diff --git a/apps/widget-telegram/src/App.tsx b/apps/widget-telegram/src/App.tsx
index 66c87658..d7a21188 100644
--- a/apps/widget-telegram/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/widget-telegram/src/App.tsx
@@ -488,6 +488,95 @@ const PasswordForm = ({ state, t, dispatch, send, sendCancel }: FormProps) => {
   );
 };
 
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// About card + modal
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+type AboutCardProps = {
+  t: T;
+  onOpen: () => void;
+};
+
+// Click-target sibling of the login/logout cards. Lives in the widget
+// (not in the host hero) so it sits visually adjacent to the action it
+// explains — a user evaluating «should I sign in?» reads the about copy
+// next to the button itself, not in a separate header chrome.
+const AboutCard = ({ t, onOpen }: AboutCardProps) => (
+  <button class="command-card" type="button" onClick={onOpen}>
+    <div class="command-card-body">
+      <div class="command-card-name">{t('card.about.name')}</div>
+      <div class="command-card-desc">{t('card.about.desc')}</div>
+    </div>
+    <span class="command-card-chevron" aria-hidden="true">
+      ›
+    </span>
+  </button>
+);
+
+type AboutModalProps = {
+  t: T;
+  onClose: () => void;
+};
+
+const AboutModal = ({ t, onClose }: AboutModalProps) => {
+  // ESC closes — matches the standard «modal as transient overlay» pattern
+  // and keeps a fast escape hatch for keyboard users without focus-trap
+  // machinery (the widget is a small surface; trap-style focus management
+  // would be heavier than the panel deserves).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose();
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
+  }, [onClose]);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      class="about-overlay"
+      role="dialog"
+      aria-modal="true"
+      aria-label={t('about.title')}
+      onClick={(e) => {
+        // Backdrop click closes; a click that started inside the panel
+        // bubbles up here too — guard by comparing currentTarget.
+        if (e.target === e.currentTarget) onClose();
+      }}
+    >
+      <div class="about-panel">
+        <header class="about-header">
+          <h2 class="about-title">{t('about.title')}</h2>
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            class="about-close-x"
+            onClick={onClose}
+            aria-label={t('about.aria-close')}
+          >
+            ×
+          </button>
+        </header>
+        <div class="about-body">
+          <p>{t('about.body-1')}</p>
+          <p>{t('about.body-2')}</p>
+          <p>{t('about.body-3')}</p>
+          <p>
+            {t('about.github-label')}{' '}
+            <a href={t('about.github-url')} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+              {t('about.github-url')}
+            </a>
+          </p>
+          <p>{t('about.body-4')}</p>
+        </div>
+        <div class="about-footer">
+          <button type="button" class="btn-primary" onClick={onClose}>
+            {t('about.close')}
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Logout card with confirm-in-place
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -571,6 +660,14 @@ export function App({ bootstrap, api }: Props) {
   const [theme, setTheme] = useState<'light' | 'dark'>(bootstrap.theme);
   const [transcript, setTranscript] = useState<TranscriptLine[]>([]);
   const [handshakeOk, setHandshakeOk] = useState(false);
+  const [aboutOpen, setAboutOpen] = useState(false);
+  // True while a `list-logins` probe is in flight from a refresh-card click.
+  // Drives the button's `disabled` + spinner state so the user gets explicit
+  // «I'm working» feedback during the round-trip — the previous design left
+  // the click unacknowledged (the only signal was a transcript line below
+  // the fold), and the bare card surface combined with various WebView
+  // hover/focus quirks read as «button stuck on grey».
+  const [refreshing, setRefreshing] = useState(false);
   const apiRef = useRef<WidgetApi | null>(api);
   const seenEventIds = useRef(new Set<string>());
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(loginReducer, initialLoginState);
@@ -839,11 +936,28 @@ export function App({ bootstrap, api }: Props) {
     }
   }, [sendBare]);
 
-  const onClickRefresh = useCallback(() => {
-    sendBare('list-logins').catch(() => {
+  const onClickRefresh = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (refreshing) return;
+    setRefreshing(true);
+    const start = Date.now();
+    try {
+      await sendBare('list-logins');
+    } catch {
       /* transcript carries the failure */
-    });
-  }, [sendBare]);
+    }
+    // 500 ms minimum visible loading state. `sendBare` typically resolves
+    // in <100 ms when the transport is healthy — without a min-hold the
+    // browser may not even paint a single frame of the disabled state, so
+    // the click goes visually unacknowledged. The transcript line is the
+    // only other signal and it sits below the fold on phone viewports.
+    const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+    if (elapsed < 500) {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        window.setTimeout(resolve, 500 - elapsed);
+      });
+    }
+    setRefreshing(false);
+  }, [refreshing, sendBare]);
 
   // Optimistic logging_out + recovery on send failure: refire list-logins
   // so the reducer recalibrates from the bridge's truth instead of leaving
@@ -876,10 +990,10 @@ export function App({ bootstrap, api }: Props) {
     <div class="app">
       {/* Hero is OWNED BY THE HOST (BotShell + BotShellHero). The widget no
        * longer renders an avatar/name/handle/description block — the host
-       * panel above the iframe carries that information, with the
-       * «Настроить» dropdown that controls show-chat / mark-read /
-       * notifications / leave-room. The widget body starts with the
-       * action-relevant section for the current state. */}
+       * panel above the iframe carries that information plus the
+       * three-dots menu (show-chat / mark-read / notifications /
+       * leave-room). «О боте» lives HERE in the widget body so it sits
+       * adjacent to the login/logout actions it explains. */}
 
       {handshakeOk && state.kind === 'unknown' ? (
         <section class="section">
@@ -901,36 +1015,47 @@ export function App({ bootstrap, api }: Props) {
 
       {handshakeOk && state.kind === 'disconnected' ? (
         <section class="section">
-          {/* Status pill replaces the section header — the pill itself
-           * carries the section's identity («Войдите в Telegram» says
-           * what this surface is for and what state we're in, so a
-           * separate «Подключение» label was redundant). */}
+          {/* Status pill describes state («Telegram не привязан»), command
+           * cards below carry the actions. Earlier copy made the pill an
+           * imperative («Войдите в Telegram»), which duplicated the login
+           * card's title sitting directly beneath it. */}
           <span class="section-status disconnected" role="status">
             <span class="dot" />
             {t('status.disconnected')}
           </span>
-          <div class="connect-row">
-            <div class="command-grid">
-              <button class="command-card" type="button" onClick={onClickLogin}>
-                <div class="command-card-body">
-                  <div class="command-card-name">{t('card.login.name')}</div>
-                  <div class="command-card-desc">{t('card.login.desc')}</div>
-                </div>
-                <span class="command-card-chevron" aria-hidden="true">
-                  ›
-                </span>
-              </button>
-            </div>
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              class="refresh-button"
-              onClick={onClickRefresh}
-              aria-label={t('card.refresh.aria')}
-            >
-              <RefreshIcon />
+          <div class="command-grid">
+            <button class="command-card" type="button" onClick={onClickLogin}>
+              <div class="command-card-body">
+                <div class="command-card-name">{t('card.login.name')}</div>
+                <div class="command-card-desc">{t('card.login.desc')}</div>
+              </div>
+              <span class="command-card-chevron" aria-hidden="true">
+                ›
+              </span>
             </button>
+            {/* Refresh as a peer card to login (same size + style). The
+             * `refreshing` class + disabled attribute drive the in-flight
+             * spinner state — disabled gates :hover/:focus via :not(:disabled)
+             * and so neutralises any WebView quirks that previously made the
+             * click read as «button stuck on grey» after tap. */}
+            <button
+              class={`command-card${refreshing ? ' refreshing' : ''}`}
+              type="button"
+              onClick={onClickRefresh}
+              disabled={refreshing}
+            >
+              <div class="command-card-body">
+                <div class="command-card-name">{t('card.refresh.name')}</div>
+                <div class="command-card-desc">
+                  {refreshing ? t('card.refresh.in-flight') : t('card.refresh.desc')}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <span class="command-card-chevron" aria-hidden="true">
+                <RefreshIcon />
+              </span>
+            </button>
+            <AboutCard t={t} onOpen={() => setAboutOpen(true)} />
           </div>
-          <p class="hint">{t('landing.hint')}</p>
         </section>
       ) : null}
 
@@ -998,13 +1123,15 @@ export function App({ bootstrap, api }: Props) {
               </button>
             </div>
           )}
-          <p class="hint">{t('auth-card.code.privacy-hint-history')}</p>
           <div class="command-grid">
             <LogoutCard loginId={state.loginId} t={t} onConfirm={onConfirmLogout} />
+            <AboutCard t={t} onOpen={() => setAboutOpen(true)} />
           </div>
         </section>
       ) : null}
 
+      {aboutOpen ? <AboutModal t={t} onClose={() => setAboutOpen(false)} /> : null}
+
       <section class="section">
         <div ref={transcriptRef} class="transcript" role="log" aria-live="polite">
           {transcript.length === 0 ? (
diff --git a/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/en.ts b/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/en.ts
index aa259049..c95396dd 100644
--- a/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,32 @@ import type { StringKey } from './ru';
 
 export const EN: Record<StringKey, string> = {
   'status.unknown': 'Checking status…',
-  'status.disconnected': 'Sign in to Telegram',
+  'status.disconnected': 'Telegram not linked',
   'status.connected': 'Telegram linked',
   'status.connected-as': 'Telegram linked as {handle}',
   'status.logging-out': 'Signing out…',
-  'card.login.name': '/login',
-  'card.login.desc': 'By phone number',
+  'card.login.name': 'Sign in to Telegram',
+  'card.login.desc': 'By phone number, with an SMS code',
   'card.refresh.aria': 'Refresh status',
   'card.refresh.label': 'Refresh status',
-  'landing.hint': 'The bot replies in this chat — forms appear below.',
+  'card.refresh.name': 'Refresh status',
+  'card.refresh.desc': 'Re-check whether Telegram is linked',
+  'card.refresh.in-flight': 'Checking…',
+  'card.about.name': 'How the Telegram bot works',
+  'card.about.desc': 'Sign-in, safety, and source code',
+  'about.title': 'About the Telegram bot',
+  'about.body-1':
+    'This bot connects Telegram to Vojo. After sign-in, your private chats and groups from Telegram will appear in Vojo’s chat list, and replies from the Vojo app will be sent to your contacts as normal Telegram messages.',
+  'about.body-2':
+    'Sign-in uses your phone number and the code from Telegram, just like signing in on a new device. If you have two-step verification enabled, Telegram will also ask for your cloud password.',
+  'about.body-3':
+    'The connection runs through the open-source mautrix-telegram bridge. It creates a Telegram session on the Vojo server and uses it to connect Telegram with your Vojo account: receive messages from Telegram and send your replies back.',
+  'about.github-label': 'The bridge source code is public on GitHub:',
+  'about.github-url': 'https://github.com/mautrix/telegram',
+  'about.body-4':
+    'You can revoke access at any time — either with the “Sign out of Telegram” button here, or inside Telegram itself under Settings → Devices.',
+  'about.close': 'Close',
+  'about.aria-close': 'Close “About this bot”',
   'auth-card.phone.title': 'Phone login',
   'auth-card.phone.label': 'Phone number',
   'auth-card.phone.placeholder': '+15551234567',
@@ -26,8 +43,6 @@ export const EN: Record<StringKey, string> = {
   'auth-card.code.submit': 'Confirm',
   'auth-card.code.privacy-hint':
     'The Telegram code is visible in the room history — you can clear it manually.',
-  'auth-card.code.privacy-hint-history':
-    'The code you entered is still in the room history — clear it manually if you want.',
   'auth-card.password.title': 'Telegram cloud password',
   'auth-card.password.hint':
     'Your account has two-factor authentication enabled. Enter your Telegram cloud password — this is not your Vojo password.',
@@ -50,8 +65,8 @@ export const EN: Record<StringKey, string> = {
     'The bot does not recognise this command — check the prefix in config.json.',
   'auth-error.start-failed': 'Failed to start login: {reason}',
   'auth-error.prepare-failed': 'Failed to prepare login: {reason}',
-  'card.logout.name': '/logout',
-  'card.logout.desc': 'Sign out of Telegram',
+  'card.logout.name': 'Sign out of Telegram',
+  'card.logout.desc': 'End the session for this account',
   'card.logout.confirm-prompt': 'Sign out for real?',
   'card.logout.confirm-yes': 'Sign out',
   'card.logout.confirm-no': 'Cancel',
diff --git a/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/ru.ts b/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/ru.ts
index 82d860fd..b2b9ea92 100644
--- a/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/ru.ts
+++ b/apps/widget-telegram/src/i18n/ru.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,48 @@
 
 export const RU = {
   // --- Inline section status ---------------------------------------------
+  // Status pill mirrors the connected pill («Telegram привязан»). Earlier
+  // copy used «Войдите в Telegram», which read as a duplicate of the login
+  // card sitting directly below — the pill should describe state, the
+  // card should carry the action.
   'status.unknown': 'Проверка статуса…',
-  'status.disconnected': 'Войдите в Telegram',
+  'status.disconnected': 'Telegram не привязан',
   'status.connected': 'Telegram привязан',
   'status.connected-as': 'Telegram привязан как {handle}',
   'status.logging-out': 'Завершение сеанса…',
   // --- Section headers ---------------------------------------------------
-  'card.login.name': '/login',
+  // Human-readable name; bridgev2's `!tg login` is sent under the hood, but
+  // surfacing «/login» on the button makes the UI read like a CLI.
+  'card.login.name': 'Войти в Telegram',
   // Card desc is descriptive (noun-style), not a third call-to-action — the
-  // section status «Войдите в Telegram» already carries the imperative.
-  'card.login.desc': 'По номеру телефона',
+  // section status carries state, the card carries action + how-to.
+  'card.login.desc': 'По номеру телефона, через SMS-код',
   'card.refresh.aria': 'Обновить статус',
   'card.refresh.label': 'Обновить статус',
-  'landing.hint': 'Бот ответит в этом чате — формы появятся ниже.',
+  // Refresh-as-card variant for the disconnected state where it sits in
+  // the same `command-grid` as login. Same vocabulary as login card.
+  'card.refresh.name': 'Обновить статус',
+  'card.refresh.desc': 'Перепроверить, привязан ли Telegram',
+  // Shown in the desc slot while a refresh request is in flight (button
+  // also goes :disabled + spinning icon). Without this the click has no
+  // visible acknowledgement until the bot replies.
+  'card.refresh.in-flight': 'Проверяю…',
+  // --- About panel -------------------------------------------------------
+  'card.about.name': 'Как работает Telegram-бот',
+  'card.about.desc': 'Вход, безопасность и исходный код',
+  'about.title': 'О боте Telegram',
+  'about.body-1':
+    'Этот бот подключает Telegram к Vojo. После входа личные чаты и группы из Telegram появятся в списке чатов Vojo, а ответы из приложения Vojo будут отправляться собеседникам как обычные сообщения в Telegram.',
+  'about.body-2':
+    'Для входа нужен номер телефона и код из Telegram — как при входе на новом устройстве. Если у вас включена двухэтапная проверка, Telegram дополнительно попросит облачный пароль.',
+  'about.body-3':
+    'Подключение работает через open-source мост mautrix-telegram. Он создаёт Telegram-сессию на сервере Vojo и использует её для связи Telegram с вашим аккаунтом Vojo: получает сообщения из Telegram и отправляет ваши ответы обратно.',
+  'about.github-label': 'Исходный код моста открыт на GitHub:',
+  'about.github-url': 'https://github.com/mautrix/telegram',
+  'about.body-4':
+    'Отозвать доступ можно в любой момент — кнопкой «Выйти из Telegram» здесь, либо в самом Telegram через «Настройки → Устройства».',
+  'about.close': 'Закрыть',
+  'about.aria-close': 'Закрыть «О боте»',
   // --- Phone form --------------------------------------------------------
   'auth-card.phone.title': 'Вход по номеру',
   'auth-card.phone.label': 'Номер телефона',
@@ -39,8 +68,6 @@ export const RU = {
   'auth-card.code.placeholder': '123456',
   'auth-card.code.submit': 'Подтвердить',
   'auth-card.code.privacy-hint': 'Telegram-код виден в истории комнаты — можно очистить вручную.',
-  'auth-card.code.privacy-hint-history':
-    'Введённый код остался в истории комнаты — при желании очистите вручную.',
   // --- 2FA password form -------------------------------------------------
   'auth-card.password.title': 'Облачный пароль Telegram',
   'auth-card.password.hint':
@@ -67,8 +94,10 @@ export const RU = {
   'auth-error.start-failed': 'Не удалось начать вход: {reason}',
   'auth-error.prepare-failed': 'Не удалось подготовить вход: {reason}',
   // --- Logout ------------------------------------------------------------
-  'card.logout.name': '/logout',
-  'card.logout.desc': 'Выйти из Telegram',
+  // Same readability rationale as `card.login.name` — the bridgev2 command
+  // name belongs in the wire payload, not on the button.
+  'card.logout.name': 'Выйти из Telegram',
+  'card.logout.desc': 'Завершить сеанс на этом аккаунте',
   'card.logout.confirm-prompt': 'Точно выйти?',
   'card.logout.confirm-yes': 'Выйти',
   'card.logout.confirm-no': 'Отмена',
diff --git a/apps/widget-telegram/src/main.tsx b/apps/widget-telegram/src/main.tsx
index a597d5fa..953bf766 100644
--- a/apps/widget-telegram/src/main.tsx
+++ b/apps/widget-telegram/src/main.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,33 @@ import { createT } from './i18n';
 import { WidgetApi, buildCapabilities } from './widget-api';
 import './styles.css';
 
+// Input-mode detector. Capacitor's Android Chromium WebView reports
+// `(hover: hover)` and `(any-pointer: fine)` as TRUE on a pure-touch
+// device — verified via on-device console.log of `matchMedia(...).matches`.
+// That makes media-query gating of `:hover` styles unreliable: the rule
+// fires on touch and then sticks (Chromium WebView synthesises `:hover` on
+// the focused element after a tap and never clears it until the next
+// interaction elsewhere). The visible symptom is a card that «greys out
+// after tap and only un-greys when you tap a different button».
+//
+// Real input is determined from the actual `pointerdown.pointerType` at
+// runtime. The first pointerdown after load is authoritative; CSS gates
+// hover styling via `:root[data-input="mouse"]`. The initial guess based
+// on `(any-pointer: coarse)` covers the pre-first-pointerdown frame so
+// the first paint on a touch device doesn't briefly show the mouse-mode
+// hover affordances if the user immediately taps a card.
+const setInputMode = (mode: 'touch' | 'mouse'): void => {
+  document.documentElement.dataset.input = mode;
+};
+setInputMode(window.matchMedia('(any-pointer: coarse)').matches ? 'touch' : 'mouse');
+window.addEventListener(
+  'pointerdown',
+  (event) => {
+    setInputMode(event.pointerType === 'mouse' ? 'mouse' : 'touch');
+  },
+  { passive: true, capture: true }
+);
+
 const root = document.getElementById('app');
 if (!root) {
   throw new Error('#app root element missing — index.html out of sync');
diff --git a/apps/widget-telegram/src/styles.css b/apps/widget-telegram/src/styles.css
index c75317e7..4e57b782 100644
--- a/apps/widget-telegram/src/styles.css
+++ b/apps/widget-telegram/src/styles.css
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 
 * {
   box-sizing: border-box;
+  /* Kills the translucent grey overlay iOS/Android WebViews paint on top
+   * of any tapped element. On the wide refresh card this overlay was
+   * read as «button stuck on grey» — the underlying state was correct,
+   * the WebView's tap-highlight was not. Web browsers ignore this. */
+  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
 }
 
 html,
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ body {
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
-/* The hero (avatar + name + handle + description + Настроить dropdown) is
+/* The hero (avatar + name + handle + description + three-dots menu) is
  * OWNED BY THE HOST, not the widget — see src/app/features/bots/BotShell.tsx.
  * Removing the widget-side hero collapses the duplicate header that used to
  * sit between the host's BotShellHero (which the user actually sees) and
@@ -115,8 +120,8 @@ body {
  * sections (disconnected / connected / unknown / logging_out) — the
  * pill itself carries the section's identity, so a separate
  * `.section-label` would just duplicate the meaning. Same dark-bg
- * vocabulary (--bg2 / divider border) as .refresh-button and the host
- * hero settings button. */
+ * vocabulary (--bg2 / divider border) as `.recovery-action` and the
+ * host hero's «О боте» chip. */
 .section-status {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ body {
   cursor: pointer;
   transition: background 0.12s, color 0.12s, border-color 0.12s;
 }
-.recovery-action:hover:not(:disabled) {
+:root[data-input='mouse'] .recovery-action:hover:not(:disabled) {
   background: var(--surface);
   color: var(--text);
   border-color: var(--hairline);
@@ -211,6 +216,21 @@ body {
 /* ── Command card (action card with name + desc + chevron) ──────── */
 
 .command-card {
+  /* The widget runs in an iframe, so it does NOT inherit the host's
+   * `button { -webkit-appearance: button }` rule (src/index.css:112). The
+   * browser default for <button> on WebKit is `auto`, which on iOS/Android
+   * Capacitor WebView resolves to native button rendering — the WebView
+   * draws its own focus/active overlay ON TOP of our explicit background.
+   * That overlay was the «button greys out and doesn't snap back» bug:
+   * after tap, the WebView holds the native focus paint until focus moves
+   * elsewhere. Setting appearance:none strips the native paint and makes
+   * our CSS the sole source of truth, matching what the host does for
+   * inputs (src/index.css:122-124). On the OLD 70px icon-only refresh
+   * chip the native overlay had nowhere to render visibly; on a wide
+   * command-card it was very visible. Web browsers ignore appearance for
+   * <button> already, so this only matters on native WebViews. */
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  appearance: none;
   background: var(--bg2);
   border: 1px solid var(--divider);
   border-radius: 10px;
@@ -225,11 +245,32 @@ body {
   transition: border-color 0.12s, background 0.12s;
 }
 
-.command-card:hover:not(:disabled) {
+/* Hover scoped to mouse-mode sessions only. Capacitor Android WebView
+ * reports `(hover: hover)` as TRUE on a pure-touch device (verified
+ * via on-device console.log), so a media-query gate doesn't work — the
+ * rule would apply, then the WebView would synthesise `:hover` on the
+ * focused element after tap and leave it stuck until the user tapped
+ * elsewhere (visible symptom: card greys after tap, only un-greys on
+ * tapping a different button). `[data-input]` is set in main.tsx from
+ * the actual `pointerdown.pointerType`, which the WebView reports
+ * truthfully even when its media queries lie. */
+:root[data-input='mouse'] .command-card:hover:not(:disabled) {
   background: var(--surface);
   border-color: var(--hairline);
 }
 
+.command-card:focus {
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+/* Keyboard focus ring — same data-input gate. On touch sessions there's
+ * no keyboard navigation to support and the ring would also stick (focus
+ * stays on the tapped button until something else takes it). */
+:root[data-input='mouse'] .command-card:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid var(--fleet);
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
 .command-card:disabled {
   opacity: 0.5;
   cursor: not-allowed;
@@ -241,10 +282,13 @@ body {
 }
 
 .command-card-name {
+  /* Sans-serif + on-surface text color — the previous monospace + fleet-soft
+   * styling read like a `/login` CLI label. With «Войти в Telegram» as the
+   * actual name (no slash, no command-line mimicry), the row should look
+   * like a primary action title, not a code token. */
   font-size: 15px;
-  font-family: ui-monospace, 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', monospace;
-  color: var(--fleet-soft);
-  font-weight: 500;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-weight: 600;
   margin-bottom: 3px;
 }
 
@@ -259,6 +303,33 @@ body {
   font-size: 18px;
   flex-shrink: 0;
   line-height: 1;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+/* When the chevron slot carries an icon (e.g. refresh card uses
+ * `<RefreshIcon />` instead of `›`), size the SVG explicitly — the icon
+ * has no intrinsic width and would expand to 300×150 (SVG default) inside
+ * a flex-shrink:0 container. 18px keeps it visually equivalent to the
+ * `›` glyph used by the other cards. */
+.command-card-chevron svg {
+  width: 18px;
+  height: 18px;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+/* Spin the chevron icon while the card is in its `refreshing` in-flight
+ * state. Combined with `disabled` (which dims the card to opacity 0.5 and
+ * gates :hover via :not(:disabled)), the spinner is the unambiguous «I'm
+ * working» signal — no more guessing whether the click registered. */
+.command-card.refreshing .command-card-chevron svg {
+  animation: command-card-spin 0.8s linear infinite;
+}
+@keyframes command-card-spin {
+  to {
+    transform: rotate(360deg);
+  }
 }
 
 /* ── Transcript ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -344,6 +415,8 @@ body {
   font-style: italic;
 }
 
+/* Destructive card — keeps the red name to mark «Выйти из Telegram» as a
+ * destructive action, distinguishing it from the primary login card. */
 .command-card.danger .command-card-name {
   color: var(--rose);
 }
@@ -371,7 +444,6 @@ body {
 
 .command-card-confirm-yes,
 .command-card-confirm-no,
-.refresh-button,
 .btn-primary,
 .btn-text,
 .btn-icon {
@@ -404,62 +476,6 @@ body {
   cursor: not-allowed;
 }
 
-/* ── Refresh button ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-.refresh-button {
-  /* Square side = .command-card's content height: padding 14*2 = 28,
-   * name lh ~18, name margin-bottom 3, desc lh 19, border 2 = 70px.
-   * Hard-coded because flex-stretch + aspect-ratio:1 doesn't reliably
-   * propagate across browsers when neither axis is explicitly sized
-   * (the icon's intrinsic 18×18 wins in the cross-axis-from-aspect
-   * resolution). 70px keeps the chip flush with the login card's
-   * top and bottom edges. */
-  width: 70px;
-  height: 70px;
-  border-radius: 10px;
-  background: var(--bg2);
-  border: 1px solid var(--divider);
-  color: var(--muted);
-  display: inline-flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  flex-shrink: 0;
-  padding: 0;
-  transition: background 0.12s, color 0.12s, border-color 0.12s;
-}
-.refresh-button:hover:not(:disabled) {
-  background: var(--surface);
-  border-color: var(--hairline);
-  color: var(--text);
-}
-.refresh-button:active:not(:disabled) {
-  background: var(--surface2);
-}
-.refresh-button:disabled {
-  opacity: 0.5;
-  cursor: not-allowed;
-}
-.refresh-button svg {
-  width: 26px;
-  height: 26px;
-  display: block;
-}
-
-/* Connect-row holds the `.command-grid` (flex-grows; the grid auto-fill
- * caps the login card at one column-width so it doesn't stretch across
- * the full row) and the square refresh button beside it. flex-wrap is
- * defensive for sub-360px viewports. */
-.connect-row {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: stretch;
-  gap: 10px;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-}
-.connect-row > .command-grid {
-  flex: 1;
-  min-width: 0;
-}
-
 .command-grid {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(280px, 1fr));
@@ -629,9 +645,9 @@ body {
     width: 100%;
   }
 
-  /* Compact .command-card on mobile so its height matches the shrunk
-   * refresh button below; preserves the «two-row title + chevron»
-   * structure. */
+  /* Compact .command-card on mobile — preserves the «two-row title +
+   * chevron» structure but trims padding so a single login/logout card
+   * doesn't dominate a phone-height viewport. */
   .command-card {
     padding: 12px 14px;
     border-radius: 8px;
@@ -645,24 +661,9 @@ body {
     line-height: 17px;
   }
 
-  /* Allow the grid to shrink below its 280px desktop floor so it doesn't
-   * push the refresh button onto its own wrap line at sub-360px. */
   .command-grid {
     grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
   }
-
-  /* Refresh side ≈ compact card height (padding 12*2 + name 17 + margin
-   * 2 + desc 17 + border 2 = 62px). Keeps the chip flush with the
-   * card's top and bottom edges on mobile. */
-  .refresh-button {
-    width: 62px;
-    height: 62px;
-    border-radius: 8px;
-  }
-  .refresh-button svg {
-    width: 22px;
-    height: 22px;
-  }
 }
 
 /* ── Linkified transcript bodies ─────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -712,3 +713,112 @@ body {
   font-size: 12px;
   color: var(--text);
 }
+
+/* ── About modal ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* Lightweight modal — fixed inside the widget iframe, not crossing into
+ * the host. Backdrop click + Escape close; no focus-trap library (the
+ * widget is a small surface — a heavier mechanism would be overkill). */
+
+.about-overlay {
+  position: fixed;
+  inset: 0;
+  background: rgba(13, 14, 17, 0.72);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  z-index: 1000;
+  padding: 20px;
+  /* Animate in so the panel doesn't feel like a hard pop — matches the
+   * reassuring tone of the body copy itself. */
+  animation: about-fade 0.15s ease-out;
+}
+
+@keyframes about-fade {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+.about-panel {
+  background: var(--bg);
+  border: 1px solid var(--hairline);
+  border-radius: 14px;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 520px;
+  max-height: 90vh;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  box-shadow: 0 20px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+}
+
+.about-header {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  padding: 16px 18px;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--divider);
+}
+
+.about-title {
+  flex: 1;
+  font-size: 17px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  color: var(--text);
+  margin: 0;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+}
+
+.about-close-x {
+  background: transparent;
+  border: none;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 32px;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  line-height: 1;
+  transition: background 0.12s, color 0.12s;
+}
+.about-close-x:hover {
+  background: var(--surface);
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.about-body {
+  padding: 16px 18px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 12px;
+}
+.about-body p {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 14px;
+  line-height: 1.55;
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+.about-body a {
+  color: var(--fleet-soft);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+.about-body a:hover {
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.about-footer {
+  padding: 12px 18px 16px;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--divider);
+}
diff --git a/public/locales/en.json b/public/locales/en.json
index a875f554..32741363 100644
--- a/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/public/locales/en.json
@@ -895,9 +895,12 @@
     "show_chat": "Show chat",
     "show_widget": "Show robot",
     "retry_widget": "Retry robot",
-    "settings_label": "Settings",
+    "more_options": "More",
     "description": {
-      "telegram": "Matrix↔Telegram bridge. Sign in by phone number to sync your Telegram chats."
+      "telegram": "Connect Telegram to Vojo: private chats and groups appear in the chat list, and replies from the Vojo app are sent as normal Telegram messages."
+    },
+    "description_short": {
+      "telegram": "Telegram chat connection"
     },
     "unknown_title": "Robot not found",
     "unknown_description": "This robot is not in the Vojo catalog."
diff --git a/public/locales/ru.json b/public/locales/ru.json
index 37d0cd14..fe96b450 100644
--- a/public/locales/ru.json
+++ b/public/locales/ru.json
@@ -899,9 +899,12 @@
     "show_chat": "Показать чат",
     "show_widget": "Показать робота",
     "retry_widget": "Повторить",
-    "settings_label": "Настроить",
+    "more_options": "Ещё",
     "description": {
-      "telegram": "Мост Matrix↔Telegram. Войдите по номеру, чтобы синхронизировать чаты с Telegram."
+      "telegram": "Подключите Telegram к Vojo: личные чаты и группы появятся в списке чатов, а ответы из приложения Vojo будут отправляться в Telegram как обычные сообщения."
+    },
+    "description_short": {
+      "telegram": "Подключение чатов Telegram"
     },
     "unknown_title": "Робот не найден",
     "unknown_description": "Этого робота нет в каталоге Vojo."
diff --git a/src/app/features/bots/BotShell.css.ts b/src/app/features/bots/BotShell.css.ts
index 0949bf82..723cc9cf 100644
--- a/src/app/features/bots/BotShell.css.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/bots/BotShell.css.ts
@@ -189,11 +189,10 @@ export const HeroName = style([
   },
 ]);
 
-// Handle and description are hidden on mobile to keep the hero band at
-// chat-header height. The bot's identity is already conveyed by the
-// avatar + name + the room route itself; the operator-config description
-// is supplemental and the mxid is rarely useful on phone where you
-// can't easily copy it anyway.
+// Handle is desktop-only — mxid is rarely useful on phone where you can't
+// easily copy it anyway, and the chat-header-style mobile band only has
+// room for one row of metadata under the name (the short description,
+// not the mxid).
 export const HeroHandle = style([
   DefaultReset,
   {
@@ -211,6 +210,10 @@ export const HeroHandle = style([
   },
 ]);
 
+// Desktop description: full sentence(s), wraps freely up to 560px. Hidden
+// on mobile in favor of the single-line `HeroDescriptionShort` below — the
+// long copy doesn't fit in a chat-header band without pushing the avatar
+// row out of vertical alignment.
 export const HeroDescription = style([
   DefaultReset,
   {
@@ -229,41 +232,34 @@ export const HeroDescription = style([
   },
 ]);
 
-// Trailing "Настроить" button — overrides the mockup's transparent spec
-// with a dark filled chip. Sits on top of the hero's #181a20
-// (SurfaceVariant.Container) surface; Background.Container resolves to
-// #0d0e11 and reads as a darker chip — the visual partner of the widget-
-// side status pill that sits directly below it on the right edge.
-export const HeroSettingsButton = style([
+// Mobile-only one-liner description — sits directly under the name in the
+// chat-header-style band. Truncated with ellipsis so a long short-desc
+// from /config.json doesn't break the header height. Desktop hides this
+// since the full-length `HeroDescription` carries the same content with
+// more room.
+export const HeroDescriptionShort = style([
   DefaultReset,
   {
-    background: color.Background.Container,
-    color: color.Surface.OnContainer,
-    border: `1px solid ${color.Background.ContainerLine}`,
-    borderRadius: toRem(8),
-    padding: `${toRem(10)} ${toRem(18)}`,
-    fontSize: toRem(14),
-    fontWeight: 500,
-    cursor: 'pointer',
-    flexShrink: 0,
-    transition: 'background 0.12s ease, border-color 0.12s ease, color 0.12s ease',
-    selectors: {
-      '&:hover:not(:disabled)': {
-        background: color.Background.ContainerHover,
-        borderColor: color.Background.ContainerActive,
-      },
-      '&[aria-pressed="true"]': {
-        background: color.Background.ContainerActive,
-        borderColor: color.Background.ContainerActive,
-      },
-    },
+    display: 'none',
 
     '@media': {
       '(max-width: 600px)': {
-        padding: `${toRem(6)} ${toRem(12)}`,
-        fontSize: toRem(13),
-        fontWeight: 400,
+        display: 'block',
+        fontSize: toRem(12),
+        lineHeight: toRem(16),
+        color: color.SurfaceVariant.OnContainer,
+        opacity: 0.75,
+        overflow: 'hidden',
+        textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+        whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+        maxWidth: '100%',
+        marginTop: toRem(2),
       },
     },
   },
 ]);
+
+// «О боте» button moved INSIDE the widget body (next to login/refresh/
+// logout cards). The hero only keeps the standard three-dots IconButton
+// as a trailing action — its styling comes from folds, no host-side CSS
+// needed.
diff --git a/src/app/features/bots/BotShellHero.tsx b/src/app/features/bots/BotShellHero.tsx
index b28f57f3..3bf45044 100644
--- a/src/app/features/bots/BotShellHero.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/bots/BotShellHero.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import type { Room } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
-import { Icon, IconButton, Icons, PopOut, RectCords } from 'folds';
+import { Icon, IconButton, Icons, PopOut, RectCords, Tooltip, TooltipProvider, Text } from 'folds';
 import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import type { BotPreset } from './catalog';
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ export function BotShellHero({ preset, room }: BotShellHeroProps) {
   const description = t(`Bots.description.${preset.id}`, {
     defaultValue: preset.description ?? '',
   });
+  // Mobile-only one-liner. Falls back to the long description when no
+  // short variant is configured — better to truncate the long one than
+  // render nothing in the chat-header band.
+  const descriptionShort = t(`Bots.description_short.${preset.id}`, {
+    defaultValue: description,
+  });
   const initial = heroInitial(preset);
 
   return (
@@ -91,16 +97,35 @@ export function BotShellHero({ preset, room }: BotShellHeroProps) {
             <span className={css.HeroHandle}>{preset.mxid}</span>
           </div>
           {description ? <p className={css.HeroDescription}>{description}</p> : null}
+          {descriptionShort ? <p className={css.HeroDescriptionShort}>{descriptionShort}</p> : null}
         </div>
 
-        <button
-          type="button"
-          className={css.HeroSettingsButton}
-          onClick={handleOpenMenu}
-          aria-pressed={!!menuAnchor}
+        {/* «О боте» lives INSIDE the widget body now (next to login/refresh/
+         * logout cards) — see apps/widget-telegram/src/App.tsx. The hero
+         * keeps only the standard three-dots menu trigger so its trailing
+         * actions match the rest of the chat headers in the project. */}
+        <TooltipProvider
+          position="Bottom"
+          align="End"
+          offset={4}
+          tooltip={
+            <Tooltip>
+              <Text>{t('Bots.more_options')}</Text>
+            </Tooltip>
+          }
         >
-          {t('Bots.settings_label')}
-        </button>
+          {(triggerRef) => (
+            <IconButton
+              fill="None"
+              ref={triggerRef}
+              onClick={handleOpenMenu}
+              aria-pressed={!!menuAnchor}
+              aria-label={t('Bots.more_options')}
+            >
+              <Icon src={Icons.VerticalDots} filled={!!menuAnchor} />
+            </IconButton>
+          )}
+        </TooltipProvider>
       </div>
 
       <PopOut