diff --git a/GliaWidgets/Sources/Theme/Theme+Chat.swift b/GliaWidgets/Sources/Theme/Theme+Chat.swift
index c38392400..afab366e8 100644
--- a/GliaWidgets/Sources/Theme/Theme+Chat.swift
+++ b/GliaWidgets/Sources/Theme/Theme+Chat.swift
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ extension Theme {
             placeholderFont: font.bodyText,
             placeholderColor: color.baseShade,
             separatorColor: color.baseShade,
-            backgroundColor: color.baseLight,
+            backgroundColor: color.baseNeutral,
             mediaButton: mediaButton,
             sendButton: sendButton,
             uploadList: uploadListStyle,
diff --git a/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.DefineLayout.swift b/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.DefineLayout.swift
index d5354ab18..8c12be338 100644
--- a/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.DefineLayout.swift
+++ b/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.DefineLayout.swift
@@ -96,5 +96,13 @@ extension ChatView {
 
         bringSubviewToFront(entryWidgetOverlayView)
         bringSubviewToFront(entryWidgetContainerView)
+
+        constraints += [
+            messageEntryBottomArea.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeAreaLayoutGuide.leadingAnchor),
+            messageEntryBottomArea.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeAreaLayoutGuide.trailingAnchor),
+            messageEntryBottomArea.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: messageEntryView.bottomAnchor),
+            messageEntryBottomArea.bottomAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: bottomAnchor)
+        ]
+        insertSubview(messageEntryBottomArea, at: 0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.swift b/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.swift
index 481dd0959..fa57c37f3 100644
--- a/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.swift
+++ b/GliaWidgets/Sources/View/Chat/ChatView.swift
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ class ChatView: EngagementView {
     let secureMessagingBottomBannerView = SecureMessagingBottomBannerView().makeView()
     let sendingMessageUnavailabilityBannerView = SendingMessageUnavailableBannerView().makeView()
 
+    // Instead of modifying message entry view's layout to resize, covering bottom safe area,
+    // thus affecting existing layout calculations, we add additional view just for that,
+    // keeping background color for it reactively in sync with message entry view's one.
+    lazy var messageEntryBottomArea = UIView().makeView { [weak messageEntryView] area in
+        messageEntryView?.publisher(for: \.backgroundColor).sink { [weak area] newColor in
+            area?.backgroundColor = newColor
+        }.store(in: &cancelBag)
+    }
+
     let style: ChatStyle
     let environment: Environment