diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
index 591ef21e..976c09c0 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/ai-elements/prompt-input';
 
 import { Shimmer } from '@/components/ai-elements/shimmer';
+import { useSmoothedText } from './hooks/useSmoothedText';
 import { Tool, ToolContent, ToolHeader, ToolInput, ToolOutput } from '@/components/ai-elements/tool';
 import { WebSearchResult } from '@/components/ai-elements/web-search-result';
 import { AppActionCard } from '@/components/ai-elements/app-action-card';
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ interface TreeNode extends DirEntry {
 
 const streamdownComponents = { pre: MarkdownPreOverride }
 
+function SmoothStreamingMessage({ text, components }: { text: string; components: typeof streamdownComponents }) {
+  const smoothText = useSmoothedText(text)
+  return <MessageResponse components={components}>{smoothText}</MessageResponse>
+}
+
 const DEFAULT_SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 256
 const wikiLinkRegex = /\[\[([^[\]]+)\]\]/g
 const graphPalette = [
@@ -4237,7 +4243,7 @@ function App() {
                                 {tabState.currentAssistantMessage && (
                                   <Message from="assistant">
                                     <MessageContent>
-                                      <MessageResponse components={streamdownComponents}>{tabState.currentAssistantMessage.replace(/<\/?voice>/g, '')}</MessageResponse>
+                                      <SmoothStreamingMessage text={tabState.currentAssistantMessage.replace(/<\/?voice>/g, '')} components={streamdownComponents} />
                                     </MessageContent>
                                   </Message>
                                 )}
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/hooks/useSmoothedText.ts b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/hooks/useSmoothedText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2328e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/hooks/useSmoothedText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Smoothly reveals streamed text by buffering incoming chunks and releasing
+ * them gradually via requestAnimationFrame, producing the fluid typing effect
+ * seen in apps like Claude and ChatGPT.
+ */
+export function useSmoothedText(targetText: string): string {
+  const [displayText, setDisplayText] = useState('')
+  const targetRef = useRef('')
+  const displayLenRef = useRef(0)
+  const rafRef = useRef<number>(0)
+
+  targetRef.current = targetText
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Target cleared → immediately clear display
+    if (!targetText) {
+      displayLenRef.current = 0
+      setDisplayText('')
+      cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current)
+      return
+    }
+
+    const tick = () => {
+      const target = targetRef.current
+      if (!target) return
+
+      const currentLen = displayLenRef.current
+      if (currentLen < target.length) {
+        const remaining = target.length - currentLen
+        // Adaptive speed: reveal faster when buffer is large, slower when small
+        const step = Math.max(2, Math.ceil(remaining * 0.18))
+        displayLenRef.current = Math.min(currentLen + step, target.length)
+        setDisplayText(target.slice(0, displayLenRef.current))
+        rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(tick)
+      }
+      // When caught up, stop. New useEffect call restarts when more text arrives.
+    }
+
+    cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current)
+    rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(tick)
+
+    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current)
+  }, [targetText])
+
+  return displayText
+}