diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarPinningController.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarPinningController.kt
index d1bed3e714..20d63432a1 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarPinningController.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarPinningController.kt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class TaskbarPinningController(private val context: TaskbarActivityContext) :
         animatorSet.doOnEnd { recreateTaskbarAndUpdatePinningValue() }
         animatorSet.duration = PINNING_ANIMATION_DURATION
         updateIsAnimatingTaskbarPinningAndNotifyTaskbarDragLayer(true)
+        taskbarViewController.animateAwayNotificationDotsDuringTaskbarPinningAnimation()
         animatorSet.start()
     }
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
index 0780cf8747..c54288c500 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/taskbar/TaskbarViewController.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import androidx.core.graphics.ColorUtils;
 import androidx.core.view.OneShotPreDrawListener;
 
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators;
+import com.android.launcher3.BubbleTextView;
 import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAppState;
 import com.android.launcher3.R;
@@ -338,6 +339,17 @@ public class TaskbarViewController implements TaskbarControllers.LoggableTaskbar
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Animate away taskbar icon notification dots during the taskbar pinning animation.
+     */
+    public void animateAwayNotificationDotsDuringTaskbarPinningAnimation() {
+        for (View iconView : mTaskbarView.getIconViews()) {
+            if (iconView instanceof BubbleTextView && ((BubbleTextView) iconView).hasDot()) {
+                ((BubbleTextView) iconView).animateDotScale(0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private void updateTaskbarIconTranslationXForPinning() {
         View[] iconViews = mTaskbarView.getIconViews();
         float scale = mTaskbarIconTranslationXForPinning.value;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
index ddcb1e629c..e2e528c968 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/BubbleTextView.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends TextView implements ItemInfoUpdateReceiver,
         }
     }
 
-    private void animateDotScale(float... dotScales) {
+    public void animateDotScale(float... dotScales) {
         cancelDotScaleAnim();
         mDotScaleAnim = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(this, DOT_SCALE_PROPERTY, dotScales);
         mDotScaleAnim.addListener(new AnimatorListenerAdapter() {
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ public class BubbleTextView extends TextView implements ItemInfoUpdateReceiver,
         return mForceHideDot;
     }
 
-    private boolean hasDot() {
+    public boolean hasDot() {
         return mDotInfo != null;
     }