diff --git a/src/Platform.ts b/src/Platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e5b71f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 New Vector Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * The platform on which the application is running.
+ */
+// The granularity of this value is kind of arbitrary: it distinguishes exactly
+// the platforms that the app needs to know about in order to correctly
+// implement the designs and work around platform-specific browser weirdness.
+// Feel free to increase or decrease that granularity in the future as project
+// requirements change.
+export let platform: "android" | "ios" | "desktop";
+
+if (/android/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
+  platform = "android";
+  // We include 'Mac' here and double-check for touch support because iPads on
+  // iOS 13 pretend to be a MacOS desktop
+} else if (
+  /iPad|iPhone|iPod|Mac/.test(navigator.userAgent) &&
+  "ontouchend" in document
+) {
+  platform = "ios";
+} else {
+  platform = "desktop";
+}
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index c1e9fe1a..025e93db 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 @import "@vector-im/compound-web/dist/style.css";
 
 :root {
-  --font-family: "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI",
-    "Roboto", "Oxygen", "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans",
-    "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
-  --inter-unicode-range: U+0000-20e2, U+20e4-23ce, U+23d0-24c1, U+24c3-259f,
-    U+25c2-2664, U+2666-2763, U+2765-2b05, U+2b07-2b1b, U+2b1d-10FFFF;
-
   --font-scale: 1;
   --font-size-micro: calc(10px * var(--font-scale));
   --font-size-caption: calc(12px * var(--font-scale));
@@ -149,7 +143,6 @@ body {
   color: var(--cpd-color-text-primary);
   color-scheme: dark;
   margin: 0;
-  font-family: var(--font-family);
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }
@@ -165,6 +158,19 @@ body,
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
+/* On Android and iOS, prefer native system fonts */
+body[data-platform="android"] {
+  --cpd-font-family-sans: "Roboto", "Noto", "Inter", sans-serif;
+}
+
+body[data-platform="ios"] {
+  --cpd-font-family-sans: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Inter", sans-serif;
+}
+
+body[data-platform="desktop"] {
+  --cpd-font-family-sans: "Inter", sans-serif;
+}
+
 h1,
 h2,
 h3,
diff --git a/src/initializer.tsx b/src/initializer.tsx
index 8e282c37..f4fc99e0 100644
--- a/src/initializer.tsx
+++ b/src/initializer.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import * as Sentry from "@sentry/react";
 import { getUrlParams } from "./UrlParams";
 import { Config } from "./config/Config";
 import { ElementCallOpenTelemetry } from "./otel/otel";
+import { platform } from "./Platform";
 
 enum LoadState {
   None,
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ export class Initializer {
         fonts.map((f) => `"${f}"`).join(", ")
       );
     }
+
+    // Add the platform to the DOM, so CSS can query it
+    document.body.setAttribute("data-platform", platform);
   }
 
   public static init(): Promise<void> | null {
diff --git a/src/room/usePageUnload.ts b/src/room/usePageUnload.ts
index a6db816d..bae58d27 100644
--- a/src/room/usePageUnload.ts
+++ b/src/room/usePageUnload.ts
@@ -16,21 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 
-// https://stackoverflow.com/a/9039885
-function isIOS() {
-  return (
-    [
-      "iPad Simulator",
-      "iPhone Simulator",
-      "iPod Simulator",
-      "iPad",
-      "iPhone",
-      "iPod",
-    ].includes(navigator.platform) ||
-    // iPad on iOS 13 detection
-    (navigator.userAgent.includes("Mac") && "ontouchend" in document)
-  );
-}
+import { platform } from "../Platform";
 
 export function usePageUnload(callback: () => void) {
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -53,7 +39,7 @@ export function usePageUnload(callback: () => void) {
     }
 
     // iOS doesn't fire beforeunload event, so leave the call when you hide the page.
-    if (isIOS()) {
+    if (platform === "ios") {
       window.addEventListener("pagehide", onBeforeUnload);
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
       // @ts-ignore