diff --git a/iphone/Closer/Services/FirestoreService.swift b/iphone/Closer/Services/FirestoreService.swift
index 85d0553c..42cb97d8 100644
--- a/iphone/Closer/Services/FirestoreService.swift
+++ b/iphone/Closer/Services/FirestoreService.swift
@@ -349,6 +349,47 @@ extension FirestoreService {
         try await ref.setData(data, merge: true)
     }
 
+    /// Wraps a one-time AES-256 answer key for the partner via the server-side
+    /// `wrapReleaseKeyCallable`. This lets iOS release a sealed-answer key to an
+    /// Android partner without implementing Tink ECIES locally.
+    ///
+    /// The function accepts any Tink-compatible `keybox:v1:` string as well as the
+    /// iOS-native Path A envelope emitted by `KeyboxCrypto`. iOS→iOS uses the native
+    /// Path A envelope; iOS→Android goes through the server-translated Tink format.
+    public func wrapReleaseKeyForPartner(
+        oneTimeKey: Data,
+        recipientUserId: String,
+        aad: String = "closer_release_key"
+    ) async throws -> Keybox {
+        guard let userId = Auth.auth().currentUser?.uid else {
+            throw FirestoreError.notAuthenticated
+        }
+        let request: [String: Any] = [
+            "recipientUserId": recipientUserId,
+            "oneTimeKey": oneTimeKey.base64EncodedString(),
+            "aad": aad
+        ]
+        let result = try await functions.httpsCallable("wrapReleaseKeyCallable").call(request)
+        guard let data = result.data as? [String: Any],
+              let keyboxString = data["keybox"] as? String,
+              keyboxString.hasPrefix(KeyboxCrypto.keyboxPrefix) else {
+            throw FirestoreError.invalidResponse
+        }
+        // The server may return a Tink-format keybox (raw base64url) or a structured
+        // Path A JSON envelope. We normalize to the Keybox struct so downstream code
+        // only has to deal with one type. For Tink keyboxes the raw ciphertext is the
+        // entire payload; ephemeralPublicKey and mac are empty because Tink embeds
+        // them internally.
+        let ciphertextB64 = data["ciphertext"] as? String ?? String(keyboxString.dropFirst(KeyboxCrypto.keyboxPrefix.count))
+        let ephemeralPublicKeyB64 = data["ephemeralPublicKey"] as? String ?? ""
+        let macB64 = data["mac"] as? String ?? ""
+        return Keybox(
+            ephemeralPublicKey: Data(base64Encoded: ephemeralPublicKeyB64) ?? Data(),
+            ciphertext: Data(base64Encoded: ciphertextB64) ?? Data(),
+            mac: Data(base64Encoded: macB64) ?? Data()
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Observes the release-key subdoc written by the partner for us.
     public func observeOwnReleaseKey(
         coupleId: String,
diff --git a/iphone/CloserTests/CryptoTests/KeyboxCallableTests.swift b/iphone/CloserTests/CryptoTests/KeyboxCallableTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..506cdbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iphone/CloserTests/CryptoTests/KeyboxCallableTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import XCTest
+@testable import Closer
+
+/// Mock implementation of the release-key callable for testing the iOS request shape.
+final class MockFirestoreReleaseKey: FirestoreService {
+    private let recipientUserId: String
+    private let keyboxResponse: String
+    private var capturedRequest: [String: Any]?
+
+    init(recipientUserId: String, keyboxResponse: String) {
+        self.recipientUserId = recipientUserId
+        self.keyboxResponse = keyboxResponse
+        super.init()
+    }
+
+    override func wrapReleaseKeyForPartner(
+        oneTimeKey: Data,
+        recipientUserId: String,
+        aad: String = "closer_release_key"
+    ) async throws -> Keybox {
+        // Capture the request shape exactly as the real implementation would send it.
+        capturedRequest = [
+            "recipientUserId": recipientUserId,
+            "oneTimeKey": oneTimeKey.base64EncodedString(),
+            "aad": aad
+        ]
+        return Keybox(
+            ephemeralPublicKey: Data(),
+            ciphertext: Data(base64Encoded: keyboxResponse) ?? Data(),
+            mac: Data()
+        )
+    }
+
+    func capturedRequestDictionary() -> [String: Any]? {
+        capturedRequest
+    }
+}
+
+final class KeyboxCallableTests: XCTestCase {
+    private let oneTimeKey = Data((0..<32).map { UInt8($0) })
+    private let recipientUserId = "partner-user-123"
+
+    func testWrapReleaseKeyRequestShape() async throws {
+        let mockKeybox = "dGVzdC1rZXlib3gtY2lwaGVydGV4dC1ibG9i"
+        let service = MockFirestoreReleaseKey(
+            recipientUserId: recipientUserId,
+            keyboxResponse: mockKeybox
+        )
+
+        let keybox = try await service.wrapReleaseKeyForPartner(
+            oneTimeKey: oneTimeKey,
+            recipientUserId: recipientUserId
+        )
+
+        guard let request = service.capturedRequestDictionary() else {
+            XCTFail("Expected a captured request")
+            return
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(request["recipientUserId"] as? String, recipientUserId)
+        XCTAssertEqual(request["oneTimeKey"] as? String, oneTimeKey.base64EncodedString())
+        XCTAssertEqual(request["aad"] as? String, "closer_release_key")
+
+        // The response should be normalized into a Keybox struct.
+        XCTAssertTrue(keybox.ciphertext.count > 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(keybox.ephemeralPublicKey.count, 0)
+        XCTAssertEqual(keybox.mac.count, 0)
+    }
+
+    func testWrapReleaseKeyCustomAAD() async throws {
+        let service = MockFirestoreReleaseKey(
+            recipientUserId: recipientUserId,
+            keyboxResponse: "Y3VzdG9tLWtleWJveC1ibG9i"
+        )
+
+        _ = try await service.wrapReleaseKeyForPartner(
+            oneTimeKey: oneTimeKey,
+            recipientUserId: recipientUserId,
+            aad: "custom_aad"
+        )
+
+        guard let request = service.capturedRequestDictionary() else {
+            XCTFail("Expected a captured request")
+            return
+        }
+        XCTAssertEqual(request["aad"] as? String, "custom_aad")
+    }
+}