diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/handlers.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/handlers.cljs
index a12722e161..841f23ab14 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/handlers.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/handlers.cljs
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
   (:require [re-frame.core :refer [register-handler enrich after debug dispatch]]
             [status-im.models.commands :as commands]
             [clojure.string :as str]
+            [status-im.components.animation :as anim]
             [status-im.components.styles :refer [default-chat-color]]
             [status-im.chat.suggestions :as suggestions]
             [status-im.protocol.api :as api]
             [status-im.models.messages :as messages]
             [status-im.constants :refer [text-content-type
-                                         content-type-command]]
+                                         content-type-command
+                                         response-input-hiding-duration]]
             [status-im.utils.random :as random]
             [status-im.chat.sign-up :as sign-up-service]
             [status-im.models.chats :as chats]
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
             [status-im.utils.handlers :as u]
             [status-im.persistence.realm :as r]
             [status-im.handlers.server :as server]
+            [status-im.handlers.content-suggestions :refer [get-content-suggestions]]
             [status-im.utils.phone-number :refer [format-phone-number]]
             [status-im.utils.datetime :as time]))
 
@@ -38,9 +41,26 @@
 (register-handler :cancel-command
   (fn [{:keys [current-chat-id] :as db} _]
     (-> db
+        (assoc-in [:animations :response-input-is-hiding?] false)
         (assoc-in [:chats current-chat-id :command-input] {})
         (update-in [:chats current-chat-id :input-text] safe-trim))))
 
+(defn animate-cancel-command [db height]
+  (anim/add-listener height (fn [val]
+                              (when (<= (.-value val) 1)
+                                (anim/remove-all-listeners height)
+                                (anim/stop-animation height)
+                                (dispatch [:cancel-command]))))
+  (anim/start (anim/timing height {:toValue 1, :duration response-input-hiding-duration}))
+  (assoc-in db [:animations :response-input-is-hiding?] true))
+
+(register-handler :start-cancel-command
+  (fn [{{height :response-suggestions-height
+         hiding? :response-input-is-hiding?} :animations :as db} _]
+    (if-not hiding?
+      (animate-cancel-command db height)
+      db)))
+
 (register-handler :set-chat-command-content
   (fn [{:keys [current-chat-id] :as db} [_ content]]
     (-> db
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/styles/response.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/styles/response.cljs
index 2e969ae0ef..7d304474e5 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/styles/response.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/styles/response.cljs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
                                                  chat-background
                                                  color-black]]))
 
+(def request-info-height 61)
+
 (def drag-touchable
   {:height     16
    :alignItems :center})
@@ -47,9 +49,13 @@
    :opacity    0.69
    :color      color-white})
 
+(defn request-view [height]
+  {:flexDirection :column
+   :height        height})
+
 (defn request-info [color]
   {:flexDirection   :column
-   :height          61
+   :height          request-info-height
    :backgroundColor color})
 
 (def inner-container
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/styles/response_suggestions.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/styles/response_suggestions.cljs
index 831486cfa4..e8ba2f6c98 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/styles/response_suggestions.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/styles/response_suggestions.cljs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                                                  text2-color
                                                  text3-color]]))
 
+(def min-suggestions-height 150)
 (def header-height 50)
 (def suggestion-height 56)
 
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/subs.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/subs.cljs
index f29c3527a2..6e669efba4 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/subs.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/subs.cljs
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
             [status-im.db :as db]
     ;todo handlers in subs?...
             [status-im.chat.suggestions :refer
-             [get-suggestions typing-command? get-content-suggestions]]
+             [get-suggestions typing-command?]]
             [status-im.models.commands :as commands]
+            [status-im.components.animation :as anim]
+            [status-im.constants :refer [response-suggesstion-resize-duration]]
+            [status-im.chat.styles.response :as response-styles]
+            [status-im.chat.styles.response-suggestions :as response-suggestions-styles]
             [status-im.handlers.content-suggestions :refer [get-content-suggestions]]))
 
 (register-sub :chat-properties
@@ -91,8 +95,25 @@
   (fn [db _]
     (reaction (typing-command? @db))))
 
+(defn update-response-suggestions-height [db]
+  (when-not (get-in db [:animations :response-input-is-hiding?])
+    (let [command (commands/get-chat-command db)
+          text (commands/get-chat-command-content db)
+          suggestions (get-content-suggestions db command text)
+          suggestions-height (min response-suggestions-styles/min-suggestions-height
+                                  (reduce + 0 (map #(if (:header %)
+                                                     response-suggestions-styles/header-height
+                                                     response-suggestions-styles/suggestion-height)
+                                                   suggestions)))
+          height (+ suggestions-height response-styles/request-info-height)
+          anim-value (get-in db [:animations :response-suggestions-height])]
+      (anim/start (anim/timing anim-value {:toValue height, :duration response-suggesstion-resize-duration}))))
+  db)
+
 (register-sub :get-content-suggestions
   (fn [db _]
     (let [command (reaction (commands/get-chat-command @db))
-          text    (reaction (commands/get-chat-command-content @db))]
-      (reaction (get-content-suggestions @db @command @text)))))
+          text (reaction (commands/get-chat-command-content @db))
+          suggestions (reaction (get-content-suggestions @db @command @text))]
+      (reaction (do (update-response-suggestions-height @db)
+                    @suggestions)))))
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/plain_input.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/plain_input.cljs
index 7843e4dafa..ae391edb4f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/plain_input.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/plain_input.cljs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
                                                 dismiss-keyboard!]]
             [status-im.chat.views.suggestions :refer [suggestions-view]]
             [status-im.chat.views.content-suggestions :refer [content-suggestions-view]]
-            [status-im.chat.views.response-suggestions :refer [response-suggestions-view]]
             [status-im.chat.views.command :as command]
             [status-im.chat.views.response :as response]
             [status-im.chat.styles.plain-input :as st]
@@ -44,9 +43,8 @@
             command @command
             response? (and command @to-msg-id)]
         [view st/input-container
-         (if response? [response/request-info command])
          (cond
-           response? [response-suggestions-view]
+           response? [response/request-view]
            command [content-suggestions-view]
            :else [suggestions-view])
          [view st/input-view
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/response.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/response.cljs
index 47781928b9..89e4bb0c1c 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/response.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/response.cljs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 (ns status-im.chat.views.response
+  (:require-macros [status-im.utils.views :refer [defview]])
   (:require [re-frame.core :refer [subscribe dispatch]]
             [status-im.components.react :refer [view
+                                                animated-view
                                                 icon
                                                 image
                                                 text
                                                 text-input
                                                 touchable-highlight]]
-            [status-im.chat.views.command :as command]
+            [status-im.chat.views.response-suggestions :refer [response-suggestions-view]]
             [status-im.chat.styles.response :as st]))
 
 (defn drag-touchable []
@@ -30,12 +32,19 @@
     ;; TODO stub data: request message info
     "By ???, MMM 1st at HH:mm"]])
 
-(defn request-info [command]
+(defview request-info []
+  [command [:get-chat-command]]
   [view (st/request-info (:color command))
    [drag-touchable]
    [view st/inner-container
     [command-icon nil]
     [info-container command]
-    [touchable-highlight {:on-press command/cancel-command-input}
+    [touchable-highlight {:on-press #(dispatch [:start-cancel-command])}
      [view st/cancel-container
       [icon :close-white st/cancel-icon]]]]])
+
+(defview request-view []
+  [height [:get-in [:animations :response-suggestions-height]]]
+  [animated-view {:style (st/request-view height)}
+   [request-info]
+   [response-suggestions-view]])
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/response_suggestions.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/response_suggestions.cljs
index 6946f693ff..c2dab90552 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/response_suggestions.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/response_suggestions.cljs
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 (defview response-suggestions-view []
   [suggestions [:get-content-suggestions]]
   (when (seq suggestions)
-    [view nil
-     [view (st/suggestions-container suggestions)
-      [list-view {:dataSource                (to-datasource suggestions)
-                  :keyboardShouldPersistTaps true
-                  :renderRow                 render-row}]]]))
+    [view (st/suggestions-container suggestions)
+     [list-view {:dataSource                (to-datasource suggestions)
+                 :keyboardShouldPersistTaps true
+                 :renderRow                 render-row}]]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
index acf45f0967..157c23b74e 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 (ns status-im.chat.views.suggestions
   (:require [re-frame.core :refer [subscribe dispatch]]
             [status-im.components.react :refer [view
-                                              text
-                                              icon
-                                              touchable-highlight
-                                              list-view
-                                              list-item]]
+                                                text
+                                                icon
+                                                touchable-highlight
+                                                list-view
+                                                list-item]]
             [status-im.utils.listview :refer [to-datasource]]
             [status-im.chat.styles.suggestions :as st]))
 
diff --git a/src/status_im/components/animation.cljs b/src/status_im/components/animation.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ccc4fc216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/status_im/components/animation.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+(ns status-im.components.animation
+  (:require [status-im.components.react :refer [animated]]))
+
+(defn start [anim]
+  (.start anim))
+
+(defn timing [anim-value config]
+  (.timing animated anim-value (clj->js config)))
+
+(defn spring [anim-value config]
+  (.spring animated anim-value (clj->js config)))
+
+(defn add-listener [anim-value listener]
+  (.addListener anim-value listener))
+
+(defn remove-all-listeners [anim-value]
+  (.removeAllListeners anim-value))
+
+(defn stop-animation [anim-value]
+  (.stopAnimation anim-value))
+
+(defn value [anim-value]
+  (.-value anim-value))
+
+(defn set-value [anim-value value]
+  (.setValue anim-value value))
+
+(defn create-value [value]
+  (js/React.Animated.Value. value))
diff --git a/src/status_im/components/react.cljs b/src/status_im/components/react.cljs
index 930f6deedf..0f16a6d82b 100644
--- a/src/status_im/components/react.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/components/react.cljs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 (def picker (r/adapt-react-class (.-Picker js/React)))
 (def picker-item (r/adapt-react-class (.-Item (.-Picker js/React))))
 
+(def animated (.-Animated js/React))
+(def animated-view (r/adapt-react-class (.-View animated)))
+(def animated-text (r/adapt-react-class (.-Text animated)))
+
 
 (defn icon
   ([n] (icon n {}))
diff --git a/src/status_im/constants.cljs b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
index c1c4f35fa5..ec1ba801e2 100644
--- a/src/status_im/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 (def content-type-status "status")
 
 (def max-chat-name-length 20)
+
+(def response-input-hiding-duration 200)
+(def response-suggesstion-resize-duration 100)
diff --git a/src/status_im/db.cljs b/src/status_im/db.cljs
index a46c61f087..f38d4f870f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/db.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/db.cljs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 (ns status-im.db
-  (:require [schema.core :as s :include-macros true]))
+  (:require [schema.core :as s :include-macros true]
+            [status-im.components.react :refer [animated]]
+            [status-im.components.animation :as anim]))
 
 ;; schema of app-db
 (def schema {:greeting s/Str})
@@ -29,7 +31,10 @@
              :email                  "myemail@gmail.com"
              :status                 "Hi, this is my status"
              :current-tag            nil
-             :disable-group-creation false})
+             :disable-group-creation false
+             :animations             {;; mutable data
+                                      :response-suggestions-height (anim/create-value 0)
+                                      :response-input-is-hiding? false}})
 
 (def protocol-initialized-path [:protocol-initialized])
 (defn chat-input-text-path [chat-id]
diff --git a/src/status_im/models/commands.cljs b/src/status_im/models/commands.cljs
index 4ade2ed196..55428ae3d8 100644
--- a/src/status_im/models/commands.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/models/commands.cljs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
             [clojure.walk :refer [stringify-keys keywordize-keys]]
             [re-frame.core :refer [subscribe dispatch]]
             [status-im.db :as db]
+            [status-im.components.animation :as anim]
             [status-im.components.styles :refer [color-blue color-dark-mint]]))
 
 ;; todo delete