission] = useCameraPermissions();
+  const [message, setMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  // The camera reports the same code many times a second; act on the first.
+  const handled = useRef(false);
+
+  const onScanned = ({ data }: BarcodeScanningResult) => {
+    if (handled.current) return;
+    const username = parseProfileLink(data);
+    if (!username) {
+      setMessage('That’s not a musicshare code.');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (username === me?.username) {
+      setMessage('That’s your own code. Show it to a friend instead!');
+      return;
+    }
+    handled.current = true;
+    router.replace(`/u/${username}`);
+  };
+
+  if (!permission) return <Screen />;
+
+  if (!permission.granted) {
+    return (
+      <Screen edges={['bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.centered}>
+        <Title>Scan a friend’s code</Title>
+        <Body muted style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
+          musicshare needs the camera to scan QR codes. It’s only used while this screen is open.
+        </Body>
+        {permission.canAskAgain ? (
+          <Button variant="primary" title="Allow camera" onPress={requestPermission} />
+        ) : (
+          <Button variant="primary" title="Open Settings" onPress={() => Linking.openSettings()} />
+        )}
+        <Button title="Show my code instead" onPress={() => router.replace('/qr')} />
+      </Screen>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.fill}>
+      <CameraView style={styles.fill} facing="back" barcodeScannerSettings={{ barcodeTypes: ['qr'] }} onBarcodeScanned={onScanned} />
+      <View style={styles.overlay} pointerEvents="box-none">
+        <View style={styles.frame} />
+        <Text style={styles.prompt}>{message ?? 'Point at a friend’s musicshare code'}</Text>
+        <Button title="Show my code" onPress={() => router.replace('/qr')} />
+      </View>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  fill: { flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#000' },
+  centered: { flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center', gap: space.lg },
+  overlay: { position: 'absolute', top: 0, right: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', gap: space.xl, padding: space.xl },
+  frame: { width: 240, height: 240, borderRadius: radius.lg, borderWidth: 3, borderColor: colors.accentText },
+  prompt: {
+    color: colors.accentText,
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontWeight: '600',
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.55)',
+    paddingHorizontal: space.md,
+    paddingVertical: space.sm,
+    borderRadius: radius.md,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/share-setup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/share-setup.tsx
index b281be7..9f97bbd 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/app/share-setup.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/share-setup.tsx
@@ -1,132 +1,26 @@
 import { router } from 'expo-router';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Platform, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
-import { mutate } from 'swr';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { Platform, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import { Screen } from '@/components/Screen';
-import { Body, Button, Card, Title } from '@/components/ui';
-import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
-import { AppleMusicPermissionError, connectAppleMusic } from '@/lib/appleMusic';
-import { openReaderSettings, syncDevice, useReader } from '@/lib/nowPlayingReader';
+import { AndroidShareSetup } from '@/components/setup/AndroidShareSetup';
+import { AppleMusicSetup } from '@/components/setup/AppleMusicSetup';
 import { markSetupSeen } from '@/lib/setup';
-import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { space } from '@/lib/theme';
 
 const close = () => (router.canGoBack() ? router.back() : router.replace('/'));
 
+/** Standalone "share what you're playing" (from the feed card), outside onboarding. */
 export default function ShareSetupScreen() {
   useEffect(() => {
     markSetupSeen();
   }, []);
-  return Platform.OS === 'ios' ? <AppleMusicSetup /> : <AndroidSetup />;
-}
-
-/** iPhone: Apple Music is one system prompt. Other services live in Settings. */
-function AppleMusicSetup() {
-  const [connecting, setConnecting] = useState(false);
-  const [connected, setConnected] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-
-  const connect = async () => {
-    setConnecting(true);
-    setError(null);
-    try {
-      await connectAppleMusic();
-      await mutate('/connections');
-      setConnected(true);
-    } catch (err) {
-      setError(err instanceof AppleMusicPermissionError ? err.message : "Couldn't connect Apple Music. Try again.");
-    }
-    setConnecting(false);
-  };
-
   return (
     <Screen edges={['top', 'bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
-      <View style={{ gap: space.md }}>
-        <Title>{connected ? "You're all set" : 'Share what you’re playing'}</Title>
-        <Body muted>
-          {connected
-            ? 'Play something in Apple Music and your friends will see it.'
-            : 'Connect Apple Music and your friends see what you play. It takes one tap.'}
-        </Body>
-      </View>
-      {!connected && (
-        <Card>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• We see the songs you play in Apple Music, and nothing else.</Body>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• Use Spotify or Plex? Connect them in Settings.</Body>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• Pause sharing or disconnect any time.</Body>
-        </Card>
-      )}
-      {error && <Body style={{ color: colors.danger }}>{error}</Body>}
-      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
-        {connected ? (
-          <Button variant="primary" title="Done" onPress={close} />
-        ) : (
-          <>
-            <Button variant="primary" title="Connect Apple Music" loading={connecting} onPress={connect} />
-            <Button title="Not now" onPress={close} />
-          </>
-        )}
-      </View>
-    </Screen>
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Android: one toggle covers every music app. This screen doubles as the
- * prominent disclosure Google Play requires before the notification-access screen.
- */
-function AndroidSetup() {
-  const { granted, playback } = useReader();
-  const [synced, setSynced] = useState(false);
-  const finishing = granted && !synced;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!granted) return;
-    syncDevice()
-      .catch((err) => showError(err, "Couldn't finish setup"))
-      .finally(() => setSynced(true));
-  }, [granted]);
-
-  return (
-    <Screen edges={['top', 'bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
-      <View style={{ gap: space.md }}>
-        <Title>{granted ? "You're all set" : 'Share what you’re playing'}</Title>
-        {granted ? (
-          <Body muted>
-            {playback?.title
-              ? `Friends can see you're listening to ${playback.title}${playback.artist ? ` by ${playback.artist}` : ''}.`
-              : 'Play something in Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music or any music app and your friends will see it.'}
-          </Body>
-        ) : (
-          <Body muted>
-            Works with Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, SoundCloud and more. No accounts to link.
-          </Body>
-        )}
-      </View>
-
-      {!granted && (
-        <Card>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• We read the song, artist and album from music apps, and nothing else.</Body>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• We never see your notifications, messages or other apps.</Body>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• Android will call this “notification access”. That’s the only way it lets apps see what’s playing.</Body>
-          <Body style={styles.point}>• Turn it off any time in Settings.</Body>
-        </Card>
-      )}
-
-      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
-        {granted ? (
-          <Button variant="primary" title="Done" loading={finishing} onPress={close} />
-        ) : (
-          <>
-            <Button variant="primary" title="Turn on" onPress={openReaderSettings} />
-            <Button title="Not now" onPress={close} />
-          </>
-        )}
-      </View>
+      {Platform.OS === 'ios' ? <AppleMusicSetup onDone={close} /> : <AndroidShareSetup onDone={close} />}
     </Screen>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   content: { flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center', gap: space.xl },
-  point: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 14 },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/app/spotify-setup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/app/spotify-setup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6af963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/app/spotify-setup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import { Screen } from '@/components/Screen';
+import { SpotifySetup } from '@/components/setup/SpotifySetup';
+import { space } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+const close = () => (router.canGoBack() ? router.back() : router.replace('/'));
+
+/** Spotify via Last.fm or ListenBrainz, opened from Settings. */
+export default function SpotifySetupScreen() {
+  return (
+    <Screen edges={['top', 'bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
+      <SpotifySetup onDone={close} />
+    </Screen>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  content: { flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center', gap: space.lg },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/AmbientBackground.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/AmbientBackground.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0649371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/AmbientBackground.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Image } from 'expo-image';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { StyleSheet, useWindowDimensions, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { Easing, useAnimatedStyle, useSharedValue, withRepeat, withTiming } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { colors } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+const AnimatedImage = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(Image);
+
+/** Two soft colour blobs drifting slowly behind the content, so screens never feel static. */
+export function AmbientBackground() {
+  const { width, height } = useWindowDimensions();
+  const t = useSharedValue(0);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    t.set(withRepeat(withTiming(1, { duration: 18000, easing: Easing.inOut(Easing.sin) }), -1, true));
+  }, [t]);
+
+  const size = Math.max(width, height) * 0.9;
+  const purple = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    transform: [{ translateX: -size * 0.35 + t.value * width * 0.35 }, { translateY: -size * 0.3 + t.value * height * 0.12 }],
+  }));
+  const blue = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    transform: [{ translateX: width - size * 0.6 - t.value * width * 0.3 }, { translateY: height - size * 0.55 - t.value * height * 0.1 }],
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <View style={[StyleSheet.absoluteFill, { backgroundColor: colors.bg }]} pointerEvents="none">
+      <AnimatedImage source={require('@/assets/images/ambient-purple.png')} style={[styles.blob, { width: size, height: size }, purple]} />
+      <AnimatedImage source={require('@/assets/images/ambient-blue.png')} style={[styles.blob, { width: size, height: size }, blue]} />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  blob: { position: 'absolute', top: 0, left: 0, opacity: 0.45 },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/AuthForm.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/AuthForm.tsx
index 7364a61..c002309 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/AuthForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/AuthForm.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Image } from 'expo-image';
 import { Link } from 'expo-router';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { KeyboardAvoidingView, Platform, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export function AuthForm({ mode }: { mode: 'login' | 'register' }) {
       <Screen edges={mode === 'login' ? ['top'] : []} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
         {mode === 'login' && (
           <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
-            <Title style={{ fontSize: 34 }}>musicshare</Title>
+            <Image source={require('@/assets/images/icon.png')} style={styles.logo} />
+            <Title style={{ fontSize: 36 }}>musicshare</Title>
             <Body muted>See what your friends are playing, and open it in your own app.</Body>
           </View>
         )}
@@ -85,4 +87,5 @@ export function AuthForm({ mode }: { mode: 'login' | 'register' }) {
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   content: { flexGrow: 1, justifyContent: 'center' },
   link: { color: colors.muted, textAlign: 'center', paddingVertical: space.sm },
+  logo: { width: 76, height: 76, borderRadius: 20, marginBottom: space.sm },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/Avatar.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/Avatar.tsx
index 5570a0e..06a771a 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/Avatar.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/Avatar.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,48 @@
 import { Image } from 'expo-image';
+import { LinearGradient } from 'expo-linear-gradient';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { Easing, cancelAnimation, useAnimatedStyle, useSharedValue, withRepeat, withTiming } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import type { UserSummaryDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
-import { colors } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { colors, fonts } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+/** `live` wraps the avatar in a spinning gradient ring (someone is listening right now). */
+export function Avatar({ user, size = 40, live }: { user: UserSummaryDTO; size?: number; live?: boolean }) {
+  const rotation = useSharedValue(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (live) rotation.set(withRepeat(withTiming(360, { duration: 3500, easing: Easing.linear }), -1, false));
+    else cancelAnimation(rotation);
+    return () => cancelAnimation(rotation);
+  }, [live, rotation]);
+  const spin = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ rotate: `${rotation.value}deg` }] }));
 
-export function Avatar({ user, size = 40 }: { user: UserSummaryDTO; size?: number }) {
   const shape = { width: size, height: size, borderRadius: size / 2 };
-  if (user.avatarUrl) return <Image source={user.avatarUrl} style={shape} contentFit="cover" />;
-  return (
-    <View style={[styles.empty, shape]}>
+  const face = user.avatarUrl ? (
+    <Image source={user.avatarUrl} style={shape} contentFit="cover" />
+  ) : (
+    <LinearGradient colors={['#4a1278', '#1872cf']} start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }} style={[styles.empty, shape]}>
       <Text style={[styles.letter, { fontSize: size * 0.45 }]}>{(user.displayName ?? user.username).slice(0, 1).toUpperCase()}</Text>
+    </LinearGradient>
+  );
+  if (!live) return face;
+
+  const ring = size + 6;
+  return (
+    <View style={{ width: ring, height: ring, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
+      <Animated.View style={[StyleSheet.absoluteFill, spin]}>
+        <LinearGradient
+          colors={['#7b2ff7', '#2f8cff', colors.live, '#7b2ff7']}
+          start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }}
+          end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }}
+          style={{ width: ring, height: ring, borderRadius: ring / 2 }}
+        />
+      </Animated.View>
+      <View style={{ borderRadius: (size + 2) / 2, borderWidth: 2, borderColor: colors.bg }}>{face}</View>
     </View>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  empty: { backgroundColor: colors.surface2, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' },
-  letter: { color: colors.muted, fontWeight: '700' },
+  empty: { alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' },
+  letter: { color: '#fff', fontFamily: fonts.display },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/Equalizer.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/Equalizer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b468df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/Equalizer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, {
+  Easing,
+  cancelAnimation,
+  useAnimatedStyle,
+  useSharedValue,
+  withDelay,
+  withRepeat,
+  withTiming,
+} from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { colors } from '@/lib/theme';
+
+const BARS = [
+  { duration: 520, delay: 0 },
+  { duration: 380, delay: 120 },
+  { duration: 640, delay: 60 },
+  { duration: 450, delay: 200 },
+];
+
+function Bar({ playing, duration, delay, color, height }: { playing: boolean; duration: number; delay: number; color: string; height: number }) {
+  const scale = useSharedValue(0.3);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (playing) {
+      scale.set(withDelay(delay, withRepeat(withTiming(1, { duration, easing: Easing.inOut(Easing.quad) }), -1, true)));
+    } else {
+      cancelAnimation(scale);
+      scale.set(withTiming(0.3, { duration: 200 }));
+    }
+    return () => cancelAnimation(scale);
+  }, [playing, duration, delay, scale]);
+  const style = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ translateY: (height * (1 - scale.value)) / 2 }, { scaleY: scale.value }] }));
+  return <Animated.View style={[{ width: 3, height, borderRadius: 2, backgroundColor: color }, style]} />;
+}
+
+/** Four bars that dance while music is playing and rest when it isn't. */
+export function Equalizer({ playing, color = colors.live, height = 12 }: { playing: boolean; color?: string; height?: number }) {
+  return (
+    <View style={{ flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'flex-end', gap: 2, height }} accessibilityElementsHidden>
+      {BARS.map((b, i) => (
+        <Bar key={i} playing={playing} color={color} height={height} {...b} />
+      ))}
+    </View>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/FeaturedPicker.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/FeaturedPicker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5499c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/FeaturedPicker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { Image } from 'expo-image';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import useSWR from 'swr';
+import type { TrackSearchResultDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { api } from '@/lib/api';
+import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { useDebounced } from '@/lib/useDebounced';
+import { Body, Button, Card, Field, Heading } from './ui';
+
+/**
+ * Search for a song and pin it to your profile with an optional note.
+ * `bare` drops the card and heading (for onboarding, which has its own title).
+ */
+export function FeaturedPicker({ bare, onSaved }: { bare?: boolean; onSaved?: () => void }) {
+  const [q, setQ] = useState('');
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<TrackSearchResultDTO | null>(null);
+  const [comment, setComment] = useState('');
+  const [saved, setSaved] = useState(false);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const query = useDebounced(q.trim(), 300);
+  const { data: results } = useSWR<TrackSearchResultDTO[]>(
+    query.length >= 2 && !selected ? `/tracks/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}` : null,
+  );
+
+  const save = async () => {
+    if (!selected) return;
+    setBusy(true);
+    try {
+      await api.setFeatured({ deezerId: selected.deezerId, comment: comment.trim() || null });
+      setSaved(true);
+      onSaved?.();
+    } catch (err) {
+      showError(err);
+    }
+    setBusy(false);
+  };
+
+  const body = (
+    <>
+      {selected ? (
+        <>
+          <View style={styles.result}>
+            {selected.artworkUrl && <Image source={selected.artworkUrl} style={styles.thumb} />}
+            <View style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+              <Text style={styles.title} numberOfLines={1}>
+                {selected.title}
+              </Text>
+              <Body muted style={styles.small}>
+                {selected.artist}
+              </Body>
+            </View>
+            <Button small title="Change" onPress={() => (setSelected(null), setSaved(false))} />
+          </View>
+          <Field
+            placeholder="Say something about it (optional)"
+            value={comment}
+            onChangeText={setComment}
+            maxLength={280}
+            multiline
+            style={{ minHeight: 64 }}
+          />
+          <Button
+            variant="primary"
+            title={saved ? 'Featured ✓' : 'Feature this song'}
+            loading={busy}
+            onPress={save}
+            style={{ alignSelf: 'flex-start' }}
+          />
+        </>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <Field placeholder="Search for a song" value={q} onChangeText={setQ} autoCorrect={false} returnKeyType="search" />
+          {results?.map((r) => (
+            <Pressable key={r.deezerId} style={styles.result} onPress={() => setSelected(r)} accessibilityRole="button">
+              {r.artworkUrl && <Image source={r.artworkUrl} style={styles.thumb} />}
+              <Text style={styles.resultText} numberOfLines={1}>
+                {r.title} <Text style={{ color: colors.muted }}>· {r.artist}</Text>
+              </Text>
+            </Pressable>
+          ))}
+        </>
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+
+  if (bare) return <View style={{ gap: space.md }}>{body}</View>;
+  return (
+    <Card>
+      <Heading>Featured song</Heading>
+      <Body muted style={styles.small}>
+        Pin a song to your profile, with an optional note about why.
+      </Body>
+      {body}
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  small: { fontSize: 13 },
+  title: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 15 },
+  result: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.md, paddingVertical: space.xs },
+  resultText: { color: colors.text, flex: 1, fontSize: 14 },
+  thumb: { width: 40, height: 40, borderRadius: radius.sm },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/NowPlayingCard.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/NowPlayingCard.tsx
index 32de971..a413126 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/NowPlayingCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/NowPlayingCard.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
+import { Image } from 'expo-image';
+import { LinearGradient } from 'expo-linear-gradient';
 import { router } from 'expo-router';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Linking, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, {
+  FadeIn,
+  FadeInDown,
+  FadeOut,
+  useAnimatedStyle,
+  useSharedValue,
+  withSequence,
+  withSpring,
+} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { SERVICE_LABELS, timeAgo, type NowPlayingDTO, type StreamingService } from '@musicshare/shared';
-import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { successHaptic, tapHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
 import { Avatar } from './Avatar';
+import { Equalizer } from './Equalizer';
 import { TrackCard } from './TrackCard';
-import { Card } from './ui';
 
 export function NowPlayingCard({
   np,
@@ -19,20 +32,43 @@ export function NowPlayingCard({
   pinned?: boolean;
   onTogglePin?: () => void;
 }) {
+  // Star "pop" when pinned.
+  const star = useSharedValue(1);
+  const wasPinned = useRef(pinned);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (pinned && !wasPinned.current) star.set(withSequence(withSpring(1.6, { damping: 6, stiffness: 400 }), withSpring(1)));
+    wasPinned.current = pinned;
+  }, [pinned, star]);
+  const starStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ scale: star.value }] }));
+
+  const togglePin = () => {
+    if (pinned) tapHaptic();
+    else successHaptic();
+    onTogglePin?.();
+  };
+
   return (
-    <Card highlighted={pinned}>
+    <View style={[styles.card, pinned && styles.pinned]}>
+      {/* The card glows with its album art; crossfades when the song changes. */}
+      {np.track.artworkUrl && (
+        <Animated.View key={np.track.artworkUrl} style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill} entering={FadeIn.duration(700)} exiting={FadeOut.duration(500)}>
+          <Image source={np.track.artworkUrl} style={styles.backdrop} blurRadius={40} contentFit="cover" />
+        </Animated.View>
+      )}
+      <LinearGradient colors={['rgba(7,7,11,0.05)', 'rgba(7,7,11,0.6)']} style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill} />
+
       <View style={styles.header}>
         {showUser && (
           <Pressable style={styles.user} onPress={() => router.push(`/u/${np.user.username}`)} accessibilityRole="link">
-            <Avatar user={np.user} size={28} />
+            <Avatar user={np.user} size={30} live={np.isPlaying} />
             <Text style={styles.name} numberOfLines={1}>
               {np.user.displayName ?? np.user.username}
             </Text>
           </Pressable>
         )}
         <View style={styles.statusRow}>
-          {np.isPlaying && <View style={styles.dot} />}
-          <Text style={[styles.status, np.isPlaying && { color: colors.live }]} numberOfLines={1}>
+          {np.isPlaying && <Equalizer playing />}
+          <Text style={[styles.status, np.isPlaying && styles.live]} numberOfLines={1}>
             {np.isPlaying ? 'Listening now' : `Played ${timeAgo(np.updatedAt)}`}
             <Text
               style={[styles.via, np.sourceUrl && styles.viaLink]}
@@ -43,29 +79,44 @@ export function NowPlayingCard({
           </Text>
           {onTogglePin && (
             <Pressable
-              onPress={onTogglePin}
-              hitSlop={10}
+              onPress={togglePin}
+              hitSlop={12}
               accessibilityRole="button"
               accessibilityLabel={pinned ? 'Unpin from top of feed' : 'Pin to top of feed'}
               accessibilityState={{ selected: pinned }}>
-              <Text style={[styles.pin, pinned && { color: colors.pin }]}>{pinned ? '★' : '☆'}</Text>
+              <Animated.Text style={[styles.pin, pinned && styles.pinOn, starStyle]}>{pinned ? '★' : '☆'}</Animated.Text>
             </Pressable>
           )}
         </View>
       </View>
-      <TrackCard track={np.track} preferred={preferred} />
-    </Card>
+
+      <Animated.View key={np.track.id} entering={FadeInDown.duration(380).springify()} exiting={FadeOut.duration(200)}>
+        <TrackCard track={np.track} preferred={preferred} />
+      </Animated.View>
+    </View>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  card: {
+    borderRadius: radius.lg,
+    padding: space.lg,
+    gap: space.md,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+    backgroundColor: colors.surface,
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: colors.border,
+  },
+  pinned: { borderColor: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.55)' },
+  backdrop: { position: 'absolute', top: '-40%', left: '-40%', width: '180%', height: '180%', opacity: 0.55 },
   header: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: space.sm },
   user: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.sm, flexShrink: 1 },
   name: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 15, flexShrink: 1 },
-  statusRow: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.xs, flexShrink: 0 },
-  dot: { width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: 4, backgroundColor: colors.live },
-  status: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 13 },
-  via: { color: colors.muted },
+  statusRow: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.xs + 2, flexShrink: 1 },
+  status: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 13, flexShrink: 1 },
+  live: { color: colors.live, fontWeight: '600' },
+  via: { color: colors.muted, fontWeight: '400' },
   viaLink: { textDecorationLine: 'underline' },
-  pin: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 20, marginLeft: space.xs },
+  pin: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 21, marginLeft: space.xs },
+  pinOn: { color: colors.pin, textShadowColor: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.6)', textShadowRadius: 10 },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/OnboardingStep.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/OnboardingStep.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1405da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/OnboardingStep.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import Animated, { FadeInDown } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { Screen } from './Screen';
+
+const TOTAL = 4;
+
+/** Shared frame for onboarding screens: progress dots and an entrance animation. */
+export function OnboardingStep({ step, children }: { step: number; children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <Screen edges={['top', 'bottom']} contentContainerStyle={styles.content}>
+      <View style={styles.dots} accessibilityLabel={`Step ${step} of ${TOTAL}`}>
+        {Array.from({ length: TOTAL }, (_, i) => (
+          <View key={i} style={[styles.dot, i < step && styles.dotDone, i === step - 1 && styles.dotCurrent]} />
+        ))}
+      </View>
+      <Animated.View entering={FadeInDown.duration(450).springify().damping(18)} style={styles.body}>
+        {children}
+      </Animated.View>
+    </Screen>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  content: { flexGrow: 1, gap: space.xl, paddingTop: space.xl },
+  body: { flex: 1, gap: space.xl, justifyContent: 'center' },
+  dots: { flexDirection: 'row', gap: space.sm, alignSelf: 'center' },
+  dot: { width: 8, height: 8, borderRadius: radius.pill, backgroundColor: colors.surface2 },
+  dotDone: { backgroundColor: colors.accent },
+  dotCurrent: { width: 24, backgroundColor: colors.accent2 },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/QrCode.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/QrCode.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..584d8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/QrCode.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import Svg, { Path, Rect } from 'react-native-svg';
+import { qrShape } from '@musicshare/shared';
+
+/** Black-on-white QR code (scanners need the contrast) with the standard 4-module quiet zone. */
+export function QrCode({ value, size = 240 }: { value: string; size?: number }) {
+  const shape = useMemo(() => qrShape(value), [value]);
+  const quiet = 4;
+  const total = shape.size + quiet * 2;
+  return (
+    <View accessible accessibilityLabel={`QR code for ${value}`} style={{ width: size, height: size, borderRadius: 16, overflow: 'hidden' }}>
+      <Svg width={size} height={size} viewBox={`${-quiet} ${-quiet} ${total} ${total}`}>
+        <Rect x={-quiet} y={-quiet} width={total} height={total} fill="#ffffff" />
+        <Path d={shape.path} fill="#000000" />
+      </Svg>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/Screen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/Screen.tsx
index d9c37c8..62cc440 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/Screen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/Screen.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { RefreshControl, ScrollView, StyleSheet, type ScrollViewProps } from 'react-native';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { AmbientBackground } from './AmbientBackground';
 
 /** Scrollable, safe-area-aware page with optional pull-to-refresh. */
 export function Screen({
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export function Screen({
 }: ScrollViewProps & { onRefresh?: () => void; refreshing?: boolean; edges?: ('top' | 'bottom')[] }) {
   return (
     <SafeAreaView style={styles.safe} edges={edges}>
+      <AmbientBackground />
       <ScrollView
         keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
         contentContainerStyle={[styles.content, contentContainerStyle]}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/TrackCard.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/TrackCard.tsx
index bef243f..6d61882 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/TrackCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/TrackCard.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Image } from 'expo-image';
 import { Linking, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import { SERVICE_LABELS, STREAMING_SERVICES, openUrl, type StreamingService, type TrackDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
 import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
-import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { colors, fonts, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
 import { Button } from './ui';
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function TrackCard({ track, preferred }: { track: TrackDTO; preferred: St
             const { url, exact } = openUrl(track, s);
             return (
               <Pressable key={s} onPress={() => open(url)} hitSlop={6} accessibilityRole="link">
-                <Text style={[styles.service, !exact && { opacity: 0.6 }]}>{SERVICE_LABELS[s]}</Text>
+                <Text style={[styles.service, !exact && { opacity: 0.55 }]}>{SERVICE_LABELS[s]}</Text>
               </Pressable>
             );
           })}
@@ -57,15 +57,32 @@ export function TrackCard({ track, preferred }: { track: TrackDTO; preferred: St
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  track: { flexDirection: 'row', gap: space.md, alignItems: 'flex-start' },
-  artwork: { width: 88, height: 88, borderRadius: radius.md, backgroundColor: colors.surface2 },
-  artworkEmpty: { alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' },
-  note: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 28 },
+  track: { flexDirection: 'row', gap: space.md + 2, alignItems: 'flex-start' },
+  artwork: {
+    width: 96,
+    height: 96,
+    borderRadius: 14,
+    backgroundColor: colors.surface2,
+    borderWidth: StyleSheet.hairlineWidth,
+    borderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.12)',
+  },
+  artworkEmpty: { alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', backgroundColor: '#3a1a6e' },
+  note: { color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.85)', fontSize: 30 },
   body: { flex: 1, minWidth: 0, gap: 2 },
-  title: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 16 },
+  title: { color: colors.text, fontFamily: fonts.display, fontSize: 18, letterSpacing: -0.2 },
   artist: { color: colors.text, opacity: 0.85, fontSize: 14 },
   muted: { color: colors.muted },
   primary: { alignSelf: 'flex-start', marginTop: space.sm },
-  services: { flexDirection: 'row', flexWrap: 'wrap', columnGap: space.md, rowGap: space.xs, marginTop: space.sm },
-  service: { color: colors.muted, fontSize: 12 },
+  services: { flexDirection: 'row', flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: space.xs + 2, marginTop: space.sm + 2 },
+  service: {
+    color: colors.text,
+    fontSize: 12,
+    paddingHorizontal: space.sm + 2,
+    paddingVertical: 4,
+    borderRadius: radius.pill,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+    backgroundColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.08)',
+    borderWidth: StyleSheet.hairlineWidth,
+    borderColor: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.12)',
+  },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AndroidShareSetup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AndroidShareSetup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..654233c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AndroidShareSetup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { showError } from '@/lib/errors';
+import { openReaderSettings, syncDevice, useReader } from '@/lib/nowPlayingReader';
+import { Points, SetupActions, SetupHeader, type SetupProps } from './common';
+
+/**
+ * Android: one toggle covers every music app. This doubles as the prominent
+ * disclosure Google Play requires before the notification-access screen.
+ */
+export function AndroidShareSetup({ onDone, skipLabel }: SetupProps) {
+  const { granted, playback } = useReader();
+  const [synced, setSynced] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!granted) return;
+    syncDevice()
+      .catch((err) => showError(err, "Couldn't finish setup"))
+      .finally(() => setSynced(true));
+  }, [granted]);
+
+  if (granted) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader
+          title="You're all set"
+          subtitle={
+            playback?.title
+              ? `Friends can see you're listening to ${playback.title}${playback.artist ? ` by ${playback.artist}` : ''}.`
+              : 'Play something in Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music or any music app and your friends will see it.'
+          }
+        />
+        <SetupActions primary="Continue" loading={!synced} onPrimary={onDone} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SetupHeader
+        title="Share what you’re playing"
+        subtitle="Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, SoundCloud and more all work automatically. No accounts to link."
+      />
+      <Points
+        items={[
+          'We read the song, artist and album from music apps, and nothing else.',
+          'We never see your notifications, messages or other apps.',
+          'Android will call this “notification access”. That’s the only way it lets apps see what’s playing.',
+          'Turn it off any time in Settings.',
+        ]}
+      />
+      <SetupActions primary="Turn on" onPrimary={openReaderSettings} onSkip={onDone} skipLabel={skipLabel} />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AppleMusicSetup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AppleMusicSetup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e24c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/AppleMusicSetup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { mutate } from 'swr';
+import { AppleMusicPermissionError, connectAppleMusic } from '@/lib/appleMusic';
+import { ErrorText, Points, SetupActions, SetupHeader, type SetupProps } from './common';
+
+/** iPhone: Apple Music is one system prompt. */
+export function AppleMusicSetup({ onDone, skipLabel }: SetupProps) {
+  const [connecting, setConnecting] = useState(false);
+  const [connected, setConnected] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const connect = async () => {
+    setConnecting(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      await connectAppleMusic();
+      await mutate('/connections');
+      setConnected(true);
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof AppleMusicPermissionError ? err.message : "Couldn't connect Apple Music. Try again.");
+    }
+    setConnecting(false);
+  };
+
+  if (connected) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader title="You're all set" subtitle="Play something in Apple Music and your friends will see it." />
+        <SetupActions primary="Continue" onPrimary={onDone} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SetupHeader
+        title="Share what you’re playing"
+        subtitle="Connect Apple Music and your friends see what you play. It takes one tap."
+      />
+      <Points items={['We see the songs you play in Apple Music, and nothing else.', 'Pause sharing or disconnect any time.']} />
+      <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>
+      <SetupActions
+        primary="Connect Apple Music"
+        loading={connecting}
+        onPrimary={connect}
+        onSkip={onDone}
+        skipLabel={skipLabel}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/ServiceSignInSetup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/ServiceSignInSetup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b9ba50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/ServiceSignInSetup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Linking } from 'react-native';
+import { mutate } from 'swr';
+import { SERVICE_LABELS } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { SignInError, signInWithService } from '@/lib/connect';
+import { Button } from '../ui';
+import { ErrorText, SetupActions, SetupHeader, type SetupProps } from './common';
+
+type Provider = 'plex' | 'lastfm';
+
+/**
+ * Sign in to Plex, or to Last.fm for apps that can send plays there.
+ * (Spotify has its own SpotifySetup: via Last.fm or ListenBrainz.)
+ */
+export function ServiceSignInSetup({
+  service,
+  appName,
+  onDone,
+  skipLabel,
+}: SetupProps & { service: Provider; appName?: string }) {
+  const [done, setDone] = useState(false);
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const run = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      if ((await signInWithService(service)) === 'connected') {
+        await mutate('/connections');
+        setDone(true);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof SignInError ? err.message : `Couldn't connect ${SERVICE_LABELS[service]}. Try again.`);
+    }
+    setBusy(false);
+  };
+
+  if (done) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader
+          title="You're all set"
+          subtitle={`Play something on ${appName ?? SERVICE_LABELS[service]} and your friends will see it.`}
+        />
+        <SetupActions primary="Continue" onPrimary={onDone} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (service === 'lastfm') {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader
+          title="Connect Last.fm"
+          subtitle={`${appName ?? 'Your app'} doesn’t let other iPhone apps see what’s playing. If it can send plays to Last.fm (TIDAL can, in its settings), sign in to Last.fm and we’ll share them.`}
+        />
+        <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>
+        <SetupActions primary="Sign in with Last.fm" loading={busy} onPrimary={run} onSkip={onDone} skipLabel={skipLabel} />
+        <Button small title="New to Last.fm? Create an account" onPress={() => Linking.openURL('https://www.last.fm/join')} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SetupHeader title="Share what you’re playing" subtitle={`Sign in to ${SERVICE_LABELS[service]} and your friends see what you play.`} />
+      <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>
+      <SetupActions primary={`Connect ${SERVICE_LABELS[service]}`} loading={busy} onPrimary={run} onSkip={onDone} skipLabel={skipLabel} />
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/SpotifySetup.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/SpotifySetup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f18a132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/SpotifySetup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Linking, Pressable, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import useSWR, { mutate } from 'swr';
+import type { ConnectionDTO } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { api } from '@/lib/api';
+import { SignInError, openSpotifyLinkPage, signInWithService } from '@/lib/connect';
+import { successHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { Body, Button, Field } from '../ui';
+import { ErrorText, SetupActions, SetupHeader, type SetupProps } from './common';
+
+type Via = 'lastfm' | 'listenbrainz';
+
+/**
+ * Spotify sends your plays to Last.fm or ListenBrainz (its own built-in link),
+ * and we read them from there. Spotify only lets small apps sign in a handful of
+ * accounts directly, so this is the route that works for everyone.
+ */
+export function SpotifySetup({ onDone, skipLabel }: SetupProps) {
+  const { data: connections = [] } = useSWR<ConnectionDTO[]>('/connections');
+  const connected = (p: Via) => connections.some((c) => c.provider === p && c.status === 'active');
+  const [via, setVia] = useState<Via | null>(connected('listenbrainz') && !connected('lastfm') ? 'listenbrainz' : null);
+  const [stage, setStage] = useState<'choose' | 'link' | 'done'>(connected('lastfm') || connected('listenbrainz') ? 'link' : 'choose');
+  const [username, setUsername] = useState('');
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const connectLastfm = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      if ((await signInWithService('lastfm')) === 'connected') {
+        await mutate('/connections');
+        setVia('lastfm');
+        setStage('link');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof SignInError ? err.message : "Couldn't connect Last.fm. Try again.");
+    }
+    setBusy(false);
+  };
+
+  const connectListenBrainz = async () => {
+    setBusy(true);
+    setError(null);
+    try {
+      await api.connectUsername('listenbrainz', username.trim());
+      await mutate('/connections');
+      setStage('link');
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError((err as Error).message);
+    }
+    setBusy(false);
+  };
+
+  if (stage === 'done') {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader title="You're all set" subtitle="Play something on Spotify. It'll show up for your friends within a minute or so." />
+        <SetupActions primary="Continue" onPrimary={onDone} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (stage === 'link') {
+    const name = via === 'listenbrainz' ? 'ListenBrainz' : 'Last.fm';
+    return (
+      <>
+        <SetupHeader
+          title="Last step: link Spotify"
+          subtitle={
+            via === 'listenbrainz'
+              ? 'On ListenBrainz, connect Spotify under Music services and approve. Spotify then sends your plays there, and we pick them up.'
+              : 'On Last.fm, tap Connect next to “Spotify Scrobbling” and approve. Spotify then sends your plays there, and we pick them up.'
+          }
+        />
+        <SetupActions
+          primary={`Open ${name}`}
+          onPrimary={() =>
+            openSpotifyLinkPage(via ?? 'lastfm').then(() => {
+              successHaptic();
+              setStage('done');
+            })
+          }
+          onSkip={onDone}
+          skipLabel="I'll do it later"
+        />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SetupHeader
+        title="Connect Spotify"
+        subtitle="Spotify can send everything you play to Last.fm or ListenBrainz, and we share it from there. Pick one (both are free):"
+      />
+
+      <Option
+        selected={via === 'lastfm'}
+        onPress={() => setVia('lastfm')}
+        title="Last.fm"
+        badge="Most popular"
+        detail="Sign in with one tap, then approve Spotify on Last.fm."
+      />
+      <Option
+        selected={via === 'listenbrainz'}
+        onPress={() => setVia('listenbrainz')}
+        title="ListenBrainz"
+        badge="Open source"
+        detail="Free and run by a nonprofit. Enter your ListenBrainz username."
+      />
+
+      {via === 'listenbrainz' && (
+        <Field placeholder="ListenBrainz username" value={username} onChangeText={setUsername} autoCapitalize="none" autoCorrect={false} />
+      )}
+      <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>
+
+      <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+        {via === 'lastfm' && <Button variant="primary" title="Sign in with Last.fm" loading={busy} onPress={connectLastfm} />}
+        {via === 'listenbrainz' && (
+          <Button variant="primary" title="Connect ListenBrainz" loading={busy} disabled={!username.trim()} onPress={connectListenBrainz} />
+        )}
+        <Button title={skipLabel ?? 'Not now'} onPress={onDone} />
+      </View>
+      <Body muted style={styles.small} onPress={() => Linking.openURL(via === 'listenbrainz' ? 'https://listenbrainz.org/login/' : 'https://www.last.fm/join')}>
+        No account yet? Create one free on {via === 'listenbrainz' ? 'ListenBrainz' : 'Last.fm'} first.
+      </Body>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function Option({ selected, onPress, title, badge, detail }: { selected: boolean; onPress: () => void; title: string; badge: string; detail: string }) {
+  return (
+    <Pressable accessibilityRole="radio" accessibilityState={{ checked: selected }} onPress={onPress} style={[styles.option, selected && styles.optionSelected]}>
+      <View style={styles.optionHead}>
+        <Text style={styles.optionTitle}>{title}</Text>
+        <Text style={styles.badge}>{badge}</Text>
+      </View>
+      <Body muted style={styles.small}>
+        {detail}
+      </Body>
+    </Pressable>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  option: { borderRadius: radius.md, borderWidth: 1, borderColor: colors.border, backgroundColor: colors.surface, padding: space.md, gap: space.xs },
+  optionSelected: { borderColor: colors.accent, backgroundColor: 'rgba(124,77,255,0.16)' },
+  optionHead: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'space-between' },
+  optionTitle: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 16 },
+  badge: { color: colors.accent2, fontSize: 12, fontWeight: '700' },
+  small: { fontSize: 13 },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/common.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/common.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad017d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/setup/common.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { colors, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import { Body, Button, Card, Title } from '../ui';
+
+export interface SetupProps {
+  /** Called when the user finishes (connected) or moves on. */
+  onDone: () => void;
+  /** Label for the secondary "move on without connecting" button. */
+  skipLabel?: string;
+}
+
+export function SetupHeader({ title, subtitle }: { title: string; subtitle: string }) {
+  return (
+    <View style={{ gap: space.md }}>
+      <Title>{title}</Title>
+      <Body muted>{subtitle}</Body>
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+export function Points({ items }: { items: string[] }) {
+  return (
+    <Card>
+      {items.map((item) => (
+        <Body key={item} style={styles.point}>
+          • {item}
+        </Body>
+      ))}
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+export function SetupActions({
+  primary,
+  onPrimary,
+  loading,
+  onSkip,
+  skipLabel = 'Not now',
+}: {
+  primary: string;
+  onPrimary: () => void;
+  loading?: boolean;
+  onSkip?: () => void;
+  skipLabel?: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <View style={{ gap: space.sm }}>
+      <Button variant="primary" title={primary} loading={loading} onPress={onPrimary} />
+      {onSkip && <Button title={skipLabel} onPress={onSkip} />}
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+export const ErrorText = ({ children }: { children: string | null }) =>
+  children ? <Body style={{ color: colors.danger }}>{children}</Body> : null;
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  point: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 14 },
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui.tsx
index a481d61..541b7a8 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/ui.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/ui.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { forwardRef } from 'react';
+import { LinearGradient } from 'expo-linear-gradient';
+import { forwardRef, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   ActivityIndicator,
   Pressable,
@@ -6,12 +7,15 @@ import {
   Text,
   TextInput,
   View,
+  type GestureResponderEvent,
   type PressableProps,
   type TextInputProps,
   type TextProps,
   type ViewProps,
 } from 'react-native';
-import { colors, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
+import Animated, { useAnimatedStyle, useSharedValue, withSpring } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+import { tapHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics';
+import { brandGradient, colors, fonts, radius, space } from '@/lib/theme';
 
 export function Title({ style, ...props }: TextProps) {
   return <Text style={[styles.title, style]} {...props} />;
@@ -33,6 +37,21 @@ export function Row({ style, ...props }: ViewProps) {
   return <View style={[styles.row, style]} {...props} />;
 }
 
+/** Springy press feedback shared by buttons and tappable cards. */
+export function usePressScale(to = 0.95) {
+  const scale = useSharedValue(1);
+  const style = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({ transform: [{ scale: scale.value }] }));
+  return {
+    style,
+    onPressIn: () => {
+      scale.set(withSpring(to, { damping: 15, stiffness: 400 }));
+    },
+    onPressOut: () => {
+      scale.set(withSpring(1, { damping: 12, stiffness: 300 }));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 type Variant = 'primary' | 'secondary' | 'danger';
 
 export function Button({
@@ -42,59 +61,83 @@ export function Button({
   small,
   style,
   disabled,
+  onPress,
   ...props
 }: PressableProps & { title: string; variant?: Variant; loading?: boolean; small?: boolean; style?: ViewProps['style'] }) {
+  const press = usePressScale();
+  const inactive = disabled || loading;
+  const handlePress = (e: GestureResponderEvent) => {
+    if (variant === 'primary') tapHaptic();
+    onPress?.(e);
+  };
+  const label = loading ? (
+    <ActivityIndicator color={variant === 'secondary' ? colors.text : colors.accentText} />
+  ) : (
+    <Text style={[styles.buttonText, small && styles.buttonTextSmall, variant !== 'secondary' && { color: colors.accentText }]}>
+      {title}
+    </Text>
+  );
   return (
-    <Pressable
-      accessibilityRole="button"
-      disabled={disabled || loading}
-      style={({ pressed }) => [
-        styles.button,
-        small && styles.buttonSmall,
-        variant === 'primary' && styles.buttonPrimary,
-        variant === 'danger' && styles.buttonDanger,
-        (pressed || disabled) && { opacity: 0.7 },
-        style,
-      ]}
-      {...props}>
-      {loading ? (
-        <ActivityIndicator color={variant === 'secondary' ? colors.text : colors.accentText} />
-      ) : (
-        <Text style={[styles.buttonText, small && styles.buttonTextSmall, variant !== 'secondary' && { color: colors.accentText }]}>
-          {title}
-        </Text>
-      )}
-    </Pressable>
+    <Animated.View style={[press.style, inactive && { opacity: 0.55 }, style]}>
+      <Pressable
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityState={{ disabled: Boolean(inactive), busy: Boolean(loading) }}
+        disabled={inactive}
+        onPressIn={press.onPressIn}
+        onPressOut={press.onPressOut}
+        onPress={handlePress}
+        style={[styles.button, small && styles.buttonSmall, variant === 'danger' && styles.buttonDanger, variant === 'primary' && styles.buttonPrimary]}
+        {...props}>
+        {variant === 'primary' && (
+          <LinearGradient colors={brandGradient} start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }} style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill} />
+        )}
+        {label}
+      </Pressable>
+    </Animated.View>
   );
 }
 
 export const Field = forwardRef<TextInput, TextInputProps & { label?: string }>(function Field(
-  { label, style, ...props },
+  { label, style, onFocus, onBlur, ...props },
   ref,
 ) {
+  const [focused, setFocused] = useState(false);
   return (
     <View style={{ gap: space.xs }}>
       {label && <Text style={styles.label}>{label}</Text>}
-      <TextInput ref={ref} placeholderTextColor={colors.muted} style={[styles.input, style]} {...props} />
+      <TextInput
+        ref={ref}
+        placeholderTextColor={colors.muted}
+        style={[styles.input, focused && styles.inputFocused, style]}
+        onFocus={(e) => (setFocused(true), onFocus?.(e))}
+        onBlur={(e) => (setFocused(false), onBlur?.(e))}
+        {...props}
+      />
     </View>
   );
 });
 
 export function Chip({ label, selected, onPress }: { label: string; selected?: boolean; onPress: () => void }) {
+  const press = usePressScale(0.92);
   return (
-    <Pressable
-      accessibilityRole="button"
-      accessibilityState={{ selected }}
-      onPress={onPress}
-      style={[styles.chip, selected && styles.chipSelected]}>
-      <Text style={[styles.chipText, selected && { color: colors.accentText }]}>{label}</Text>
-    </Pressable>
+    <Animated.View style={press.style}>
+      <Pressable
+        accessibilityRole="button"
+        accessibilityState={{ selected }}
+        onPressIn={press.onPressIn}
+        onPressOut={press.onPressOut}
+        onPress={onPress}
+        style={[styles.chip, selected && styles.chipSelected]}>
+        {selected && <LinearGradient colors={brandGradient} start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 1, y: 1 }} style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill} />}
+        <Text style={[styles.chipText, selected && { color: colors.accentText }]}>{label}</Text>
+      </Pressable>
+    </Animated.View>
   );
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  title: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 28, fontWeight: '800', letterSpacing: -0.5 },
-  heading: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 17, fontWeight: '700', marginBottom: space.xs },
+  title: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 30, fontFamily: fonts.display, letterSpacing: -0.6 },
+  heading: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 18, fontFamily: fonts.display, marginBottom: space.xs },
   body: { color: colors.text, fontSize: 15, lineHeight: 21 },
   muted: { color: colors.muted },
   card: {
@@ -104,28 +147,37 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     borderRadius: radius.lg,
     padding: space.lg,
     gap: space.md,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
   },
-  cardHighlighted: { borderColor: colors.accent, borderWidth: 1 },
+  cardHighlighted: { borderColor: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.55)', borderWidth: 1 },
   row: { flexDirection: 'row', alignItems: 'center', gap: space.sm, flexWrap: 'wrap' },
   button: {
-    minHeight: 44,
-    paddingHorizontal: space.lg,
+    minHeight: 46,
+    paddingHorizontal: space.lg + 2,
     borderRadius: radius.pill,
     alignItems: 'center',
     justifyContent: 'center',
     backgroundColor: colors.surface2,
     borderWidth: 1,
-    borderColor: colors.border,
+    borderColor: colors.borderStrong,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+  },
+  buttonSmall: { minHeight: 36, paddingHorizontal: space.md + 2 },
+  buttonPrimary: {
+    borderColor: 'transparent',
+    shadowColor: '#5b4cf0',
+    shadowOpacity: 0.6,
+    shadowRadius: 14,
+    shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 6 },
+    elevation: 6,
   },
-  buttonSmall: { minHeight: 34, paddingHorizontal: space.md },
-  buttonPrimary: { backgroundColor: colors.accent, borderColor: colors.accent },
   buttonDanger: { backgroundColor: colors.danger, borderColor: colors.danger },
   buttonText: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '700', fontSize: 15 },
   buttonTextSmall: { fontSize: 13 },
   label: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '600', fontSize: 14 },
   input: {
-    minHeight: 44,
-    paddingHorizontal: space.md,
+    minHeight: 48,
+    paddingHorizontal: space.md + 2,
     paddingVertical: space.sm,
     borderRadius: radius.md,
     borderWidth: 1,
@@ -134,6 +186,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     color: colors.text,
     fontSize: 15,
   },
+  inputFocused: { borderColor: colors.accent, backgroundColor: 'rgba(124,77,255,0.10)' },
   chip: {
     paddingHorizontal: space.md,
     paddingVertical: space.sm,
@@ -141,7 +194,8 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     borderWidth: 1,
     borderColor: colors.border,
     backgroundColor: colors.surface2,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
   },
-  chipSelected: { backgroundColor: colors.accent, borderColor: colors.accent },
+  chipSelected: { borderColor: 'transparent' },
   chipText: { color: colors.text, fontWeight: '600', fontSize: 13 },
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/config.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/config.ts
index 7127be1..d03f12d 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ import Constants from 'expo-constants';
 const devHost = Constants.expoConfig?.hostUri?.split(':')[0];
 
 export const API_URL = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_API_URL ?? (devHost ? `http://${devHost}:4000` : 'http://localhost:4000');
+
+/** The website, for shareable profile links and QR codes. In development, the web app on port 3737. */
+export const WEB_URL = process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_WEB_URL ?? (devHost ? `http://${devHost}:3737` : API_URL.replace(/:4000$/, ':3737'));
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/connect.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/connect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a7594d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/connect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import * as Linking from 'expo-linking';
+import * as WebBrowser from 'expo-web-browser';
+import { SPOTIFY_LINK_PAGES } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { api } from './api';
+
+export type SignInResult = 'connected' | 'cancelled';
+
+export class SignInError extends Error {}
+
+/**
+ * Sign in on the service's own site in an auth browser and come back through
+ * the app's deep link.
+ */
+export async function signInWithService(provider: 'plex' | 'lastfm'): Promise<SignInResult> {
+  // In Expo Go this is an exp:// URL, in builds musicshare://
+  const returnTo = Linking.createURL('settings');
+  const { url } = await api.authorizeUrl(provider, { client: 'mobile', returnTo });
+  const result = await WebBrowser.openAuthSessionAsync(url, returnTo);
+  if (result.type !== 'success') return 'cancelled';
+  const error = Linking.parse(result.url).queryParams?.error;
+  if (typeof error === 'string') throw new SignInError(error);
+  return 'connected';
+}
+
+/** Where users approve "Spotify Scrobbling" (Last.fm) or the Spotify link (ListenBrainz). */
+export const openSpotifyLinkPage = (on: keyof typeof SPOTIFY_LINK_PAGES = 'lastfm') =>
+  WebBrowser.openBrowserAsync(SPOTIFY_LINK_PAGES[on]);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/haptics.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/haptics.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d19a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/haptics.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
+
+/** Light feedback for taps on primary actions. Never throws (some devices have no haptics). */
+export const tapHaptic = () => Haptics.impactAsync(Haptics.ImpactFeedbackStyle.Light).catch(() => {});
+
+/** A satisfying "done" for follow, pin, connect, scan. */
+export const successHaptic = () => Haptics.notificationAsync(Haptics.NotificationFeedbackType.Success).catch(() => {});
+
+export const selectionHaptic = () => Haptics.selectionAsync().catch(() => {});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/onboarding.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/onboarding.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2287c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/onboarding.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type { MeDTO, StreamingService } from '@musicshare/shared';
+import { api } from './api';
+import { markSetupSeen } from './setup';
+
+/** What people pick on the first onboarding screen. `service` is where friends' songs open. */
+export interface ListenApp {
+  id: string;
+  label: string;
+  service?: StreamingService;
+}
+
+export const LISTEN_APPS: ListenApp[] = [
+  { id: 'spotify', label: 'Spotify', service: 'spotify' },
+  { id: 'apple_music', label: 'Apple Music', service: 'apple_music' },
+  { id: 'youtube_music', label: 'YouTube Music', service: 'youtube_music' },
+  { id: 'tidal', label: 'TIDAL', service: 'tidal' },
+  { id: 'deezer', label: 'Deezer', service: 'deezer' },
+  { id: 'soundcloud', label: 'SoundCloud' },
+  { id: 'amazon', label: 'Amazon Music' },
+  { id: 'plex', label: 'Plex / Plexamp' },
+  { id: 'jellyfin', label: 'Jellyfin' },
+  { id: 'other', label: 'Something else' },
+];
+
+export const listenApp = (id: string | undefined) => LISTEN_APPS.find((a) => a.id === id) ?? LISTEN_APPS[LISTEN_APPS.length - 1]!;
+
+/** Done (or skipped through): never show onboarding again, on any device. */
+export async function finishOnboarding(setMe: (me: MeDTO) => void) {
+  await markSetupSeen();
+  setMe(await api.updateMe({ onboarded: true }));
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/theme.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/theme.ts
index 2aa184e..facb8dd 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/theme.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/theme.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
-/** Mirrors the web palette (apps/web/src/app/globals.css). */
+/** Mirrors the web palette (apps/web/src/app/globals.css). Brand colours come from the logo. */
 export const colors = {
-  bg: '#0e0f13',
-  surface: '#171920',
-  surface2: '#20232c',
-  border: '#2a2e39',
-  text: '#eceef3',
-  muted: '#9097a6',
-  accent: '#7c5cff',
+  bg: '#07070b',
+  surface: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.05)',
+  surfaceSolid: '#12121a',
+  surface2: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.09)',
+  border: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.10)',
+  borderStrong: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.18)',
+  text: '#f4f3fa',
+  muted: '#9b99ae',
+  accent: '#7c4dff',
+  accent2: '#2f8cff',
   accentText: '#ffffff',
-  live: '#3ddc84',
-  danger: '#ff5c6c',
-  pin: '#f5c542',
+  live: '#34d399',
+  danger: '#fb7185',
+  pin: '#fbbf24',
+} as const;
+
+/** The logo's purple-to-blue, for buttons and highlights. */
+export const brandGradient = ['#7b2ff7', '#5b4cf0', '#2f8cff'] as const;
+
+export const fonts = {
+  display: 'SpaceGrotesk_700Bold',
+  displayMedium: 'SpaceGrotesk_500Medium',
 } as const;
 
 export const space = { xs: 4, sm: 8, md: 12, lg: 16, xl: 24 } as const;
-export const radius = { sm: 6, md: 10, lg: 14, pill: 999 } as const;
+export const radius = { sm: 8, md: 12, lg: 20, pill: 999 } as const;