diff --git a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
index 679592398..b7cd42367 100644
--- a/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/CallEmbedProvider.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import { CallEmbed, useCallControlState } from '../plugins/call';
 import { useSelectedRoom } from '../hooks/router/useSelectedRoom';
 import { ScreenSize, useScreenSizeContext } from '../hooks/useScreenSize';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../hooks/useMatrixClient';
-import { startRingtone } from '../utils/ringtones';
+import { previewRingtone, startRingtone } from '../utils/ringtones';
 import { useCallMembersChange, useCallSession } from '../hooks/useCall';
 import { useCallJoinLeaveSounds } from '../hooks/useCallJoinLeaveSounds';
 import { useRemoteAllMuted } from '../hooks/useCallSpeakers';
@@ -246,6 +246,149 @@ function IncomingCall({ dm, info, onIgnore, onAnswer, onReject }: IncomingCallPr
   );
 }
 
+type IncomingCallBannerProps = {
+  dm: boolean;
+  info: IncomingCallInfo;
+  onIgnore: () => void;
+  onAnswer: (room: Room, video: boolean) => void;
+  onReject: (room: Room, eventId: string) => void;
+};
+/**
+ * Compact, non-intrusive incoming-call notification shown when the user is
+ * ALREADY in a call. Unlike the full-screen `IncomingCall` overlay this is a
+ * corner banner that does not take over the screen, and it plays a single
+ * soft ping (via the one-shot ringtone preview) rather than the looping ring,
+ * so it doesn't talk over the active call.
+ */
+function IncomingCallBanner({ dm, info, onIgnore, onAnswer, onReject }: IncomingCallBannerProps) {
+  const mx = useMatrixClient();
+  const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
+  const { room } = info;
+  const isVideo = info.intent === 'video';
+
+  const [ringtoneVolume] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'ringtoneVolume');
+  const [ringtoneId] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'ringtoneId');
+
+  const roomName = useRoomName(room);
+  const roomAvatar = useRoomAvatar(room, dm);
+  const avatarUrl = roomAvatar
+    ? (mxcUrlToHttp(mx, roomAvatar, useAuthentication, 96, 96, 'crop') ?? undefined)
+    : undefined;
+
+  const session = useCallSession(room);
+  useCallMembersChange(
+    session,
+    useCallback(
+      (members) => {
+        if (members.length === 0) {
+          onIgnore();
+        }
+      },
+      [onIgnore],
+    ),
+  );
+
+  // Single soft ping (non-looping) on arrival, respecting the chosen ringtone
+  // + volume. We intentionally do NOT loop here — the user is mid-call.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (info.notificationType !== 'ring') return;
+    previewRingtone(ringtoneId, Math.max(0, Math.min(1, ringtoneVolume / 100)));
+  }, [info.notificationType, ringtoneId, ringtoneVolume]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const remaining = info.senderTs + info.lifetime - Date.now();
+    if (remaining <= 0) {
+      onIgnore();
+      return;
+    }
+    const id = setTimeout(onIgnore, remaining);
+    return () => clearTimeout(id);
+  }, [info.senderTs, info.lifetime, onIgnore]);
+
+  const callerName =
+    getMemberDisplayName(info.room, info.sender) ?? getMxIdLocalPart(info.sender) ?? info.sender;
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      direction="Column"
+      gap="300"
+      style={{
+        position: 'fixed',
+        top: config.space.S400,
+        right: config.space.S400,
+        zIndex: 9990,
+        width: toRem(300),
+        maxWidth: `calc(100vw - 2 * ${config.space.S400})`,
+        padding: config.space.S300,
+        background: color.Surface.Container,
+        border: `${config.borderWidth.B300} solid ${color.Surface.ContainerLine}`,
+        borderRadius: config.radii.R400,
+        boxShadow: `0 8px 32px ${color.Other.Shadow}`,
+      }}
+      role="alert"
+      aria-label={`Incoming ${isVideo ? 'video' : 'voice'} call from ${roomName}`}
+    >
+      <Box gap="300" alignItems="Center">
+        <Box shrink="No">
+          <Avatar size="300" className={CallAvatarAnimation}>
+            <RoomAvatar
+              roomId={room.roomId}
+              src={avatarUrl}
+              alt={roomName}
+              renderFallback={() => (
+                <RoomIcon
+                  roomType={room.getType()}
+                  size="200"
+                  joinRule={room.getJoinRule()}
+                  filled
+                />
+              )}
+            />
+          </Avatar>
+        </Box>
+        <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column" gap="100" style={{ minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <Text size="T300" truncate>
+            {roomName}
+          </Text>
+          <Text size="T200" priority="300" truncate>
+            {isVideo ? 'Incoming video call' : 'Incoming voice call'}
+            {dm ? '' : ` · ${callerName}`}
+          </Text>
+        </Box>
+      </Box>
+      <Box gap="200">
+        <Button
+          style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}
+          variant="Success"
+          fill="Solid"
+          size="300"
+          radii="300"
+          onClick={() => onAnswer(room, isVideo)}
+          before={<Icon size="100" src={isVideo ? Icons.VideoCamera : Icons.Phone} filled />}
+        >
+          <Text as="span" size="B300">
+            Answer
+          </Text>
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}
+          variant={dm ? 'Critical' : 'Secondary'}
+          fill="Soft"
+          size="300"
+          radii="300"
+          outlined
+          onClick={() => (dm ? onReject(room, info.refEventId) : onIgnore())}
+          before={<Icon size="100" src={Icons.Cross} filled />}
+        >
+          <Text as="span" size="B300">
+            {dm ? 'Reject' : 'Ignore'}
+          </Text>
+        </Button>
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
 type IncomingCallListenerProps = {
   callEmbed?: CallEmbed;
   joined?: boolean;
@@ -371,10 +514,25 @@ function IncomingCallListener({ callEmbed, joined }: IncomingCallListenerProps)
     [startCall, navigateRoom],
   );
 
-  if (callInfo && callEmbed?.roomId === callInfo.room.roomId) {
+  if (!callInfo) return null;
+  // Already in this room's own call — no notification at all.
+  if (callEmbed?.roomId === callInfo.room.roomId) {
     return null;
   }
-  return !joined && callInfo ? (
+  // In a different call already: show the compact, non-intrusive banner
+  // instead of the full-screen takeover overlay.
+  if (joined) {
+    return (
+      <IncomingCallBanner
+        dm={dm}
+        info={callInfo}
+        onIgnore={handleIgnore}
+        onAnswer={handleAnswer}
+        onReject={handleReject}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+  return (
     <IncomingCall
       dm={dm}
       info={callInfo}
@@ -382,7 +540,7 @@ function IncomingCallListener({ callEmbed, joined }: IncomingCallListenerProps)
       onAnswer={handleAnswer}
       onReject={handleReject}
     />
-  ) : null;
+  );
 }
 
 function CallUtils({ embed }: { embed: CallEmbed }) {