diff --git a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SnackChip.kt b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SnackChip.kt
index 76dbe31..0a06c6c 100644
--- a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SnackChip.kt
+++ b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/SnackChip.kt
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedVisibility
 import androidx.compose.animation.animateContentSize
 import androidx.compose.animation.fadeIn
 import androidx.compose.animation.fadeOut
-import androidx.compose.animation.slideInVertically
-import androidx.compose.animation.slideOutVertically
-import androidx.compose.animation.core.tween
+import androidx.compose.animation.scaleIn
+import androidx.compose.animation.scaleOut
 import androidx.compose.animation.togetherWith
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.widthIn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
+import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3ExpressiveApi
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
 import androidx.compose.material3.contentColorFor
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.TransformOrigin
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.LiveRegionMode
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.liveRegion
 import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.semantics
@@ -31,17 +32,13 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 
-private const val CHIP_ENTER_MILLIS = 160
-private const val CHIP_EXIT_MILLIS = 120
-private const val CHIP_SWAP_MILLIS = 110
-
 /** The band a snack chip is meant to sit in: the FAB's height, and its margin. */
 val SnackChipHeight: Dp = 56.dp
 val SnackChipMargin: Dp = 16.dp
 
 /**
  * The family's compact confirmation: a rounded pill sized to its content,
- * sliding up from the bottom, with an optional trailing action ("Undo").
+ * springing open at the bottom, with an optional trailing action ("Undo").
  *
  * Preferred over a full-width snackbar wherever the surface behind it *is* the
  * confirmation — a task list that just lost a row, a calendar that just moved an
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ val SnackChipMargin: Dp = 16.dp
  * The chip carries no timer: how long a confirmation stands, and what expiry
  * commits, belongs to the caller's own undo window.
  */
+@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3ExpressiveApi::class)
 @Composable
 fun SnackChip(
     visible: Boolean,
@@ -68,14 +66,19 @@ fun SnackChip(
     color: Color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceContainerHighest,
     contentColor: Color = contentColorFor(color),
 ) {
+    // The expressive *fast* springs: a chip is a receipt, not a transition. It
+    // springs open from its anchored corner rather than sliding in — a slide is
+    // clipped to the animating bounds, so the pill appears to be painted on from
+    // one edge, which at this size reads as a glitch rather than as motion.
+    val spatial = MaterialTheme.motionScheme.fastSpatialSpec<Float>()
+    val effects = MaterialTheme.motionScheme.fastEffectsSpec<Float>()
+    val corner = TransformOrigin(0f, 1f)
     AnimatedVisibility(
         visible = visible,
-        // Deliberately short: a chip is a receipt, not a transition. The default
-        // visibility spring overshoots and reads as sluggish at this size.
-        enter = slideInVertically(tween(CHIP_ENTER_MILLIS)) { it } +
-            fadeIn(tween(CHIP_ENTER_MILLIS)),
-        exit = slideOutVertically(tween(CHIP_EXIT_MILLIS)) { it } +
-            fadeOut(tween(CHIP_EXIT_MILLIS)),
+        enter = scaleIn(spatial, initialScale = 0.8f, transformOrigin = corner) +
+            fadeIn(effects),
+        exit = scaleOut(effects, targetScale = 0.9f, transformOrigin = corner) +
+            fadeOut(effects),
         modifier = modifier,
     ) {
         val action = if (actionLabel != null && onAction != null) actionLabel else null
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ fun SnackChip(
             // snapping, so the swap reads as one chip changing its mind.
             modifier = Modifier
                 .widthIn(max = maxWidth)
-                .animateContentSize(tween(CHIP_SWAP_MILLIS)),
+                .animateContentSize(MaterialTheme.motionScheme.fastSpatialSpec()),
         ) {
             Row(
                 verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
@@ -103,10 +106,7 @@ fun SnackChip(
             ) {
                 AnimatedContent(
                     targetState = message,
-                    transitionSpec = {
-                        fadeIn(tween(CHIP_SWAP_MILLIS)) togetherWith
-                            fadeOut(tween(CHIP_SWAP_MILLIS))
-                    },
+                    transitionSpec = { fadeIn(effects) togetherWith fadeOut(effects) },
                     label = "snack-chip-message",
                     modifier = Modifier.weight(1f, fill = false),
                 ) { text ->