diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsDismissUtils.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsDismissUtils.kt
index 31edd65377..3c811a9ae5 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsDismissUtils.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsDismissUtils.kt
@@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ class RecentsDismissUtils(private val recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) {
                 .setSpring(createExpressiveDismissSpringForce())
                 .setStartVelocity(startVelocity)
                 .addUpdateListener { animation, value, _ ->
-                    if (isDismissing && abs(value) >= abs(dismissLength)) {
-                        animation.cancel()
-                    } else if (draggedTaskView.isRunningTask && recentsView.enableDrawingLiveTile) {
+                    if (draggedTaskView.isRunningTask && recentsView.enableDrawingLiveTile) {
                         recentsView.runActionOnRemoteHandles { remoteTargetHandle ->
                             remoteTargetHandle.taskViewSimulator.taskSecondaryTranslation.value =
                                 taskDismissFloatProperty.getValue(draggedTaskView)
                         }
                         recentsView.redrawLiveTile()
                     }
+                    if (isDismissing && abs(value) >= abs(dismissLength)) {
+                        animation.cancel()
+                    }
                 }
                 .addEndListener { _, _, _, _ ->
                     if (isDismissing) {
@@ -444,7 +445,17 @@ class RecentsDismissUtils(private val recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) {
             }
         }
 
-        if (tasksToReflow.isNotEmpty()) {
+        // Start animations and remove the dismissed task at the end, dismiss immediately if no
+        // neighboring tasks exist.
+        val runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout = { dismissDuration: Int ->
+            recentsView.expressiveDismissTaskView(dismissedTaskView, onEndRunnable, dismissDuration)
+        }
+        val runImmediately = tasksToReflow.isEmpty()
+        if (runImmediately) {
+            // Play the same haptic as when neighbors spring into place.
+            MSDLPlayerWrapper.INSTANCE.get(recentsView.context)?.playToken(MSDLToken.CANCEL)
+            runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout(DISMISS_IMMEDIATE_DURATION)
+        } else {
             addNeighborSettlingSpringAnimations(
                 dismissedTaskView,
                 springAnimationDriver,
@@ -453,22 +464,13 @@ class RecentsDismissUtils(private val recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) {
                 isSpringDirectionVertical = false,
                 minVelocity = 0f,
             )
-        } else {
-            springAnimationDriver.addEndListener { _, _, _, _ ->
-                // Play the same haptic as when neighbors spring into place.
-                MSDLPlayerWrapper.INSTANCE.get(recentsView.context)?.playToken(MSDLToken.CANCEL)
+            springAnimationDriver.apply {
+                addEndListener { _, _, _, _ ->
+                    runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout(DISMISS_DEFAULT_DURATION)
+                }
+                animateToFinalPosition(dismissedTaskGap)
             }
         }
-
-        // Start animations and remove the dismissed task at the end, dismiss immediately if no
-        // neighboring tasks exist.
-        val runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout = {
-            recentsView.expressiveDismissTaskView(dismissedTaskView, onEndRunnable)
-        }
-        springAnimationDriver?.apply {
-            addEndListener { _, _, _, _ -> runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout() }
-            animateToFinalPosition(dismissedTaskGap)
-        } ?: runGridEndAnimationAndRelayout()
     }
 
     private fun getDismissedTaskGapForReflow(dismissedTaskView: TaskView): Float {
@@ -557,5 +559,7 @@ class RecentsDismissUtils(private val recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) {
         // The additional damping to apply to tasks further from the dismissed task.
         private const val ADDITIONAL_DISMISS_DAMPING_RATIO = 0.15f
         private const val RECENTS_SCALE_SPRING_MULTIPLIER = 1000f
+        private const val DISMISS_DEFAULT_DURATION = 300
+        private const val DISMISS_IMMEDIATE_DURATION = 10
     }
 }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 9f916cb685..15af8ff9b9 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -4718,10 +4718,11 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<
         runDismissAnimation(pa);
     }
 
-    protected void expressiveDismissTaskView(TaskView taskView, Function0<Unit> onEndRunnable) {
-        PendingAnimation pa = new PendingAnimation(DISMISS_TASK_DURATION);
+    protected void expressiveDismissTaskView(TaskView taskView, Function0<Unit> onEndRunnable,
+            int dismissDuration) {
+        PendingAnimation pa = new PendingAnimation(dismissDuration);
         createTaskDismissAnimation(pa, taskView, false /* animateTaskView */, true /* removeTask */,
-                DISMISS_TASK_DURATION, false /* dismissingForSplitSelection*/,
+                dismissDuration, false /* dismissingForSplitSelection*/,
                 true /* isExpressiveDismiss */);
         pa.addEndListener((success) -> onEndRunnable.invoke());
         runDismissAnimation(pa);