diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatInput.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatInput.tsx
index c21db17eb4..225f27e27e 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatInput.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentChatInput.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 	useState,
 } from "react";
 import { cn } from "utils/cn";
+import { isMobileViewport } from "utils/mobile";
 import { ImageLightbox } from "./ImageLightbox";
 import { formatProviderLabel } from "./modelOptions";
 import { QueuedMessagesList } from "./QueuedMessagesList";
@@ -473,7 +474,9 @@ export const AgentChatInput = memo<AgentChatInputProps>(
 		if (prevIsLoading !== isLoading) {
 			setPrevIsLoading(isLoading);
 			if (prevIsLoading && !isLoading) {
-				internalRef.current?.focus();
+				if (!isMobileViewport()) {
+					internalRef.current?.focus();
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -518,7 +521,9 @@ export const AgentChatInput = memo<AgentChatInputProps>(
 				return;
 			}
 			onSend(text);
-			internalRef.current?.focus();
+			if (!isMobileViewport()) {
+				internalRef.current?.focus();
+			}
 		}, [
 			isDisabled,
 			isLoading,
diff --git a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentDetail.tsx b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentDetail.tsx
index be0201bb3f..a8792c603a 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentDetail.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/AgentsPage/AgentDetail.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
 import { useNavigate, useOutletContext, useParams } from "react-router";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import type { UrlTransform } from "streamdown";
+import { isMobileViewport } from "utils/mobile";
 import { pageTitle } from "utils/page";
 import { portForwardURL } from "utils/portForward";
 import type { ChatMessageInputRef } from "./AgentChatInput";
@@ -171,7 +172,9 @@ export function useConversationEditingState(deps: {
 			await onSend(message, fileIds, editedMessageID);
 			// Clear input and editing state on success.
 			chatInputRef.current?.clear();
-			chatInputRef.current?.focus();
+			if (!isMobileViewport()) {
+				chatInputRef.current?.focus();
+			}
 			inputValueRef.current = "";
 			if (typeof window !== "undefined" && draftStorageKey) {
 				localStorage.removeItem(draftStorageKey);
diff --git a/site/src/utils/mobile.ts b/site/src/utils/mobile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8873ce0fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/src/utils/mobile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Returns `true` when the viewport width is at or below the `sm`
+ * Tailwind breakpoint (< 640 px), which is a reasonable proxy for a
+ * mobile / touch device where auto-focusing an input would cause the
+ * virtual keyboard to pop up unexpectedly.
+ */
+export const isMobileViewport = (): boolean => {
+	if (typeof window === "undefined" || !window.matchMedia) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	return window.matchMedia("(max-width: 639px)").matches;
+};