diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceRootScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceRootScreen.tsx
index 70a02932c606..bcb777e46c95 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceRootScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceRootScreen.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function WorkspaceRootContent() {
   const nativeMetrics = useNativeLayoutMetrics();
   const systemTabBar = useSystemWorkspaceTabBar();
   const sidebarTabs = useSidebarWorkspaceTabs();
+  const sidebarPicker = sidebarTabs === "picker";
   const sidebarNavigation =
     primaryColumn !== null &&
     (layout.usesSplitView ||
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@ function WorkspaceRootContent() {
   return (
     <WorkspaceTabsContext value={context}>
       <View
-        className={sidebarTabs ? "flex-1 bg-drawer" : "flex-1 bg-screen"}
-        style={sidebarTabs ? { paddingTop: insets.top } : undefined}
+        className={sidebarPicker ? "flex-1 bg-drawer" : "flex-1 bg-screen"}
+        style={sidebarPicker ? { paddingTop: insets.top } : undefined}
       >
         {Platform.OS === "ios" ? (
           <NativeStackScreenOptions
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ function WorkspaceRootContent() {
             ]}
           />
         )}
-        {sidebarTabs ? <WorkspaceSidebarTabs /> : null}
-        <SafeAreaInsetsContext value={sidebarTabs ? { ...insets, top: 0 } : insets}>
+        {sidebarPicker ? <WorkspaceSidebarTabs /> : null}
+        <SafeAreaInsetsContext value={sidebarPicker ? { ...insets, top: 0 } : insets}>
           {state.selectedTab === "threads" ? <HomeRouteScreen /> : <PullRequestsScreen />}
         </SafeAreaInsetsContext>
         <WorkspaceToolbar
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceSidebarTabs.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceSidebarTabs.ios.tsx
index 5db164718714..1e77784b872d 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceSidebarTabs.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceSidebarTabs.ios.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { StackActions, useNavigation } from "@react-navigation/native";
-import { Keyboard, View } from "react-native";
+import { View } from "react-native";
 import { SegmentedControl } from "../../components/ui/SegmentedControl";
 import { useWorkspaceTabs } from "./WorkspaceTabsContext";
 import type { WorkspaceTab } from "./workspace-tabs-state";
+import { useSelectWorkspaceTab } from "./useSelectWorkspaceTab";
 
 export function WorkspaceSidebarTabs() {
   const workspace = useWorkspaceTabs()!;
-  const navigation = useNavigation();
+  const selectTab = useSelectWorkspaceTab();
   return (
     <View className="px-4 pb-3 pt-2">
       <SegmentedControl
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ export function WorkspaceSidebarTabs() {
           { value: "pullRequests", label: "Pull requests" },
         ]}
         selected={workspace.state.selectedTab}
-        onSelect={(tab: WorkspaceTab) => {
-          if (tab === workspace.state.selectedTab) return;
-          Keyboard.dismiss();
-          if (navigation.getState()?.index) navigation.dispatch(StackActions.popToTop());
-          workspace.dispatch({ type: "select", tab });
-        }}
+        onSelect={(tab: WorkspaceTab) => selectTab(tab)}
       />
     </View>
   );
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx
index 00e23196ef40..33c3fab8ec9e 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/WorkspaceToolbar.ios.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import { NativeWorkspaceTabActivityContext } from "../../native/v5-workspace-con
 import { useHardwareKeyboardCommand } from "../keyboard/hardwareKeyboardCommands";
 import { useAdaptiveWorkspaceLayout } from "../layout/AdaptiveWorkspaceLayout";
 import { useWorkspaceTabs } from "./WorkspaceTabsContext";
+import { useSidebarWorkspaceTabs } from "./useSystemWorkspaceTabBar";
+import { useSelectWorkspaceTab } from "./useSelectWorkspaceTab";
+import { useMobileNavigationTheme } from "../../lib/useMobileNavigationTheme";
+
+// Tabler's git-pull-request geometry, shared with the UIKit tab bar.
+const PULL_REQUEST_ICON = require("../../../assets/icons/pull-request.png");
 
 export function WorkspaceToolbar(props: {
   readonly onNewTask: () => void;
@@ -19,8 +25,12 @@ export function WorkspaceToolbar(props: {
   const workspace = useWorkspaceTabs()!;
   const navigation = useNavigation();
   const metrics = useNativeLayoutMetrics();
+  const sidebarTabs = useSidebarWorkspaceTabs();
+  const selectTab = useSelectWorkspaceTab();
+  const selectedTint = useMobileNavigationTheme().colors.primary;
   const nativeToolbarCompose =
-    Platform.OS === "ios" && (Platform.isPad || (metrics?.verticalBarEdge ?? "none") !== "none");
+    Platform.OS === "ios" &&
+    (Platform.isPad || sidebarTabs !== null || (metrics?.verticalBarEdge ?? "none") !== "none");
   const { isTabActive } = workspace;
   const tabActive = use(NativeWorkspaceTabActivityContext)?.active ?? true;
   const { panes, togglePrimarySidebar } = useAdaptiveWorkspaceLayout();
@@ -122,6 +132,24 @@ export function WorkspaceToolbar(props: {
         )}
       </Toolbar>
       <Toolbar placement="bottom">
+        {sidebarTabs === "toolbar" ? (
+          <Toolbar.Button
+            identifier="workspace-tab-threads"
+            accessibilityLabel="Threads"
+            icon={selectedTab === "threads" ? "text.bubble.fill" : "text.bubble"}
+            tintColor={selectedTab === "threads" ? selectedTint : undefined}
+            onPress={() => selectTab("threads")}
+          />
+        ) : null}
+        {sidebarTabs === "toolbar" ? (
+          <Toolbar.Button
+            identifier="workspace-tab-pull-requests"
+            accessibilityLabel="Pull requests"
+            icon={{ type: "image", source: PULL_REQUEST_ICON, tinted: true }}
+            tintColor={selectedTab === "pullRequests" ? selectedTint : undefined}
+            onPress={() => selectTab("pullRequests")}
+          />
+        ) : null}
         {nativeToolbarCompose ? <Toolbar.Spacer flexible /> : null}
         {nativeToolbarCompose ? (
           <Toolbar.Button
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSelectWorkspaceTab.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSelectWorkspaceTab.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcfc35d32e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSelectWorkspaceTab.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { StackActions, useNavigation } from "@react-navigation/native";
+import { useCallback } from "react";
+import { Keyboard } from "react-native";
+import { useWorkspaceTabs } from "./WorkspaceTabsContext";
+import type { WorkspaceTab } from "./workspace-tabs-state";
+
+/** Switch workspace tabs from inside the sidebar, closing any open detail first. */
+export function useSelectWorkspaceTab() {
+  const workspace = useWorkspaceTabs()!;
+  const navigation = useNavigation();
+  const selectedTab = workspace.state.selectedTab;
+  const { dispatch } = workspace;
+  return useCallback(
+    (tab: WorkspaceTab) => {
+      if (tab === selectedTab) return;
+      Keyboard.dismiss();
+      if (navigation.getState()?.index) navigation.dispatch(StackActions.popToTop());
+      dispatch({ type: "select", tab });
+    },
+    [dispatch, navigation, selectedTab],
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSystemWorkspaceTabBar.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSystemWorkspaceTabBar.ts
index 427bf0a15697..d08f3095333b 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSystemWorkspaceTabBar.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/workspace/useSystemWorkspaceTabBar.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import { Platform } from "react-native";
 import { useAdaptiveWorkspaceLayout } from "../layout/AdaptiveWorkspaceLayout";
+import { useNativeLayoutMetrics } from "../../native/native-layout-metrics";
 
-export function useSidebarWorkspaceTabs() {
+/** Where an iOS split window shows the workspace tabs instead of UIKit's tab bar. */
+export function useSidebarWorkspaceTabs(): "picker" | "toolbar" | null {
   const { layout } = useAdaptiveWorkspaceLayout();
-  return Platform.OS === "ios" && Platform.isPad && layout.usesSplitView;
+  const metrics = useNativeLayoutMetrics();
+  if (Platform.OS !== "ios" || !layout.usesSplitView) return null;
+  if (Platform.isPad) return "picker";
+  // The Duo's side rail carries UIKit's tabs. Unfolded in portrait it has no
+  // rail, so the tabs sit in the thread list's own toolbar.
+  return (metrics?.verticalBarEdge ?? "none") === "none" ? "toolbar" : null;
 }
 
 export function useSystemWorkspaceTabBar() {
   const sidebarTabs = useSidebarWorkspaceTabs();
-  return Platform.OS === "ios" && !sidebarTabs;
+  return Platform.OS === "ios" && sidebarTabs === null;
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/layout.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/layout.ts
index 788bb709c284..49592afc6236 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/layout.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/layout.ts
@@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ export function deriveLayout(input: {
   const usableWidth = width - (metrics?.safeArea.left ?? 0) - (metrics?.safeArea.right ?? 0);
   // UIKit's size class supports the shorter Duo inner display. Geometry remains
   // a floor so a narrow multitasking window cannot squeeze both columns.
+  // Unfolded in portrait, the inner display reports neither a side bar nor a
+  // fold, only its hinge.
   const hasDuoGeometry =
     metrics &&
-    (metrics.verticalBarEdge !== "none" ||
+    (metrics.hasHinge === true ||
+      metrics.verticalBarEdge !== "none" ||
       metrics.reservedRegions.some((region) => region.kind === "division"));
   const wideEnoughForSplit = hasDuoGeometry
     ? metrics.horizontalSizeClass === "regular" &&
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts
index e742169bd94a..e1da0fa04842 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,43 @@ describe("Duo workspace sizing", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("shows both columns on the unfolded inner display in portrait", () => {
+    // Reported by the iOS 27.1 Duo simulator: no side bar or fold, only the hinge.
+    const portrait: NativeLayoutMetrics = {
+      width: 669,
+      height: 951,
+      hasHinge: true,
+      horizontalSizeClass: "regular",
+      verticalBarEdge: "none",
+      safeArea: { top: 82, bottom: 34, left: 0, right: 0 },
+      reservedRegions: [{ kind: "occlusion", x: 535, y: 0, width: 134, height: 82 }],
+    };
+    expect(deriveLayout({ ...portrait, nativeMetrics: portrait }).usesSplitView).toBe(true);
+    // Without the hinge, the same window is an ordinary narrow iPad-style window.
+    const withoutHinge = { ...portrait, hasHinge: false };
+    expect(deriveLayout({ ...withoutHinge, nativeMetrics: withoutHinge }).usesSplitView).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the folded front screen compact in both orientations", () => {
+    for (const [width, height] of [
+      [466, 678],
+      [678, 466],
+    ]) {
+      const folded: NativeLayoutMetrics = {
+        width: width!,
+        height: height!,
+        hasHinge: true,
+        horizontalSizeClass: "compact",
+        verticalBarEdge: "right",
+        safeArea: { top: 0, bottom: 34, left: 0, right: 84 },
+        reservedRegions: [],
+      };
+      expect(deriveLayout({ ...folded, nativeMetrics: folded }).usesSplitView).toBe(false);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("requires enough safe width for both panes in a multitasking window", () => {
     const metrics = { ...innerDisplay, width: 660 };
     expect(deriveLayout({ ...metrics, nativeMetrics: metrics }).usesSplitView).toBe(false);