diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useDismissNativeCallNotifications.ts b/src/app/hooks/useDismissNativeCallNotifications.ts
index b11cf924..e61af658 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useDismissNativeCallNotifications.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useDismissNativeCallNotifications.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useAtomValue } from 'jotai';
 import { App } from '@capacitor/app';
 import { incomingCallsAtom } from '../state/incomingCalls';
-import { isNativePlatform } from '../utils/capacitor';
+import { isAndroidPlatform, isNativePlatform } from '../utils/capacitor';
 
 const SUMMARY_NOTIFICATION_ID = -2147483648;
 
@@ -60,29 +60,45 @@ export const useDismissNativeCallNotifications = (): void => {
     () => typeof document === 'undefined' || document.visibilityState === 'visible'
   );
 
-  // App state tracking. Race-guard: a real appStateChange firing before
-  // getState() resolves must win, otherwise the stale snapshot re-enables the
-  // foreground branch while we are actually backgrounded (and we'd dismiss
-  // the native ring we just raised).
+  // App state tracking.
+  // Android: `pause`/`resume` fire inside BridgeActivity.onPause/onResume via
+  // AppPlugin.handleOnPause/Resume — the same Activity callbacks that flip
+  // MainActivity.isInForeground — and reach JS within ms via the WebView
+  // bridge. `appStateChange` on Android fires only in BridgeActivity.onStop,
+  // tens of ms to ~1s after onPause; using it as the gate would leak incoming
+  // rings into a "just backgrounded" window where Java sees background (FCM
+  // shows native CallStyle) but JS still sees active (and the dismiss branch
+  // below would clobber the freshly-raised native ring).
+  // iOS/web keeps `appStateChange` because there it maps to
+  // willResignActive/didBecomeActive (iOS) or document.visibilitychange (web)
+  // — the correct edge. The Capacitor `pause`/`resume` events on iOS bind to
+  // didEnterBackground/willEnterForeground, which is a different semantics.
+  // Race-guard: a real lifecycle event arriving before getState() resolves
+  // must win over the stale snapshot.
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
-    let sawAppStateEvent = false;
-    let remove: (() => void) | undefined;
+    let sawLifecycleEvent = false;
+    const handles: Array<{ remove: () => void }> = [];
+    const track = (h: { remove: () => void }) => {
+      if (cancelled) h.remove();
+      else handles.push(h);
+    };
 
-    App.addListener('appStateChange', ({ isActive }) => {
-      sawAppStateEvent = true;
+    const apply = (isActive: boolean) => {
+      sawLifecycleEvent = true;
       if (!cancelled) setAppActive(isActive);
-    }).then((handle) => {
-      if (cancelled) handle.remove();
-      else
-        remove = () => {
-          handle.remove();
-        };
-    });
+    };
+
+    if (isAndroidPlatform()) {
+      App.addListener('pause', () => apply(false)).then(track);
+      App.addListener('resume', () => apply(true)).then(track);
+    } else {
+      App.addListener('appStateChange', ({ isActive }) => apply(isActive)).then(track);
+    }
 
     App.getState()
       .then((state) => {
-        if (!cancelled && !sawAppStateEvent) setAppActive(state.isActive);
+        if (!cancelled && !sawLifecycleEvent) setAppActive(state.isActive);
       })
       .catch(() => {
         /* web fallback handled by initial document.visibilityState */
@@ -90,7 +106,7 @@ export const useDismissNativeCallNotifications = (): void => {
 
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
-      remove?.();
+      handles.forEach((h) => h.remove());
     };
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/app/pages/IncomingCallStripRenderer.tsx b/src/app/pages/IncomingCallStripRenderer.tsx
index 2fefdb26..5f177c58 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/IncomingCallStripRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/IncomingCallStripRenderer.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { App } from '@capacitor/app';
 import { incomingCallsAtom } from '../state/incomingCalls';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { IncomingCallStrip } from '../features/call-status';
+import { isAndroidPlatform } from '../utils/capacitor';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-relative-packages
 import RingSoundOgg from '../../../public/sound/ring.ogg';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-relative-packages
@@ -44,27 +45,40 @@ export function IncomingCallStripRenderer() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
-    // Listener registration and getState() race: if a real appStateChange
-    // fires before getState() resolves, the stale getState() snapshot would
-    // overwrite the fresh event and re-open §5.39 (e.g. background → listener
-    // sets false → late getState() resolves true → audio re-enabled).
-    let sawAppStateEvent = false;
-    let remove: (() => void) | undefined;
+    // Android: pause/resume fire on BridgeActivity.onPause/onResume via
+    // AppPlugin.handleOnPause/Resume — same Activity callbacks that flip
+    // MainActivity.isInForeground — reaching JS within ms via the WebView
+    // bridge. appStateChange on Android only fires in onStop (tens of ms to
+    // ~1s after onPause), which would let JS audio race the native ringtone
+    // in the "just backgrounded" window and double-ring.
+    // iOS/web keeps appStateChange because there it maps to
+    // willResignActive/didBecomeActive (iOS) or document.visibilitychange
+    // (web). The Capacitor pause/resume events on iOS bind to
+    // didEnterBackground/willEnterForeground — a different edge.
+    // Race-guard: a real lifecycle event arriving before getState() resolves
+    // must win over the stale snapshot.
+    let sawLifecycleEvent = false;
+    const handles: Array<{ remove: () => void }> = [];
+    const track = (h: { remove: () => void }) => {
+      if (cancelled) h.remove();
+      else handles.push(h);
+    };
 
-    App.addListener('appStateChange', ({ isActive }) => {
-      sawAppStateEvent = true;
+    const apply = (isActive: boolean) => {
+      sawLifecycleEvent = true;
       if (!cancelled) setAppActive(isActive);
-    }).then((handle) => {
-      if (cancelled) handle.remove();
-      else
-        remove = () => {
-          handle.remove();
-        };
-    });
+    };
+
+    if (isAndroidPlatform()) {
+      App.addListener('pause', () => apply(false)).then(track);
+      App.addListener('resume', () => apply(true)).then(track);
+    } else {
+      App.addListener('appStateChange', ({ isActive }) => apply(isActive)).then(track);
+    }
 
     App.getState()
       .then((state) => {
-        if (!cancelled && !sawAppStateEvent) setAppActive(state.isActive);
+        if (!cancelled && !sawLifecycleEvent) setAppActive(state.isActive);
       })
       .catch(() => {
         /* web fallback handled by initial document.visibilityState */
@@ -72,7 +86,7 @@ export function IncomingCallStripRenderer() {
 
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
-      remove?.();
+      handles.forEach((h) => h.remove());
     };
   }, []);