diff --git a/lisp/doom-ui.el b/lisp/doom-ui.el
index 31f7ad3f8..cf9cab049 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-ui.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-ui.el
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ windows, switch to `doom-fallback-buffer'. Otherwise, delegate to original
 (setq window-resize-pixelwise nil)
 
 ;; UX: GUIs are inconsistent across systems, desktop environments, and themes,
-;;   and don't match the look of Emacs. They also impose inconsistent shortcut
-;;   key paradigms. I'd rather Emacs be responsible for prompting.
-(setq use-dialog-box nil)
+;;   but more annoying than that are the inconsistent shortcut keys tied to
+;;   them, so use Emacs instead of GUI popups.
+(setq use-dialog-box (not (featurep :system 'android))) ; Android dialogs are better UX
 (when (bound-and-true-p tooltip-mode)
   (tooltip-mode -1))