diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/mobile-session.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/mobile-session.spec.ts
index 3a207cca732c..7af867b036ae 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/mobile-session.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/mobile-session.spec.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ test.describe("touch", () => {
     await projects.click()
     const picker = page.getByRole("dialog", { name: "Projects", exact: true })
     await expect(picker.getByRole("button", { name: "All projects", exact: true })).toBeVisible()
-    await picker.getByRole("button", { name: fixture.project.name, exact: true }).click()
+    await picker.getByRole("button", { name: new RegExp(` ${fixture.project.name}$`) }).click()
     await expect(picker).toBeHidden()
     await expect(projects).toContainText(fixture.project.name)
 
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/tabs.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/tabs.spec.ts
index b07486d4f753..6e7c3d4df5cb 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/tabs.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/tabs.spec.ts
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ test("icon-only inactive tabs retain their avatar and attention badge instead of
   const tabB = page.locator(`[data-titlebar-tab-slot]:has(a[href="${sessionHref(b.id)}"])`)
   await expect(tabB.locator('[data-slot="tab-title"]')).toBeHidden()
   await expect(tabB.locator('[data-component="project-avatar-v2"]')).toBeVisible()
-  await expect(tabB.locator('[data-slot="project-avatar-generated"]')).toBeVisible()
   await expect(tabB.locator('[data-slot="tab-avatar-unread-dot"]')).toBeVisible()
   await expect(tabB.locator('[data-slot="tab-avatar-unread-dot"]')).toHaveCSS("width", "6px")
   await expect(tabB.locator('[data-slot="tab-avatar-unread-dot"]')).toHaveCSS("height", "6px")
diff --git a/packages/app/test-browser/project-avatar-hover.test.ts b/packages/app/test-browser/project-avatar-hover.test.ts
index f964ff068bbb..089c2f77c4a5 100644
--- a/packages/app/test-browser/project-avatar-hover.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/test-browser/project-avatar-hover.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ Bun.plugin({
 
 const { ProjectAvatar, ProjectIconStoreProvider, generateProjectIcon } = await import("@opencode/ui/project-avatar")
 
+const { motionTuning } = await import("@opencode/ui/motion-tuning")
+
+// Generated avatars are opt-in under Knobs → Experiments.
+motionTuning.list().forEach((knob) => {
+  if (knob.id === "projectAvatar.style") motionTuning.set(knob, "generated")
+})
+
 const getContext = HTMLCanvasElement.prototype.getContext
 
 const requestFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/data-display/project-avatar/project-avatar.tsx b/packages/ui/src/data-display/project-avatar/project-avatar.tsx
index 4163143ad575..97861b1979db 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/data-display/project-avatar/project-avatar.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/data-display/project-avatar/project-avatar.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import {
   createEffect,
   createMemo,
   onCleanup,
+  createSignal,
   onMount,
   splitProps,
   Show,
   useContext,
 } from "solid-js"
+import { motionTuning } from "../../motion-tuning"
 import { attachGeneratedAvatar } from "./animation"
 import {
   generateProjectIcon,
@@ -19,6 +21,23 @@ import "./project-avatar.css"
 
 export { generateProjectIcon, GENERATED_PROJECT_ICON_STYLE, type GeneratedProjectIcon } from "./generated"
 
+const avatarChoice = motionTuning.choice("projectAvatar.style", {
+  label: "Project avatars",
+  group: "Experiments",
+  value: "letters",
+  labels: { letters: "Letters", generated: "Generated" },
+})
+
+const [avatarStyle, setAvatarStyle] = createSignal(avatarChoice())
+
+// A live switch crossfades the avatars through a view transition; nothing else on the page changes.
+motionTuning.subscribe(() => {
+  if (avatarChoice() === avatarStyle()) return
+
+  if (typeof document === "undefined" || !document.startViewTransition) return setAvatarStyle(avatarChoice())
+  document.startViewTransition(() => setAvatarStyle(avatarChoice()))
+})
+
 const segmenter =
   typeof Intl !== "undefined" && "Segmenter" in Intl
     ? new Intl.Segmenter(undefined, { granularity: "grapheme" })
@@ -142,7 +161,8 @@ export function ProjectAvatar(props: ProjectAvatarProps) {
     "style",
   ])
 
-  const generated = () => (split.src || split.variant === "outline" ? undefined : split.generated)
+  const generated = () =>
+    split.src || split.variant === "outline" || avatarStyle() === "letters" ? undefined : split.generated
 
   return (
     <div