diff --git a/app/src/controls.tsx b/app/src/controls.tsx
index a9c9f712..3f7eaabf 100644
--- a/app/src/controls.tsx
+++ b/app/src/controls.tsx
@@ -27,15 +27,25 @@ export function Controls(props: {
 }): JSX.Element {
 	return (
 		<div class="controls pointer-gaps" role="toolbar" aria-label="Media controls">
-			<Microphone audio={props.camera.audio} />
-			<Camera video={props.camera.video} room={props.room} />
-			<Screen video={props.screen.video} audio={props.screen.audio} room={props.room} />
-			<Chat broadcast={props.camera} />
-			<div style={{ "flex-grow": "1", "pointer-events": "none", "backdrop-filter": "none" }} />
-			<Volume room={props.room} />
-			<ClosedCaptions />
-			<Advanced />
-			<Fullscreen canvas={props.canvas} />
+			{/* Left group */}
+			<div class="flex gap-inherit">
+				<Microphone audio={props.camera.audio} />
+				<Camera video={props.camera.video} room={props.room} />
+				<Screen video={props.screen.video} audio={props.screen.audio} room={props.room} />
+			</div>
+
+			{/* Center group */}
+			<div class="flex-1 flex justify-center">
+				<Chat broadcast={props.camera} />
+			</div>
+
+			{/* Right group */}
+			<div class="flex gap-inherit">
+				<Volume room={props.room} />
+				<ClosedCaptions />
+				<Advanced />
+				<Fullscreen canvas={props.canvas} />
+			</div>
 		</div>
 	);
 }
@@ -279,17 +289,17 @@ function Chat(props: { broadcast: Publish.Broadcast }): JSX.Element {
 	};
 
 	return (
-		<form id="chat" onSubmit={submit} class="flex-1 min-w-48">
+		<form id="chat" onSubmit={submit} class="w-full max-w-md">
 			<input
 				type="text"
 				autocomplete="off"
-				placeholder="chat"
+				placeholder="type to chat"
 				ref={setInput}
 				value={message()}
 				onInput={(e) => setMessage(e.currentTarget.value)}
 				aria-label="Chat message"
 				tabIndex={0}
-				class="w-full"
+				class="w-full text-center placeholder:text-center"
 			/>
 		</form>
 	);
diff --git a/app/src/room/broadcast.ts b/app/src/room/broadcast.ts
index 1737659a..6296fc0d 100644
--- a/app/src/room/broadcast.ts
+++ b/app/src/room/broadcast.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { marked } from "marked";
 import { Audio, type AudioProps } from "./audio";
 import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+import { Captions } from "./captions";
 import { Chat } from "./chat";
 import { FakeBroadcast } from "./fake";
 import { Bounds, Vector } from "./geometry";
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ export class Broadcast<T extends BroadcastSource = BroadcastSource> {
 	audio: Audio;
 	video: Video;
 	chat: Chat;
+	captions: Captions;
 
 	// The current chat message, if any.
 	message = new Signal<DocumentFragment | undefined>(undefined);
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ export class Broadcast<T extends BroadcastSource = BroadcastSource> {
 		this.video = new Video(this);
 		this.audio = new Audio(this, sound, props?.audio);
 		this.chat = new Chat(this, canvas);
+		this.captions = new Captions(this, canvas);
 
 		// Actually start the
 		// TODO This seems kinda buggy?
@@ -592,5 +595,7 @@ export class Broadcast<T extends BroadcastSource = BroadcastSource> {
 		this.signals.close();
 		this.source.close();
 		this.audio.close();
+		this.chat.close();
+		this.captions.close();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/app/src/room/captions.ts b/app/src/room/captions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6434919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/room/captions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { Effect } from "@kixelated/signals";
+import { render } from "solid-js/web";
+import IconCaption from "~icons/mdi/microphone";
+import Settings from "../settings";
+import type { Broadcast } from "./broadcast";
+import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
+
+export class Captions {
+	canvas: Canvas;
+	broadcast: Broadcast;
+
+	signals = new Effect();
+
+	constructor(broadcast: Broadcast, canvas: Canvas) {
+		this.broadcast = broadcast;
+		this.canvas = canvas;
+
+		this.signals.effect(this.#render.bind(this));
+	}
+
+	#render(effect: Effect) {
+		const root = document.createElement("div");
+
+		this.signals.effect((effect) => {
+			if (!effect.get(Settings.renderCaptions)) return;
+
+			const caption = effect.get(this.broadcast.source.audio.captions.text);
+			if (!caption) return;
+
+			this.#caption(effect, root, document.createTextNode(caption));
+		});
+
+		document.body.appendChild(root);
+		effect.cleanup(() => document.body.removeChild(root));
+	}
+
+	#caption(effect: Effect, root: HTMLElement, node: Node) {
+		const wrapper = document.createElement("div");
+		wrapper.className =
+			"flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 backdrop-blur-md rounded-lg transition-opacity transition-transform duration-500 transform scale-125 opacity-0 shadow-lg bg-black/40 fixed max-w-sm";
+		root.appendChild(wrapper);
+
+		effect.effect((effect) => {
+			const bounds = effect.get(this.broadcast.bounds).div(window.devicePixelRatio);
+			const viewport = effect.get(this.broadcast.canvas.viewport).div(window.devicePixelRatio);
+
+			// Get the canvas element's position on the page
+			const canvasRect = this.canvas.element.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+			// Scale bounds from canvas coordinates to page coordinates
+			const scaleX = canvasRect.width / viewport.x;
+			const scaleY = canvasRect.height / viewport.y;
+
+			// Transform bounds to page coordinates
+			const pageBounds = {
+				x: bounds.position.x * scaleX + canvasRect.left,
+				y: bounds.position.y * scaleY + canvasRect.top,
+				width: bounds.size.x * scaleX,
+				height: bounds.size.y * scaleY,
+			};
+
+			// Position caption ABOVE the broadcast
+			const captionBottom = pageBounds.y;
+			const top = Math.max(canvasRect.top, captionBottom - wrapper.clientHeight - 10);
+
+			// Center caption horizontally on broadcast
+			const captionCenterX = pageBounds.x + pageBounds.width / 2;
+			const left = Math.min(
+				Math.max(canvasRect.left, captionCenterX - wrapper.clientWidth / 2),
+				canvasRect.left + canvasRect.width - wrapper.clientWidth,
+			);
+
+			wrapper.style.left = `${left}px`;
+			wrapper.style.top = `${top}px`;
+			wrapper.style.fontSize = "18px";
+		});
+
+		effect.effect((effect) => {
+			const z = effect.get(this.broadcast.targetPosition).z;
+			wrapper.style.zIndex = `${100 + z}`;
+		});
+
+		const iconContainer = document.createElement("div");
+		iconContainer.className = "animate-pulse";
+		wrapper.appendChild(iconContainer);
+
+		render(() => IconCaption({ class: "w-5 h-5 text-link-hue" }), iconContainer);
+
+		wrapper.appendChild(node);
+
+		// Animate in with multiple effects
+		effect.timer(() => {
+			wrapper.classList.remove("scale-125", "opacity-0");
+			wrapper.classList.add("scale-100", "opacity-100");
+		}, 10);
+
+		effect.timer(() => {
+			iconContainer.classList.remove("animate-pulse");
+		}, 2000);
+
+		effect.cleanup(() => {
+			// Ensure smooth fade out
+			wrapper.style.transition = "all 500ms ease-out";
+			wrapper.style.opacity = "0";
+			wrapper.style.transform = "scale(0.95) translateY(10px)";
+			wrapper.style.pointerEvents = "none";
+
+			setTimeout(() => {
+				root.removeChild(wrapper);
+			}, 500);
+		});
+	}
+
+	close() {
+		this.signals.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/src/room/chat.ts b/app/src/room/chat.ts
index 94c21474..7ecf6126 100644
--- a/app/src/room/chat.ts
+++ b/app/src/room/chat.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { Effect, Signal } from "@kixelated/signals";
+import { Effect } from "@kixelated/signals";
 import { render } from "solid-js/web";
 import IconText from "~icons/mdi/comment-text";
-import IconCaption from "~icons/mdi/microphone";
-import Settings from "../settings";
 import type { Broadcast } from "./broadcast";
 import { Canvas } from "./canvas";
 
@@ -12,8 +10,6 @@ export class Chat {
 
 	signals = new Effect();
 
-	#offset = new Signal<number | undefined>(undefined);
-
 	constructor(broadcast: Broadcast, canvas: Canvas) {
 		this.broadcast = broadcast;
 		this.canvas = canvas;
@@ -28,26 +24,17 @@ export class Chat {
 			const message = effect.get(this.broadcast.message);
 			if (!message) return;
 
-			this.#message(effect, root, message.cloneNode(true), "text");
-		});
-
-		this.signals.effect((effect) => {
-			if (!effect.get(Settings.renderCaptions)) return;
-
-			const caption = effect.get(this.broadcast.source.audio.captions.text);
-			if (!caption) return;
-
-			this.#message(effect, root, document.createTextNode(caption), "caption");
+			this.#message(effect, root, message.cloneNode(true));
 		});
 
 		document.body.appendChild(root);
 		effect.cleanup(() => document.body.removeChild(root));
 	}
 
-	#message(effect: Effect, root: HTMLElement, node: Node, type: "text" | "caption") {
+	#message(effect: Effect, root: HTMLElement, node: Node) {
 		const wrapper = document.createElement("div");
 		wrapper.className =
-			"flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 backdrop-blur-md rounded-lg transition-opacity transition-margin transition-transform duration-500 transform scale-125 opacity-0 shadow-lg bg-black/40 fixed max-w-sm";
+			"flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2 backdrop-blur-md rounded-lg transition-opacity transition-transform duration-500 transform scale-125 opacity-0 shadow-lg bg-black/40 fixed max-w-sm";
 		root.appendChild(wrapper);
 
 		effect.effect((effect) => {
@@ -80,12 +67,9 @@ export class Chat {
 				canvasRect.left + canvasRect.width - wrapper.clientWidth,
 			);
 
-			const offset = type === "caption" ? (effect.get(this.#offset) ?? 0) : 0;
-
 			wrapper.style.left = `${left}px`;
 			wrapper.style.top = `${top}px`;
 			wrapper.style.fontSize = "18px";
-			wrapper.style.marginTop = `${offset}px`;
 		});
 
 		effect.effect((effect) => {
@@ -97,8 +81,7 @@ export class Chat {
 		iconContainer.className = "animate-pulse";
 		wrapper.appendChild(iconContainer);
 
-		const icon = type === "text" ? IconText : IconCaption;
-		render(() => icon({ class: "w-5 h-5 text-link-hue" }), iconContainer);
+		render(() => IconText({ class: "w-5 h-5 text-link-hue" }), iconContainer);
 
 		wrapper.appendChild(node);
 
@@ -123,10 +106,6 @@ export class Chat {
 				root.removeChild(wrapper);
 			}, 500);
 		});
-
-		if (type === "text") {
-			effect.set(this.#offset, wrapper.clientHeight);
-		}
 	}
 
 	close() {
diff --git a/app/src/room/fake.ts b/app/src/room/fake.ts
index 878360b4..1e766c03 100644
--- a/app/src/room/fake.ts
+++ b/app/src/room/fake.ts
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ export class FakeBroadcast {
 			const message = effect.get(this.chat.message);
 			if (!message) return;
 
-			effect.timer(() => this.chat.message.set(undefined), 5000);
+			effect.timer(() => this.chat.message.set(undefined), 10000);
 		});
 
 		this.signals.effect((effect) => {
 			const caption = effect.get(this.audio.captions.text);
 			if (!caption) return;
 
-			effect.timer(() => this.audio.captions.text.set(undefined), 5000);
+			effect.timer(() => this.audio.captions.text.set(undefined), 10000);
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/src/room/index.ts b/app/src/room/index.ts
index 61f7ec3f..c9c8c802 100644
--- a/app/src/room/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/room/index.ts
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ export class Room {
 			const message = effect.get(this.camera.chat.message);
 			if (!message) return;
 
-			// Clear the message after 5 seconds.
+			// Clear the message after 10 seconds.
 			effect.timer(() => {
 				this.camera.chat.message.set(undefined);
-			}, 5000);
+			}, 10000);
 		});
 
 		// Monitor VAD signal with some debouncing