diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
index bf93153d..d5c23ee9 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/AdminScreen.h
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ public:
       return true;
     }
     if (c == KEY_CANCEL) { returnToOrigin(); return true; }
-    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { _tab = (_tab + admin::TAB_COUNT - 1) % admin::TAB_COUNT; _row_sel = _row_scroll = 0; return true; }
-    if (keyIsNext(c)) { _tab = (_tab + 1) % admin::TAB_COUNT;                    _row_sel = _row_scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), admin::TAB_LABELS, _tab, -1); _tab = (_tab + admin::TAB_COUNT - 1) % admin::TAB_COUNT; _row_sel = _row_scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsNext(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), admin::TAB_LABELS, _tab, +1); _tab = (_tab + 1) % admin::TAB_COUNT;                    _row_sel = _row_scroll = 0; return true; }
     int n = admin::rowCount(_tab);
     if (c == KEY_UP)   { _row_sel = (_row_sel > 0) ? _row_sel - 1 : n - 1; return true; }
     if (c == KEY_DOWN) { _row_sel = (_row_sel < n - 1) ? _row_sel + 1 : 0; return true; }
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/BotScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/BotScreen.h
index ce013fae..f4955ff7 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/BotScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/BotScreen.h
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ public:
       _task->leaveTool();
       return true;
     }
-    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { _tab = (_tab + botcfg::TAB_COUNT - 1) % botcfg::TAB_COUNT; _sel = _scroll = 0; return true; }
-    if (keyIsNext(c)) { _tab = (_tab + 1) % botcfg::TAB_COUNT;             _sel = _scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), botcfg::TAB_LABELS, _tab, -1); _tab = (_tab + botcfg::TAB_COUNT - 1) % botcfg::TAB_COUNT; _sel = _scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsNext(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), botcfg::TAB_LABELS, _tab, +1); _tab = (_tab + 1) % botcfg::TAB_COUNT;             _sel = _scroll = 0; return true; }
 
     int n = botcfg::rowCount(_tab);
     // drawList() reclamps _scroll from _sel every render.
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
index 289e6a2b..ddf2b01a 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/NearbyScreen.h
@@ -1024,8 +1024,8 @@ public:
       _detail_refresh_ms = millis();
       return true;
     }
-    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { _filter = (_filter + F_COUNT - 1) % F_COUNT; refresh(); return true; }
-    if (keyIsNext(c)) { _filter = (_filter + 1) % F_COUNT;          refresh(); return true; }
+    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), filterLabels(), _filter, -1); _filter = (_filter + F_COUNT - 1) % F_COUNT; refresh(); return true; }
+    if (keyIsNext(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), filterLabels(), _filter, +1); _filter = (_filter + 1) % F_COUNT;          refresh(); return true; }
     return false;
   }
 };
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/StatusScreen.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/StatusScreen.h
index d8eea649..8bdc886f 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/StatusScreen.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/StatusScreen.h
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ public:
       _qr = c == KEY_ENTER && _qr == QR_CONTACT ? QR_MANUAL : c == KEY_ENTER && _qr == QR_MANUAL ? QR_CONTACT : QR_NONE;
       return true;
     }
-    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { _cur = (_cur + _count - 1) % _count; _scroll = 0; return true; }
-    if (keyIsNext(c)) { _cur = (_cur + 1) % _count;          _scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsPrev(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), _labels, _cur, -1); _cur = (_cur + _count - 1) % _count; _scroll = 0; return true; }
+    if (keyIsNext(c)) { tabbar::turn(_task->getDisplay(), _labels, _cur, +1); _cur = (_cur + 1) % _count;          _scroll = 0; return true; }
     if (c == KEY_UP)   { if (_scroll > 0) _scroll--; return true; }
     if (c == KEY_DOWN) { if (_more) _scroll++; return true; }
 #if ENV_INCLUDE_GPS == 1
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TabBar.h b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TabBar.h
index a6b00f5a..2b888741 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TabBar.h
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/TabBar.h
@@ -9,9 +9,46 @@
 // Tab-switching itself (LEFT/RIGHT cycling the active index) is NOT part of
 // this helper -- each screen's cycle has different side effects (refresh a
 // list, reset a row selection, ...), so that one-liner stays inline per screen.
+// A screen that switches calls turn() too, for the animation.
 
 namespace tabbar {
 
+// A tab turn (OLED): the strip glides from the old tab centred to the new one,
+// and the view below slides across as Home's page turn does, where the driver
+// can read its frame back (else it just cuts over). One tab bar is on screen
+// at a time, so one state.
+static constexpr unsigned long TURN_MS = 220;   // Home's SLIDE_MS
+struct Turn {
+  const char* const* labels = nullptr;   // the bar it belongs to
+  int from = 0, dir = 0;                 // dir 0: none running
+  unsigned long t0 = 0;
+  bool content = false;                  // slideBegin() took the view below
+  float p = 0;                           // this frame's eased progress, set by draw()
+  bool drawn = false;                    // draw() painted a frame of it
+};
+inline Turn& turnState() { static Turn t; return t; }
+
+// Call on switching from tab `from` one step in `dir` (+1 next, -1 previous),
+// before the next frame is drawn.
+inline void turn(DisplayDriver* d, const char* const* labels, int from, int dir) {
+  Turn& t = turnState();
+  t = Turn();
+  if (!d || d->isEink()) return;
+  t.labels = labels; t.from = from; t.dir = dir; t.t0 = millis();
+  t.content = d->slideBegin(d->headerH());
+}
+
+// After the screen's render(): slides the view in behind the old one. True
+// while a turn runs, for the caller to refresh at animation pace.
+inline bool endFrame(DisplayDriver& d) {
+  Turn& t = turnState();
+  if (!t.dir) return false;
+  if (!t.drawn) { t = Turn(); return false; }   // the bar is gone (a popup, another view)
+  t.drawn = false;
+  if (t.content) d.slideCompose(t.dir * (int)(d.width() * t.p + 0.5f));
+  return true;
+}
+
 // One tab: short label; the active one is an inverted pill (same look as a
 // selected row) so it reads as "you are here" in the tab strip.
 inline void drawPill(DisplayDriver& display, int x, int w, const char* label, bool active) {
@@ -77,6 +114,50 @@ inline void draw(DisplayDriver& display, const char* const* labels, int count, i
   };
 
   const int arr = 3 * display.sepH();   // the edge arrow's width
+
+  Turn& t = turnState();
+  if (t.dir && t.labels == labels) {
+    const unsigned long el = millis() - t.t0;
+    if (el >= TURN_MS) t.dir = 0;
+    else {
+      // The strip laid out round the new tab, shifted to start with the old
+      // one centred (it's the new one's neighbour) and easing over to it.
+      const float u = 1.0f - (float)el / TURN_MS;
+      t.p = 1.0f - u * u * u;          // ease-out: quick start, soft landing
+      t.drawn = true;
+      const int wf = display.getTextWidth(labels[t.from]) + pad * 2;
+      const int sh = (int)(t.dir * (aw / 2 + gap + wf / 2) * (1.0f - t.p) + 0.5f * t.dir);
+      drawPill(display, ax + sh, aw, labels[active], true);
+      int lx = ax - gap + sh, rx = ax + aw + gap + sh;
+      for (int k = 1; k <= count / 2; k++) {
+        const int li = (active - k + count) % count, ri = (active + k) % count;
+        const int wl = display.getTextWidth(labels[li]) + pad * 2;
+        if (lx > 0) drawPill(display, lx - wl, wl, labels[li], false);
+        lx -= wl + gap;
+        if (ri == li) break;
+        const int wr = display.getTextWidth(labels[ri]) + pad * 2;
+        if (rx < rx_limit) drawPill(display, rx, wr, labels[ri], false);
+        rx += wr + gap;
+      }
+      // Seen through the window the settled bar spans, with its arrows: the
+      // tabs slide in and out at its ends instead of popping at the finish,
+      // and nothing slides under the caller's decoration.
+      Fit f = layout(0, false);
+      if (f.shown < count && f.left_free < arr + 1 && f.right_free < arr + 1) f = layout(arr + 2, false);
+      const int bh = display.headerH() - display.sepH(), y_mid = display.getLineHeight() / 2;
+      display.setColor(DisplayDriver::DARK);
+      display.fillRect(0, 0, f.left_free, bh);
+      display.fillRect(rx_limit - f.right_free, 0, f.right_free + right_reserve, bh);
+      if (f.shown < count) {
+        if (f.left_free >= arr + 1)  drawEdgeArrow(display, 0, y_mid, -1);
+        if (f.right_free >= arr + 1) drawEdgeArrow(display, rx_limit - arr, y_mid, +1);
+      }
+      display.setColor(DisplayDriver::LIGHT);
+      display.fillRect(0, display.headerH() - display.sepH(), display.width(), display.sepH());
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   drawPill(display, ax, aw, labels[active], true);
   Fit f = layout(0, false);
   if (f.shown < count && f.left_free < arr + 1 && f.right_free < arr + 1)
diff --git a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.cpp b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.cpp
index 67191710..7444f34d 100644
--- a/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.cpp
+++ b/examples/companion_radio/ui-new/UITask.cpp
@@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ void UITask::loop() {
       _badge_in_bar = false;
       _kb.beginFrame();
       int delay_millis = curr->render(*_display);
+      if (tabbar::endFrame(*_display) && delay_millis > 15) delay_millis = 15;   // a tab turn sliding
       // Skip the alert overlay (new-message toast) while the keyboard is the
       // thing actually on screen this frame -- it's shared across Messages/
       // Bot/Settings/Admin/etc., so this covers every screen that uses it for