diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_bell.png b/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_bell.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5d775425ebfe7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_bell.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4ce1d357acadd798939b398cce1761ceb05564b44f2a5bc6865c7842e60e79f2
+size 1474
diff --git a/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_pill.png b/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_pill.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..29ab2ad5b3fa50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/assets/icons_mici/alerts_pill.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b3fe73cd1a24c05346a9b4a02e4f900a314c83a422beb38b0f88f91389582cd4
+size 3960
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/home.py b/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/home.py
index 77b665f5d8b822..16a40b6d4ca69e 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/home.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/home.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets import Widget
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.layouts import HBoxLayout
 from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.icon_widget import IconWidget
-from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.label import UnifiedLabel
-from openpilot.system.ui.lib.application import gui_app, FontWeight, MousePos
+from openpilot.system.ui.widgets.label import UnifiedLabel, gui_label
+from openpilot.system.ui.lib.application import gui_app, FontWeight, MousePos, DEFAULT_TEXT_COLOR
 from openpilot.selfdrive.ui.ui_state import ui_state
 from openpilot.system.version import RELEASE_BRANCHES
 
@@ -28,6 +28,34 @@
 }
 
 
+class AlertsPill(Widget):
+  def __init__(self):
+    super().__init__()
+    self.set_rect(rl.Rectangle(0, 0, 104, 52))
+
+    self._pill_bg_txt = gui_app.texture("icons_mici/alerts_pill.png", 104, 52)
+    self._bell_txt = gui_app.texture("icons_mici/alerts_bell.png", 28, 30)
+    self._alert_count_callback: Callable[[], int] | None = None
+
+  def set_alert_count_callback(self, callback: Callable[[], int] | None):
+    self._alert_count_callback = callback
+
+  def _render(self, _):
+    alert_count = self._alert_count_callback() if self._alert_count_callback else 0
+    if alert_count > 0:
+      pill_w, pill_h = self._pill_bg_txt.width, self._pill_bg_txt.height
+      rl.draw_texture_ex(self._pill_bg_txt, rl.Vector2(self.rect.x, self.rect.y), 0.0, 1.0, rl.WHITE)
+
+      bell_x = self.rect.x + 20
+      bell_y = self.rect.y + (pill_h - self._bell_txt.height) / 2
+      rl.draw_texture_ex(self._bell_txt, rl.Vector2(bell_x, bell_y), 0.0, 1.0, DEFAULT_TEXT_COLOR)
+
+      count_rect = rl.Rectangle(self.rect.x, self.rect.y, pill_w - 20, pill_h)
+      gui_label(count_rect, str(alert_count), font_size=36,
+                alignment=rl.GuiTextAlignment.TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT,
+                alignment_vertical=rl.GuiTextAlignmentVertical.TEXT_ALIGN_MIDDLE)
+
+
 class NetworkIcon(Widget):
   def __init__(self):
     super().__init__()
@@ -84,6 +112,7 @@ class MiciHomeLayout(Widget):
   def __init__(self):
     super().__init__()
     self._on_settings_click: Callable | None = None
+    self._alert_count_callback: Callable[[], int] | None = None
 
     self._last_refresh = 0
     self._mouse_down_t: None | float = None
@@ -96,6 +125,8 @@ def __init__(self):
     self._experimental_icon = IconWidget("icons_mici/experimental_mode.png", (48, 48))
     self._mic_icon = IconWidget("icons_mici/microphone.png", (32, 46))
 
+    self._alerts_pill = AlertsPill()
+
     self._status_bar_layout = HBoxLayout([
       IconWidget("icons_mici/settings.png", (48, 48), opacity=0.9),
       NetworkIcon(),
@@ -141,8 +172,9 @@ def _update_state(self):
       self._last_refresh = rl.get_time()
       self._update_params()
 
-  def set_callbacks(self, on_settings: Callable | None = None):
+  def set_callbacks(self, on_settings: Callable | None = None, alert_count_callback: Callable[[], int] | None = None):
     self._on_settings_click = on_settings
+    self._alerts_pill.set_alert_count_callback(alert_count_callback)
 
   def _handle_mouse_release(self, mouse_pos: MousePos):
     if not self._did_long_press:
@@ -203,3 +235,8 @@ def _render(self, _):
 
     footer_rect = rl.Rectangle(self.rect.x + HOME_PADDING, self.rect.y + self.rect.height - 48, self.rect.width - HOME_PADDING, 48)
     self._status_bar_layout.render(footer_rect)
+
+    # TODO: add alignment to hboxlayout and add to there
+    self._alerts_pill.set_position(self.rect.x + self.rect.width - self._alerts_pill.rect.width - HOME_PADDING,
+                                   self.rect.y + self.rect.height - self._alerts_pill.rect.height)
+    self._alerts_pill.render()
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/main.py b/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/main.py
index 95258e2795d1f4..b25c4af7b2b504 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/main.py
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/mici/layouts/main.py
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ def __init__(self):
       gui_app.push_widget(self._onboarding_window)
 
   def _setup_callbacks(self):
-    self._home_layout.set_callbacks(on_settings=lambda: gui_app.push_widget(self._settings_layout))
+    self._home_layout.set_callbacks(
+      on_settings=lambda: gui_app.push_widget(self._settings_layout),
+      alert_count_callback=self._alerts_layout.active_alerts,
+    )
     self._onroad_layout.set_click_callback(lambda: self._scroll_to(self._home_layout))
     device.add_interactive_timeout_callback(self._on_interactive_timeout)
 
@@ -66,6 +69,11 @@ def _scroll_to(self, layout: Widget):
     layout_x = int(layout.rect.x)
     self._scroller.scroll_to(layout_x, smooth=True)
 
+  def _update_state(self):
+    super()._update_state()
+    # TODO: Hack to run alert updates while not in view. Add a nav stack tick?
+    self._alerts_layout._update_state()
+
   def _render(self, _):
     if not self._setup:
       if self._alerts_layout.active_alerts() > 0: