diff --git a/src/TeamsISO.App/Services/TeamsLauncher.cs b/src/TeamsISO.App/Services/TeamsLauncher.cs
index db1a72c..334faca 100644
--- a/src/TeamsISO.App/Services/TeamsLauncher.cs
+++ b/src/TeamsISO.App/Services/TeamsLauncher.cs
@@ -264,8 +264,58 @@ public static class TeamsLauncher
     [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
     private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
 
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+    private static extern int GetWindowTextW(IntPtr hWnd, [Out] System.Text.StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
+    private static extern int GetWindowTextLengthW(IntPtr hWnd);
+
     private delegate bool EnumWindowsProc(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the title bar text of Teams' most-recently-used top-level
+    /// window, or empty string if Teams isn't running. Modern Teams puts
+    /// the meeting title in the window title while in a call ("Meeting with
+    /// Alice | Microsoft Teams"), so this is the cheapest way to surface
+    /// meeting context to TeamsISO's UI without burning a UIA traversal.
+    ///
+    /// Includes hidden windows — operators using auto-hide still get the
+    /// title surfaced, which is the whole point.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string GetActiveWindowTitle()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var teamsPids = new HashSet<uint>(
+                TeamsProcessNames
+                    .SelectMany(n => Process.GetProcessesByName(n))
+                    .Select(p => { try { return (uint)p.Id; } finally { p.Dispose(); } }));
+            if (teamsPids.Count == 0) return string.Empty;
+
+            string longestTitle = string.Empty;
+            EnumWindows((hWnd, _) =>
+            {
+                if (GetWindow(hWnd, GW_OWNER) != IntPtr.Zero) return true;
+                GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, out var pid);
+                if (!teamsPids.Contains(pid)) return true;
+
+                var len = GetWindowTextLengthW(hWnd);
+                if (len <= 0) return true;
+                var sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(len + 1);
+                GetWindowTextW(hWnd, sb, sb.Capacity);
+                var title = sb.ToString();
+                // Teams creates a few top-level windows per process; the
+                // call/meeting window has the longest title (other windows
+                // tend to just be "Microsoft Teams"). Pick the longest one
+                // as a heuristic for "most informative".
+                if (title.Length > longestTitle.Length) longestTitle = title;
+                return true;
+            }, IntPtr.Zero);
+            return longestTitle;
+        }
+        catch { return string.Empty; }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Enumerate every visible top-level window owned by any running Teams
     /// process. "Top-level" means GetWindow(GW_OWNER) is null (the window is
diff --git a/src/TeamsISO.App/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs b/src/TeamsISO.App/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
index 7ca8f28..5f93266 100644
--- a/src/TeamsISO.App/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/TeamsISO.App/ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -524,6 +524,34 @@ public sealed class MainViewModel : ObservableObject, IDisposable
         Toast.Show($"Stopped {enabled.Length} ISO(s)");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Pull the meaningful "meeting title" out of Teams' raw window title.
+    /// Teams uses formats like:
+    ///   "Weekly Standup | Microsoft Teams"
+    ///   "Meeting with Alice | Microsoft Teams"
+    ///   "Microsoft Teams" (no meeting, just the app)
+    /// Strip the trailing " | Microsoft Teams" so the IN-CALL pill stays
+    /// short and readable. Truncate beyond 50 chars so a long meeting
+    /// subject doesn't push the rest of the IN-CALL bar off screen.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string ExtractMeetingTitle(string windowTitle)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(windowTitle)) return string.Empty;
+        var t = windowTitle.Trim();
+        // Common separator patterns Teams uses across locales.
+        foreach (var sep in new[] { " | Microsoft Teams", " | Teams", " - Microsoft Teams", " - Teams" })
+        {
+            var idx = t.IndexOf(sep, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            if (idx > 0) { t = t.Substring(0, idx).Trim(); break; }
+        }
+        // If after stripping we're left with just "Microsoft Teams" the
+        // window has no meeting context — return empty so the pill stays
+        // at "IN CALL" without a stale title.
+        if (t.Equals("Microsoft Teams", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return string.Empty;
+        if (t.Length > 50) t = t.Substring(0, 47) + "…";
+        return t;
+    }
+
     private void OnStatsTick(object? sender, EventArgs e)
     {
         foreach (var vm in Participants)
@@ -628,10 +656,13 @@ public sealed class MainViewModel : ObservableObject, IDisposable
                     try
                     {
                         var inCall = TeamsControlBridge.IsInCall();
+                        var title = inCall ? ExtractMeetingTitle(TeamsLauncher.GetActiveWindowTitle()) : null;
                         _dispatcher.InvokeAsync(() =>
                         {
                             IsTeamsInCall = inCall;
-                            TeamsMeetingState = inCall ? "IN CALL" : "READY";
+                            TeamsMeetingState = inCall
+                                ? (string.IsNullOrEmpty(title) ? "IN CALL" : $"IN CALL · {title}")
+                                : "READY";
                         });
                     }
                     catch { /* UIA flakiness shouldn't crash the stats tick */ }
diff --git a/src/tests/TeamsISO.App.Tests/MeetingTitleExtractionTests.cs b/src/tests/TeamsISO.App.Tests/MeetingTitleExtractionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..083fc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/TeamsISO.App.Tests/MeetingTitleExtractionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using TeamsISO.App.ViewModels;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace TeamsISO.App.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Validates the title-stripping heuristic used by the IN-CALL bar pill.
+/// Teams' raw window title is the format the user actually sees (or doesn't —
+/// when auto-hide is on); we want to surface the meaningful meeting-name
+/// portion without the "| Microsoft Teams" suffix bloating the pill.
+/// </summary>
+public class MeetingTitleExtractionTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Weekly Standup | Microsoft Teams", "Weekly Standup")]
+    [InlineData("Meeting with Alice | Microsoft Teams", "Meeting with Alice")]
+    [InlineData("Q4 Planning - Microsoft Teams", "Q4 Planning")]
+    [InlineData("Meeting | Teams", "Meeting")]
+    public void StripsTeamsSuffix(string raw, string expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected, MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle(raw));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void EmptyInput_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle(string.Empty));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Whitespace_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle("   "));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BareAppTitle_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        // "Microsoft Teams" alone means no meeting context — pill should
+        // stay at plain "IN CALL" rather than appending a meaningless title.
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle("Microsoft Teams"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LongTitle_GetsTruncated()
+    {
+        var long_ = new string('A', 100) + " | Microsoft Teams";
+        var result = MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle(long_);
+        Assert.True(result.Length <= 50);
+        Assert.EndsWith("…", result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OuterWhitespaceIsTrimmed()
+    {
+        // Real Teams uses single-space format " | Microsoft Teams"; we only
+        // promise to trim outer whitespace, not normalize internal padding.
+        Assert.Equal("Project sync", MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle("  Project sync | Microsoft Teams  "));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TitleWithoutSeparator_PassesThrough()
+    {
+        // If Teams emits an unrecognized format, return it as-is (clamped to 50).
+        Assert.Equal("Quick chat", MainViewModel.ExtractMeetingTitle("Quick chat"));
+    }
+}