diff --git a/quickstep/res/layout/task_menu.xml b/quickstep/res/layout/task_menu.xml
index 3916ff9a1a..a219bca805 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/layout/task_menu.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/layout/task_menu.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 -->
 <com.android.quickstep.views.TaskMenuView
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
     android:background="@drawable/task_menu_bg"
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@
 
     <LinearLayout
         android:id="@+id/menu_option_layout"
-        style="@style/TaskMenu"
-        android:divider="@drawable/all_apps_divider"
-        android:showDividers="beginning"
-        android:paddingStart="@dimen/task_card_menu_horizontal_padding"
-        android:paddingEnd="@dimen/task_card_menu_horizontal_padding"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:orientation="horizontal"
+        android:divider="@drawable/all_apps_divider"
+        android:showDividers="beginning" />
 
 </com.android.quickstep.views.TaskMenuView>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quickstep/res/layout/task_view_menu_option.xml b/quickstep/res/layout/task_view_menu_option.xml
index 102ae9bc23..a7d6e89d8d 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/layout/task_view_menu_option.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/layout/task_view_menu_option.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 
 <LinearLayout
     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    style="@style/TaskMenu.Option"
+    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    android:layout_gravity="center"
     android:orientation="vertical"
     android:paddingTop="@dimen/task_card_menu_option_vertical_padding"
     android:paddingBottom="@dimen/task_card_menu_option_vertical_padding"
@@ -29,22 +28,19 @@
       android:id="@+id/icon"
       android:layout_width="@dimen/system_shortcut_icon_size"
       android:layout_height="@dimen/system_shortcut_icon_size"
-      android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/system_shortcut_header_icon_padding"
-      android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/deep_shortcut_drawable_padding"
+      android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/task_menu_option_start_margin"
       android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
       android:backgroundTint="?android:attr/textColorTertiary"/>
 
     <TextView
         style="@style/BaseIcon"
         android:id="@+id/text"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/popup_padding_end"
+        android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/task_menu_option_start_margin"
         android:textSize="12sp"
         android:textColor="?android:attr/textColorPrimary"
         android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
-        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
-        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
         android:focusable="false" />
 
 </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/quickstep/res/values-land/dimens.xml b/quickstep/res/values-land/dimens.xml
index 7cb01f6261..668aea2c9e 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/values-land/dimens.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/values-land/dimens.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@
      limitations under the License.
 -->
 <resources>
-    <dimen name="task_card_menu_horizontal_padding">24dp</dimen>
-
     <dimen name="overview_task_margin">8dp</dimen>
 </resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quickstep/res/values-land/styles.xml b/quickstep/res/values-land/styles.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0824b4f555..0000000000
--- a/quickstep/res/values-land/styles.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-     Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
-
-     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.
--->
-<resources>
-    <!-- Task Menu layout styles. -->
-    <style name="TaskMenu">
-        <item name="android:orientation">horizontal</item>
-    </style>
-
-    <!-- Task Menu Option layout styles. -->
-    <style name="TaskMenu.Option">
-        <item name="android:layout_width">0dp</item>
-        <item name="android:layout_weight">1</item>
-    </style>
-</resources>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/quickstep/res/values/dimens.xml b/quickstep/res/values/dimens.xml
index 99be50295d..9c0a083084 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
          in various configurations -->
     <dimen name="task_card_menu_option_vertical_padding">8dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="task_card_menu_shadow_height">3dp</dimen>
-    <dimen name="task_card_menu_horizontal_padding">0dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="task_menu_option_start_margin">12dp</dimen>
     <!-- Copied from framework resource:
        docked_stack_divider_thickness - 2 * docked_stack_divider_insets -->
     <dimen name="multi_window_task_divider_size">10dp</dimen>
diff --git a/quickstep/res/values/styles.xml b/quickstep/res/values/styles.xml
index 82a91a76f5..7c7d20a20a 100644
--- a/quickstep/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/quickstep/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -15,16 +15,6 @@
      limitations under the License.
 -->
 <resources>
-    <!-- Task Menu layout styles. -->
-    <style name="TaskMenu">
-        <item name="android:orientation">vertical</item>
-    </style>
-
-    <!-- Task Menu Option layout styles. -->
-    <style name="TaskMenu.Option">
-        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
-        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
-    </style>
 
     <style name="TextAppearance.GestureTutorial"
         parent="android:TextAppearance.Material.Body1" />
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
index f55cdaca46..32cd367be5 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskMenuView.java
@@ -201,12 +201,13 @@ public class TaskMenuView extends AbstractFloatingView implements OnScrollChange
     }
 
     private void addMenuOption(SystemShortcut menuOption) {
-        ViewGroup menuOptionView = (ViewGroup) mActivity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(
+        LinearLayout menuOptionView = (LinearLayout) mActivity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(
                 R.layout.task_view_menu_option, this, false);
         menuOption.setIconAndLabelFor(
                 menuOptionView.findViewById(R.id.icon), menuOptionView.findViewById(R.id.text));
         LayoutParams lp = (LayoutParams) menuOptionView.getLayoutParams();
-        mTaskView.getPagedOrientationHandler().setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(lp);
+        mTaskView.getPagedOrientationHandler().setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(lp,
+                menuOptionView, mActivity.getDeviceProfile());
         menuOptionView.setEnabled(menuOption.isEnabled());
         menuOptionView.setAlpha(menuOption.isEnabled() ? 1 : 0.5f);
         menuOptionView.setOnClickListener(view -> {
@@ -228,16 +229,15 @@ public class TaskMenuView extends AbstractFloatingView implements OnScrollChange
         mActivity.getDragLayer().getDescendantRectRelativeToSelf(taskView, sTempRect);
         Rect insets = mActivity.getDragLayer().getInsets();
         BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams params = (BaseDragLayer.LayoutParams) getLayoutParams();
+        // TODO(b/186583656) Move the entire menu to the center/make smaller than thumbnail width
         params.width = orientationHandler.getTaskMenuWidth(taskView.getThumbnail());
         // Gravity set to Left instead of Start as sTempRect.left measures Left distance not Start
         params.gravity = Gravity.LEFT;
         setLayoutParams(params);
         setScaleX(taskView.getScaleX());
         setScaleY(taskView.getScaleY());
-        boolean canActivityRotate = taskView.getRecentsView()
-            .mOrientationState.isRecentsActivityRotationAllowed();
-        mOptionLayout.setOrientation(orientationHandler
-                .getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(canActivityRotate, mOptionLayout));
+        orientationHandler.setTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(
+                mActivity.getDeviceProfile(), mOptionLayout);
         setPosition(sTempRect.left - insets.left, sTempRect.top - insets.top, 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 3312915fd3..a799b4a33a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
+import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 
 import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils;
 import androidx.core.os.BuildCompat;
@@ -752,6 +753,16 @@ public final class Utilities {
                 ColorUtils.blendARGB(0, color, tintAmount));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets start margin on the provided {@param view} to be {@param margin}.
+     * Assumes {@param view} is a child of {@link LinearLayout}
+     */
+    public static void setStartMarginForView(View view, int margin) {
+        LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
+        lp.setMarginStart(margin);
+        view.setLayoutParams(lp);
+    }
+
     private static class FixedSizeEmptyDrawable extends ColorDrawable {
 
         private final int mSize;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
index 2254ab3cea..2fd5efc3f6 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/LandscapePagedViewHandler.java
@@ -254,16 +254,21 @@ public class LandscapePagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate,
+    public void setTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(DeviceProfile deviceProfile,
         LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
-        return LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL;
+        taskMenuLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp) {
+    public void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp,
+            LinearLayout viewGroup, DeviceProfile deviceProfile) {
+        // Phone fake landscape
+        viewGroup.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
         lp.width = 0;
         lp.height = WRAP_CONTENT;
         lp.weight = 1;
+        Utilities.setStartMarginForView(viewGroup.findViewById(R.id.text), 0);
+        Utilities.setStartMarginForView(viewGroup.findViewById(R.id.icon), 0);
     }
 
     /* ---------- The following are only used by TaskViewTouchHandler. ---------- */
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
index c9149ff6b7..6c2f17ee34 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PagedOrientationHandler.java
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ public interface PagedOrientationHandler {
     float getTaskMenuX(float x, View thumbnailView, int overScroll);
     float getTaskMenuY(float y, View thumbnailView, int overScroll);
     int getTaskMenuWidth(View view);
-    int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate, LinearLayout taskMenuLayout);
-    void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp);
+    void setTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(DeviceProfile deviceProfile, LinearLayout taskMenuLayout);
+    void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp,
+            LinearLayout viewGroup, DeviceProfile deviceProfile);
     int getDistanceToBottomOfRect(DeviceProfile dp, Rect rect);
     List<SplitPositionOption> getSplitPositionOptions(DeviceProfile dp);
     FloatProperty getSplitSelectTaskOffset(FloatProperty primary, FloatProperty secondary,
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
index 31586e7428..f6a6448602 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/PortraitPagedViewHandler.java
@@ -253,14 +253,34 @@ public class PortraitPagedViewHandler implements PagedOrientationHandler {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(boolean canRecentsActivityRotate,
+    public void setTaskMenuLayoutOrientation(DeviceProfile deviceProfile,
         LinearLayout taskMenuLayout) {
-        return canRecentsActivityRotate ? taskMenuLayout.getOrientation() : LinearLayout.VERTICAL;
+        if (deviceProfile.isLandscape && !deviceProfile.isTablet) {
+            // Phone landscape
+            taskMenuLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
+        } else {
+            // Phone Portrait, LargeScreen Landscape/Portrait
+            taskMenuLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp) {
-        // no-op, defaults are fine
+    public void setLayoutParamsForTaskMenuOptionItem(LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp,
+            LinearLayout viewGroup, DeviceProfile deviceProfile) {
+        if (deviceProfile.isLandscape && !deviceProfile.isTablet) {
+            // Phone landscape
+            viewGroup.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
+            lp.width = 0;
+            lp.weight = 1;
+            Utilities.setStartMarginForView(viewGroup.findViewById(R.id.text), 0);
+            Utilities.setStartMarginForView(viewGroup.findViewById(R.id.icon), 0);
+        } else {
+            // Phone Portrait, LargeScreen Landscape/Portrait
+            viewGroup.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
+            lp.width = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
+        }
+
+        lp.height = LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
     }
 
     /* ---------- The following are only used by TaskViewTouchHandler. ---------- */