diff --git a/static/js/chat.js b/static/js/chat.js
index 0dd2b3c1e..bda5786de 100644
--- a/static/js/chat.js
+++ b/static/js/chat.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 var chat = (function()
 {
+  var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
+  var isAndroid = ua.indexOf("android") > -1;
+  var isMobileSafari = ua.indexOf("mobile") > -1;
+  var bottomMargin = "0px";
   var chatMentions = 0;
   var title = document.title;
   var self = {
@@ -41,7 +45,10 @@ var chat = (function()
           {
             $("#focusprotector").hide();
             
-            $("#chatbox").css({right: "20px", bottom: "0px", left: "", top: ""});
+            if(isAndroid || isMobileSafari)
+              bottommargin = "32px";
+            
+            $("#chatbox").css({right: "20px", bottom: bottomMargin, left: "", top: ""});
             
             self.scrollDown();
           }
@@ -53,10 +60,14 @@ var chat = (function()
     hide: function () 
     {
       $("#chatcounter").text("0");
-      $("#chatbox").hide("slide", { direction: "down" }, 750, function()
+      if(isAndroid || isMobileSafari) {
+        $("#chatbox").toggle();
+      }
+      else
       {
-        $("#chaticon").show("slide", { direction: "down" }, 500);
-      });
+        $("#chatbox").toggle("slide", { direction: "down" }, 625);
+      }
+
     },
     scrollDown: function()
     {
@@ -155,4 +166,4 @@ var chat = (function()
   }
 
   return self;
-}());
+}());
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