@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ function BrowserPreviewScreen({
             streaming={streaming}
             ready={streaming && canControl}
             onCommand={(input) => streamRef.current?.command(input)}
+            onPaste={() => streamRef.current?.paste()}
           />
           {live ? (
             <PreviewStreamWebView
@@ -209,12 +210,14 @@ function BrowserAddressBar({
   ready,
   streaming,
   onCommand,
+  onPaste,
 }: {
   readonly environmentId: EnvironmentId;
   readonly tab: PreviewSessionSnapshot;
   readonly ready: boolean;
   readonly streaming: boolean;
   readonly onCommand: PreviewStreamRef["command"];
+  readonly onPaste: PreviewStreamRef["paste"];
 }) {
   const url = browserTabUrl(tab);
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -263,7 +266,12 @@ function BrowserAddressBar({
         disabled={!ready}
         onPress={() => onCommand({ type: "reload" })}
       />
-      <BrowserTabMenu environmentId={environmentId} tab={tab} disabled={!streaming} />
+      <BrowserTabMenu
+        environmentId={environmentId}
+        tab={tab}
+        disabled={!streaming}
+        onPaste={ready ? onPaste : undefined}
+      />
     </View>
   );
 }
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ export function BrowserTabMenu({
   environmentId,
   tab,
   disabled,
+  onPaste,
 }: {
   readonly environmentId: EnvironmentId;
   readonly tab: PreviewSessionSnapshot;
   readonly disabled: boolean;
+  readonly onPaste: (() => void) | undefined;
 }) {
   const adjust = useAtomCommand(previewEnvironment.adjust, "browser tab change");
   const resize = useAtomCommand(previewEnvironment.resize, "browser viewport change");
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export function BrowserTabMenu({
         : "custom";
 
   const actions: MenuAction[] = [
+    ...(onPaste ? [{ id: "paste", title: "Paste", image: "doc.on.clipboard" }] : []),
     { id: "hard-reload", title: "Hard reload", image: "arrow.clockwise.circle" },
     {
       id: "appearance",
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ export function BrowserTabMenu({
   };
 
   const onAction = (id: string) => {
+    if (id === "paste") return onPaste?.();
     if (id === "hard-reload") return void run({ hardReload: true });
     if (id === "zoom:in") return void run({ zoomFactor: zoomTo(1) });
     if (id === "zoom:out") return void run({ zoomFactor: zoomTo(-1) });
 
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import {
 
 export interface PreviewStreamRef {
   readonly command: (input: PreviewStreamInput) => void;
+  /** Types this device's clipboard into the page's focused field. */
+  readonly paste: () => void;
   readonly togglePictureInPicture: () => void;
 }
 
@@ -268,6 +270,12 @@ function PreviewStreamDocumentView({
     webView.current?.injectJavaScript(
       `window.T3PreviewStream?.command(${JSON.stringify(input)}); true;`,
     );
+  // The page's own paste would read the environment's clipboard, so the phone's text
+  // arrives as typing. A tab switch while iOS asks to allow the paste unmounts this view.
+  const paste = async () => {
+    const text = await Clipboard.getStringAsync();
+    if (active.current && text) command({ type: "text", text });
+  };
   const fail = (message: string) => {
     if (!active.current || failed.current) return;
     failed.current = true;
@@ -296,6 +304,7 @@ function PreviewStreamDocumentView({
   );
   useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
     command,
+    paste: () => void paste().catch(() => Dialog.alert("Could not read the clipboard")),
     togglePictureInPicture: () =>
       webView.current?.injectJavaScript("window.T3PreviewStream?.pictureInPicture(); true;"),
   }));