diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/conversationlist/ConversationsListActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/conversationlist/ConversationsListActivity.kt
index 373dc5afe..8bebb0719 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/conversationlist/ConversationsListActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/conversationlist/ConversationsListActivity.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import android.view.Menu
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
+import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager
 import android.widget.Toast
@@ -1071,6 +1072,8 @@ class ConversationsListActivity :
                             nextUnreadConversationScrollPosition = position
                             if (!binding.newMentionPopupBubble.isShown) {
                                 binding.newMentionPopupBubble.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+                                val popupAnimation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this, R.anim.popup_animation)
+                                binding.newMentionPopupBubble.startAnimation(popupAnimation)
                             }
                             return@subscribe
                         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/anim/popup_animation.xml b/app/src/main/res/anim/popup_animation.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..246ce1b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/anim/popup_animation.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--
+  ~ Nextcloud Talk - Android Client
+  ~
+  ~ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Marcel Hibbe <dev@mhibbe.de>
+  ~ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+  -->
+<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:interpolator="@android:anim/accelerate_decelerate_interpolator">
+    <scale
+        android:duration="300"
+        android:fromXScale="0.7"
+        android:fromYScale="0.7"
+        android:pivotX="50%"
+        android:pivotY="50%"
+        android:toXScale="1.0"
+        android:toYScale="1.0" />
+    <alpha
+        android:duration="300"
+        android:fromAlpha="0.0"
+        android:toAlpha="1.0" />
+</set>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_conversations.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_conversations.xml
index 4e7f1f077..42206fbc3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_conversations.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_conversations.xml
@@ -253,9 +253,8 @@
 
     <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
         android:id="@+id/newMentionPopupBubble"
-        android:theme="@style/Button.Primary"
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="40dp"
         android:layout_gravity="bottom|center"
         android:layout_marginStart="88dp"
         android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
@@ -266,6 +265,7 @@
         app:background="@color/colorPrimary"
         app:cornerRadius="@dimen/button_corner_radius"
         app:icon="@drawable/ic_baseline_arrow_downward_24px"
+        app:iconPadding="@dimen/standard_padding"
         style="@style/Widget.AppTheme.Button.ElevatedButton"/>
 
 </androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>