diff --git a/bitchat/Info.plist b/bitchat/Info.plist
index 57ddfa11..032dc510 100644
--- a/bitchat/Info.plist
+++ b/bitchat/Info.plist
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
 	<string>$(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)</string>
 	<key>NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
-	<string>bitchat uses Bluetooth to create a secure mesh network for chatting with nearby users.</string>
+	<string>bitchat uses Bluetooth to create a secure mesh with nearby people. While backgrounded, bitchat may arm reconnects that iOS completes when a peer returns into range — that system prompt is expected.</string>
 	<key>NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription</key>
-	<string>bitchat uses Bluetooth to discover and connect with other bitchat users nearby.</string>
+	<string>bitchat uses Bluetooth to discover and connect with nearby people.</string>
 	<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
 	<string>bitchat uses the camera to scan QR codes to verify peers.</string>
 	<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
diff --git a/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift b/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
index cb99fbac..e180a527 100644
--- a/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
+++ b/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
@@ -221,6 +221,23 @@ struct AppInfoView: View {
                 title: "app_info.privacy.ephemeral.title",
                 description: "app_info.privacy.ephemeral.description"
             )
+            /// Explains the iOS 26 “accessory would like to open bitchat”
+            /// modal from wake-on-proximity (#1427 / #1396). The system modal
+            /// text is Apple-controlled (Info.plist usage strings are not
+            /// shown there); this App Info row is the honest in-app label.
+            static let wakeProximity = AppInfoFeatureInfo(
+                icon: "antenna.radiowaves.left.and.right",
+                resolvedTitle: String(
+                    localized: "app_info.privacy.wake_proximity.title",
+                    defaultValue: "background mesh wake",
+                    comment: "App Info privacy feature title explaining BLE wake-on-proximity"
+                ),
+                resolvedDescription: String(
+                    localized: "app_info.privacy.wake_proximity.description",
+                    defaultValue: "while closed, bitchat arms bluetooth reconnects so ios can reopen the app when a peer returns into range — the “accessory would like to open bitchat” prompt is that wake, and is safe to allow",
+                    comment: "App Info privacy feature description for the iOS accessory wake modal"
+                )
+            )
             static let panic = AppInfoFeatureInfo(
                 icon: "hand.raised.fill",
                 title: "app_info.privacy.panic.title",
@@ -814,6 +831,8 @@ struct AppInfoView: View {
 
                 FeatureRow(info: Strings.Privacy.ephemeral)
 
+                FeatureRow(info: Strings.Privacy.wakeProximity)
+
                 FeatureRow(info: Strings.Privacy.panic)
             }