diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11d9113..c996db1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ Optional: enable **Tailscale Serve** on your tailnet for HTTPS preview URLs —
 ## Daily use
 
 - **`ssh devbox`** lands you in fish inside a persistent tmux session. Detach with `Ctrl-b d`,
-  split with `Ctrl-b |` / `Ctrl-b -`, new window with `Ctrl-b c`. Mouse works and selections
+  split with `Ctrl-b |` / `Ctrl-b -`, new window with `Ctrl-b c`. On a phone (Termius etc.),
+  the status bar is touch: **tap a window name to switch**, tap **`[+]`** for a new window, tap
+  **`[x]`** to close one — no modifier keys. Mouse works and selections
   copy to your local clipboard. Sessions survive network drops and the nightly reboot — layouts
   restore, and `claude --continue` resumes a conversation. tmux is what makes reconnecting
   seamless; if your client drops, reconnect and you're back exactly where you were.
diff --git a/files/tmux.conf b/files/tmux.conf
index 8cdbba9..688cbe9 100644
--- a/files/tmux.conf
+++ b/files/tmux.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,27 @@ bind - split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 set -g status-style "bg=default"
 set -g status-left "#[bold] #S "
-set -g status-right " #H · %H:%M "
+
+# --- Mobile touch controls -------------------------------------------------
+# tmux handles status-bar taps itself, so these work even when a pane runs an
+# agent (no shell needed) and need no modifier keys:
+#   * single-tap a window name -> switch to it
+#   * tap  [+]  -> new window (in the current dir)
+#   * tap  [x]  -> close the current window (asks y/n first)
+# Keyboard fallbacks stay as tmux defaults: prefix+c new, prefix+& close,
+# prefix+n/p/w switch.
+set -g status-right "#[range=user|newwin] [+] #[norange]#[range=user|killwin] [x] #[norange] #H · %H:%M "
+bind -n MouseDown1Status {
+    if -F "#{==:#{mouse_status_range},newwin}" {
+        new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
+    } {
+        if -F "#{==:#{mouse_status_range},killwin}" {
+            confirm-before -p "close window '#W'? (y/n)" kill-window
+        } {
+            select-window -t=
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 # Session persistence across reboots.
 # FOOTGUN: the tpm path must be relative to THIS user's home — an absolute