diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 1401d4f..5da019f 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@
     <div class="mobile-queue-list">
       <button data-mobile-queue="today" type="button"><span><strong>Today</strong><small>Planned work</small></span><span data-mobile-queue-count="today">0</span></button>
       <button data-mobile-queue="attention" type="button"><span><strong>Attention</strong><small>Needs a response</small></span><span data-mobile-queue-count="attention">0</span></button>
+      <button data-mobile-queue="update" type="button" aria-label="Updates, 0 unread conversations"><span><strong>Updates</strong><small>Unread conversations</small></span><span data-mobile-queue-count="update">0</span></button>
       <button data-mobile-queue="later" type="button"><span><strong>Later</strong><small>Deferred work</small></span><span data-mobile-queue-count="later">0</span></button>
       <button data-mobile-queue="draft" type="button"><span><strong>Drafts</strong><small>Unfiled captures</small></span><span data-mobile-queue-count="draft">0</span></button>
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/mobile-task-dock.js b/frontend/mobile-task-dock.js
index 12f4a50..022d50d 100644
--- a/frontend/mobile-task-dock.js
+++ b/frontend/mobile-task-dock.js
@@ -95,12 +95,17 @@
   }
 
   function updateQueues(counts) {
-    const names = ['today', 'attention', 'later', 'draft'];
+    const names = ['today', 'attention', 'update', 'later', 'draft'];
     const normalized = Object.fromEntries(names.map(name => [name, Math.max(0, Number(counts?.[name]) || 0)]));
-    const total = names.reduce((sum, name) => sum + normalized[name], 0);
+    // Updates are already represented by the Attention destination, so keep
+    // the dock aggregate non-overlapping while exposing the useful drill-down.
+    const total = ['today', 'attention', 'later', 'draft'].reduce((sum, name) => sum + normalized[name], 0);
     Object.entries(options.queueCounts || {}).forEach(([name, element]) => {
       element.textContent = String(normalized[name] || 0);
     });
+    options.queueRows?.update?.setAttribute(
+      'aria-label', 'Updates, ' + normalized.update + ' unread conversations'
+    );
     if (options.queueBadge) {
       options.queueBadge.textContent = String(total);
       options.queueBadge.hidden = total === 0;
diff --git a/tests/test_mobile_task_dock.py b/tests/test_mobile_task_dock.py
index 38283d7..0e88dfd 100644
--- a/tests/test_mobile_task_dock.py
+++ b/tests/test_mobile_task_dock.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ sheet.showModal = function () {{ this.open = true; }};
 sheet.close = function () {{ this.open = false; this.listeners.close?.(); }};
 const close = new FakeElement();
 const badge = new FakeElement();
-const rows = Object.fromEntries(['today','attention','later','draft'].map(name => [name, new FakeElement()]));
+const rows = Object.fromEntries(['today','attention','update','later','draft'].map(name => [name, new FakeElement()]));
 const counts = Object.fromEntries(Object.keys(rows).map(name => [name, new FakeElement()]));
 const selected = [];
 const dock = createDock({{
@@ -302,16 +302,17 @@ const dock = createDock({{
   observe() {{}},
 }});
 dock.start();
-dock.updateQueues({{today:2, attention:1, later:3, draft:4}});
+dock.updateQueues({{today:2, attention:1, update:5, later:3, draft:4}});
 queues.click();
 const opened = sheet.open;
-rows.later.click();
+rows.update.click();
 const closedAfterSelect = !sheet.open;
 queues.click(); close.click();
 process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
   opened, closedAfterSelect, selected,
   badge:badge.textContent, badgeLabel:queues.attributes['aria-label'],
   counts:Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(counts).map(([name, node]) => [name, node.textContent])),
+  updateLabel:rows.update.attributes['aria-label'],
   queueFocuses:queues.focuses,
   columnState:nav.attributes['data-attention'] || null,
 }}));
@@ -322,10 +323,12 @@ process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({{
     assert json.loads(result.stdout) == {
         "opened": True,
         "closedAfterSelect": True,
-        "selected": ["later"],
+        "selected": ["update"],
+        # Updates are a drill-down within Attention and must not inflate the aggregate badge.
         "badge": "10",
         "badgeLabel": "Queues, 10 items",
-        "counts": {"today": "2", "attention": "1", "later": "3", "draft": "4"},
+        "counts": {"today": "2", "attention": "1", "update": "5", "later": "3", "draft": "4"},
+        "updateLabel": "Updates, 5 unread conversations",
         "queueFocuses": 2,
         "columnState": None,
     }
@@ -340,6 +343,8 @@ async def test_dashboard_renders_and_wires_mobile_queue_switcher():
     assert 'aria-labelledby="mobile-queue-heading"' in html
     assert 'data-mobile-queue="today"' in html
     assert 'data-mobile-queue="attention"' in html
+    assert 'data-mobile-queue="update"' in html
+    assert '<strong>Updates</strong><small>Unread conversations</small>' in html
     assert 'data-mobile-queue="later"' in html
     assert 'data-mobile-queue="draft"' in html
     assert 'id="mobile-queue-count"' in html