diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/map/SearchInAreaChip.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/map/SearchInAreaChip.tsx
index 82d4ede47..040ed6e1d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/map/SearchInAreaChip.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/map/SearchInAreaChip.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import { useMap } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
 import { BRAND } from "@/integration-api/runtime/theme";
-import { PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { PANEL_WIDTH, SEARCH_BAR_INSET, topInset } from "@/lib/layout";
 
 // Floating card: sidebar(400) + gap(24) + card(376) = 800px from left edge
 const FLOATING_CARD_RIGHT_EDGE = 800;
@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ export function SearchInAreaChip() {
       sx={{
         position: "absolute",
         // Below the category chips row:
-        // Desktop: chips at top=18, height=40px → top=66; Mobile: chips at top=72 → top=120
+        // Desktop: chips 6px below the bar's top, 40px tall, then 8px → 54px;
+        // mobile: chips 60px below it → 108px.
         top: {
-          xs: "calc(120px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
-          sm: "calc(66px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
+          xs: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, 108),
+          sm: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, 54),
         },
         // When the floating card is open, center in the remaining map area to its right.
         // Remaining area: FLOATING_CARD_RIGHT_EDGE → 100vw, center = (edge + 100%) / 2
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/map/TopRightControls.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/map/TopRightControls.tsx
index cd4e53558..eb45d9033 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/map/TopRightControls.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/map/TopRightControls.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
 import { AccountAvatarButton } from "@/components/auth/AccountAvatarButton";
+import { SEARCH_BAR_TOP } from "@/lib/layout";
 
 /**
  * Desktop-only floating account avatar at the top-right of the map. On mobile
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export function TopRightControls() {
       sx={{
         display: { xs: "none", sm: "flex" },
         position: "absolute",
-        top: "calc(12px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
+        top: SEARCH_BAR_TOP,
         right: "calc(12px + var(--omx-safe-right))",
         alignItems: "center",
         gap: 1,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/map/street-level-imagery/StreetLevelViewerInner.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/map/street-level-imagery/StreetLevelViewerInner.tsx
index d04476344..179f2c0d1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/map/street-level-imagery/StreetLevelViewerInner.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/map/street-level-imagery/StreetLevelViewerInner.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { LocationMinimap } from "@/integration-api/components/LocationMinimap";
 import { useStreetLevelProviders } from "@/integration-api/components/useStreetLevelProviders";
 import { useMap } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
 import { useEnv } from "@/integration-api/runtime/EnvProvider";
-import { SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE, topInset } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { StreetLevelFlatImage } from "./StreetLevelFlatImage";
 import { StreetLevelInfoCard } from "./StreetLevelInfoCard";
 import { fetchStreetLevelNode, pickPanoramaUrl, type StreetLevelNode } from "./useStreetLevelNode";
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export default function StreetLevelViewerInner() {
           position: "absolute",
           // On a phone the search bar spans the top, so the button goes below
           // it; beside it on wider screens. Both clear the status bar.
-          top: { xs: SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE, sm: "calc(8px + var(--omx-safe-top))" },
+          top: { xs: SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE, sm: topInset(8) },
           right: "calc(8px + var(--omx-safe-right))",
           bgcolor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.5)",
           color: "#fff",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/GroundNavigationChrome.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/GroundNavigationChrome.tsx
index b50ed1454..5864865e9 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/GroundNavigationChrome.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/GroundNavigationChrome.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { NavigationSettingsDialog } from "@/components/settings/NavigationSettingsDialog";
 import { useMapOptional } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
-import { NAV_CHROME_INSET, NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { NAV_CHROME_TOP, NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useNavigationMutations } from "@/lib/mobile/useNavigationMutations";
 import {
   useMobilePanelClearance,
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ export function GroundNavigationChrome({ coverage }: Props) {
               flexDirection: "column",
               gap: 1,
               p: 2,
-              // Match the 16px (`p: 2`) side inset below the safe-area top so the
-              // banner's gap to the top equals its gap to the sides.
-              pt: `calc(var(--omx-safe-top) + ${NAV_CHROME_INSET}px)`,
+              // The 16px (`p: 2`) side inset at the top of a browser tab; under
+              // a status bar the banner sits closer, as the search bar does.
+              pt: NAV_CHROME_TOP,
               // On wide screens keep the banner in a left-hand column instead of
               // stretching across the whole top edge (maxWidth adds back the 16px
               // horizontal padding so the card itself is LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH).
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.test.tsx
index e030bdd83..f73775121 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.test.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ vi.mock("./RouteSearchResultsLayer", () => ({
   ),
 }));
 
+import { NAV_CHROME_TOP } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useRouteSearchStore } from "@/lib/navigation/routeSearchStore";
 import { RouteSearchControl } from "./RouteSearchControl";
 
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ it("lines the picker and stop card up with the maneuver banner and bottom bar in
   useRouteSearchStore.getState().openPicker();
   const { unmount } = render(view());
   const picker = screen.getByText("Search along route").closest(".MuiPaper-root") as HTMLElement;
-  expect(getComputedStyle(picker).top).toBe("calc(var(--omx-safe-top) + 16px)");
+  expect(getComputedStyle(picker).top).toBe(NAV_CHROME_TOP);
   unmount();
   useRouteSearchStore.getState().setCategoryKey("preset:amenity/fuel");
   render(view());
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.tsx
index 8b0ec1abb..ae4d3a1fe 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/RouteSearchControl.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { BrandLogo } from "@/components/search/BrandLogo";
 import { AttributionStrip } from "@/components/ui/AttributionStrip";
 import { useMapOptional } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
 import { BRAND } from "@/integration-api/runtime/theme";
-import { NAV_CHROME_INSET } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { NAV_CHROME_INSET, NAV_CHROME_TOP } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useRouteSearchStore } from "@/lib/navigation/routeSearchStore";
 import { routeStopCopy } from "@/lib/navigation/routeStopCopy";
 import { routeSearchQueryFor, useRouteSearch } from "@/lib/navigation/useRouteSearch";
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export function RouteSearchControl() {
             position: "fixed",
             left: "50%",
             transform: "translateX(-50%)",
-            top: `calc(var(--omx-safe-top) + ${NAV_CHROME_INSET}px)`,
+            top: NAV_CHROME_TOP,
             width: { xs: `calc(100% - ${2 * NAV_CHROME_INSET}px)`, sm: 480 },
             borderRadius: 3,
             zIndex: 1350,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/TransitNavigationView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/TransitNavigationView.tsx
index 9cf2e5632..e6aa48c5b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/navigation/TransitNavigationView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/navigation/TransitNavigationView.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { NavigationSettingsDialog } from "@/components/settings/NavigationSettingsDialog";
 import { useMapOptional } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
-import { NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { NAV_CHROME_TOP, NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useMobileRuntime } from "@/lib/mobile/useMobileRuntime";
 import { useNavigationMutations } from "@/lib/mobile/useNavigationMutations";
 import { useNavChromeObstructions } from "@/lib/navigation/useNavChromeObstructions";
@@ -158,9 +158,8 @@ export function TransitNavigationView() {
               flexDirection: "column",
               gap: 1,
               p: 2,
-              // Match the driving banner's inset below the safe-area top so the
-              // gap to the top equals the gap to the sides.
-              pt: "calc(var(--omx-safe-top) + 16px)",
+              // Same top as the driving banner.
+              pt: NAV_CHROME_TOP,
               // On wide screens keep the chrome in a left-hand column (like the
               // driving view) so the map stays clear on the right.
               ...(isMobile
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/panels/DetailShell.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/panels/DetailShell.tsx
index 7a1e8c582..4677e7169 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/panels/DetailShell.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/panels/DetailShell.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import useMediaQuery from "@mui/material/useMediaQuery";
 import { PANEL, useNavigationStore, useSidebarStore } from "@openmapx/core";
 import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
 import { lazy, type ReactNode, Suspense, useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH, PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
+import { NAV_CHROME_TOP, NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH, PANEL_WIDTH } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useMapObstruction } from "@/lib/mapObstructions";
 import { useMobilePanelHeightTracker } from "@/lib/mobilePanelHeight";
 import { PLACE_DETENTS } from "./sheet/detents";
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function DesktopDetail({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   // While navigating the card sits beside the guidance column instead; the
   // nav camera keeps its own framing, so it claims no map obstruction.
   const left = navigating ? NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH + 2 * CARD_GAP : PANEL_WIDTH + CARD_GAP;
-  const top = navigating ? "calc(var(--omx-safe-top) + 16px)" : "66px";
+  const top = navigating ? NAV_CHROME_TOP : "66px";
   useMapObstruction(
     "detail",
     "left",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/search/SearchBar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/search/SearchBar.tsx
index 3bfd6ef1a..1662432ba 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/search/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/search/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ import {
   launchExploreTextSearch,
   launchTextSearch,
 } from "@/lib/launchExplore";
-import { SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE, SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT, SEARCH_BAR_INSET } from "@/lib/layout";
+import {
+  SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE,
+  SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT,
+  SEARCH_BAR_INSET,
+  SEARCH_BAR_TOP,
+} from "@/lib/layout";
 import { useMeasuredMapObstruction } from "@/lib/mapObstructions";
 import { servedAttributions } from "@/lib/servedAttributions";
 import { useBackDismiss } from "@/lib/useBackDismiss";
@@ -1029,7 +1034,7 @@ export function SearchBar({ surface = "map" }: SearchBarProps) {
         onBlurCapture={handleBlur}
         sx={{
           position: "absolute",
-          top: `calc(${SEARCH_BAR_INSET}px + var(--omx-safe-top))`,
+          top: SEARCH_BAR_TOP,
           left: `calc(${SEARCH_BAR_INSET}px + var(--omx-safe-left))`,
           right: {
             xs: `calc(${SEARCH_BAR_INSET}px + var(--omx-safe-right))`,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/search/floatingChipSx.ts b/apps/web/src/components/search/floatingChipSx.ts
index 962ec00e1..9a1b03745 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/search/floatingChipSx.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/search/floatingChipSx.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { SxProps, Theme } from "@mui/material/styles";
 import { BRAND } from "@/integration-api/runtime/theme";
+import { SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT, SEARCH_BAR_INSET, topInset } from "@/lib/layout";
 
 /**
  * Shared "floating pill chip" styling used by the map-overlay chip rows
@@ -59,8 +60,9 @@ export function floatingChipSx(active: boolean, variant: "category" | "toggle"):
 export const floatingToolbarSx = {
   position: "absolute",
   top: {
-    xs: "calc(72px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
-    sm: "calc(18px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
+    // Below the search bar on a phone; level with its centre beside it.
+    xs: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT + SEARCH_BAR_INSET),
+    sm: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, 6),
   },
   left: { xs: "var(--omx-safe-left)", sm: "calc(420px + var(--omx-safe-left))" },
   right: { xs: "var(--omx-safe-right)", sm: "calc(108px + var(--omx-safe-right))" },
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/weather/WeatherWidget.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/weather/WeatherWidget.tsx
index 8bc7550fe..c5d11799b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/weather/WeatherWidget.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/weather/WeatherWidget.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { WeatherIcon } from "@/integration-api/components/WeatherIcon";
 import { useMap } from "@/integration-api/map/MapContext";
 import { useContributorResolver } from "@/integration-api/overlay/useContributorResolver";
 import { useMapAttributions } from "@/integration-api/overlay/useMapAttributions";
+import { SEARCH_BAR_INSET, topInset } from "@/lib/layout";
 import { windDirectionLabel } from "./weatherUtils";
 
 export function WeatherWidget() {
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ export function WeatherWidget() {
       sx={{
         position: "absolute",
         top: {
-          xs: "calc(118px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
-          sm: "calc(74px + var(--omx-safe-top))",
+          xs: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, 106),
+          sm: topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET, 62),
         },
         left: "calc(12px + var(--omx-safe-left))",
         zIndex: 9,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/layout.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/layout.test.ts
index 2be1fb61b..283f7355d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/layout.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/layout.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { isPanelShiftActive, shouldHideLayerSelector } from "./layout";
+import {
+  isPanelShiftActive,
+  SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE,
+  SEARCH_BAR_TOP,
+  shouldHideLayerSelector,
+  topInset,
+} from "./layout";
+
+describe("topInset", () => {
+  it("keeps the page's edge spacing without a status bar and 8px below one", () => {
+    // The status bar already separates the chrome from the screen edge, so
+    // the installed app leaves Google Maps' 8px under it, not edge + inset.
+    expect(topInset(12)).toBe("max(12px, var(--omx-safe-top) + 8px)");
+  });
+
+  it("stacks rows below that top", () => {
+    expect(topInset(12, 60)).toBe("calc(max(12px, var(--omx-safe-top) + 8px) + 60px)");
+  });
+
+  it("clears the search bar by its height plus the same 12px below it", () => {
+    expect(SEARCH_BAR_TOP).toBe(topInset(12));
+    expect(SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE).toBe(topInset(12, 60));
+  });
+});
 
 describe("isPanelShiftActive", () => {
   it("is active when the sidebar is open, expanded, and not navigating", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/layout.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/layout.ts
index d15651b1f..7d868da4b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/layout.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/layout.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,41 @@ export const SAFE_AREA_PADDING = {
 } as const;
 export const PANEL_WIDTH = 400;
 
+/**
+ * Gap between the status bar (or a display cutout) and the chrome floating
+ * below it, the same 8px Google Maps leaves above its search bar on Android.
+ * The status bar already sets the chrome apart from the screen edge, so the
+ * page's own edge spacing on top of it reads as wasted space.
+ */
+export const STATUS_BAR_GAP = 8;
+
+/**
+ * Top offset for chrome that floats `edge` px below the top of the page. Under
+ * a status bar (the installed app, an installed web app) the chrome sits
+ * `STATUS_BAR_GAP` below the bar instead; in a browser tab the inset is 0 and
+ * `edge` applies. `below` adds the height of the rows stacked above it.
+ */
+export function topInset(edge: number, below = 0): string {
+  const base = `max(${edge}px, var(--omx-safe-top) + ${STATUS_BAR_GAP}px)`;
+  return below ? `calc(${base} + ${below}px)` : base;
+}
+
 /** Offset of the floating search bar from the top and left edges of the map. */
 export const SEARCH_BAR_INSET = 12;
 /** Height of the floating search bar's input row. */
 export const SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT = 48;
+/** Top of the floating search bar. */
+export const SEARCH_BAR_TOP = topInset(SEARCH_BAR_INSET);
 
 /**
  * Top strip of the desktop sidebar that the floating search bar covers, plus
- * the same breathing room below the bar as above it. Panels keep their content
- * out of this strip; see `searchBarClearance` in the panels directory.
+ * `SEARCH_BAR_INSET` of breathing room below the bar. Panels keep their
+ * content out of this strip; see `searchBarClearance` in the panels directory.
  */
-export const SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE = `calc(${SEARCH_BAR_INSET * 2 + SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT}px + var(--omx-safe-top))`;
+export const SEARCH_BAR_CLEARANCE = topInset(
+  SEARCH_BAR_INSET,
+  SEARCH_BAR_HEIGHT + SEARCH_BAR_INSET,
+);
 
 /**
  * Width of the left-hand nav-chrome column on wide viewports (desktop and
@@ -40,6 +64,8 @@ export const NAV_LANDSCAPE_PANEL_WIDTH = 400;
  * search-along-route picker and stop card) use it too, so they line up.
  */
 export const NAV_CHROME_INSET = 16;
+/** Top of the turn-by-turn chrome and the overlays that line up with it. */
+export const NAV_CHROME_TOP = topInset(NAV_CHROME_INSET);
 
 /**
  * Whether the left sidebar panel is currently occupying horizontal space, so