diff --git a/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift b/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
index cb99fbac..9c029cba 100644
--- a/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
+++ b/bitchat/Views/AppInfoView.swift
@@ -78,6 +78,27 @@ struct AppInfoView: View {
                 )
             }
             static let bridgeNoCell = String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.no_cell", defaultValue: "no rendezvous cell yet — needs location access or a nearby bridge peer", comment: "Caption under the mesh bridge toggle when the bridge is on but has no geohash cell to meet on")
+            static func bridgeStatusSummary(enabled: Bool, cell: String?, bridgedCount: Int, nearbyOnly: Bool) -> String {
+                if !enabled {
+                    return String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.off", defaultValue: "bridge off — only radio-range mesh traffic", comment: "Bridge status line when the mesh bridge toggle is off")
+                }
+                let cellPart = cell.map {
+                    String(
+                        format: String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.cell", defaultValue: "rendezvous #%@", comment: "Bridge status fragment showing rendezvous cell; %@ is geohash"),
+                        locale: .current,
+                        $0
+                    )
+                } ?? String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.no_cell", defaultValue: "no rendezvous cell", comment: "Bridge status fragment when no cell is active")
+                let peoplePart = String(
+                    format: String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.people", defaultValue: "%lld people via bridge", comment: "Bridge status fragment counting bridged participants; %lld is count"),
+                    locale: .current,
+                    bridgedCount
+                )
+                let composePart = nearbyOnly
+                    ? String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.compose_nearby", defaultValue: "compose: nearby only", comment: "Bridge status fragment when outgoing mesh messages stay on radio")
+                    : String(localized: "app_info.settings.bridge.status.compose_bridged", defaultValue: "compose: bridged", comment: "Bridge status fragment when outgoing mesh messages cross the bridge")
+                return [cellPart, peoplePart, composePart].joined(separator: " · ")
+            }
 
             // Moved from LocationChannelsSheet; keys unchanged. (The former
             // internet-gateway toggle is gone: the bridge switch drives all
@@ -440,6 +461,17 @@ struct AppInfoView: View {
                             .bitchatFont(size: 11)
                             .foregroundColor(secondaryTextColor)
                     }
+                    Text(
+                        verbatim: Strings.Settings.bridgeStatusSummary(
+                            enabled: bridgeService.isEnabled,
+                            cell: bridgeService.activeCell,
+                            bridgedCount: bridgeService.bridgedPeerCount,
+                            nearbyOnly: bridgeService.nearbyOnly
+                        )
+                    )
+                    .bitchatFont(size: 11)
+                    .foregroundColor(secondaryTextColor)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
                 }
 
                 settingsCard {