diff --git a/api-goldens/element-ng/tabs/index.api.md b/api-goldens/element-ng/tabs/index.api.md
index 58bb714e7..0928625af 100644
--- a/api-goldens/element-ng/tabs/index.api.md
+++ b/api-goldens/element-ng/tabs/index.api.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { FocusableOption } from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
 import { FocusKeyManager } from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
 import * as i1 from '@angular/router';
+import * as i2 from '@siemens/element-ng/tooltip';
 import { OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { RouterLink } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouterLinkActive } from '@angular/router';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import { TranslatableString } from '@siemens/element-translate-ng/translate';
 
 // @public
 export class SiTabComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective implements OnDestroy {
+    constructor();
     readonly active: _angular_core.ModelSignal<boolean>;
     readonly canActivate: _angular_core.InputSignal<(() => boolean) | undefined>;
     readonly canDeactivate: _angular_core.InputSignal<(() => boolean) | undefined>;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ export class SiTabComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective implements OnDestroy {
 
 // @public
 export class SiTabLinkComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective {
+    constructor();
     // (undocumented)
     readonly active: _angular_core.Signal<boolean | undefined>;
     // (undocumented)
diff --git a/api-goldens/element-ng/tooltip/index.api.md b/api-goldens/element-ng/tooltip/index.api.md
index 45bb40baf..09a441f1e 100644
--- a/api-goldens/element-ng/tooltip/index.api.md
+++ b/api-goldens/element-ng/tooltip/index.api.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import { Type } from '@angular/core';
 export class SiTooltipDirective implements OnDestroy {
     readonly isDisabled: i0.InputSignalWithTransform<boolean, unknown>;
     readonly placement: i0.InputSignal<"auto" | "top" | "start" | "end" | "bottom">;
-    readonly siTooltip: i0.InputSignal<TemplateRef<any> | TranslatableString>;
+    setTooltipContent(content: TranslatableString | TemplateRef<any>): void;
+    readonly siTooltip: i0.ModelSignal<TemplateRef<any> | TranslatableString>;
     readonly tooltipContext: i0.InputSignal<unknown>;
 }
 
diff --git a/playwright/e2e/element-examples/si-tabs.spec.ts b/playwright/e2e/element-examples/si-tabs.spec.ts
index 127164933..a3e3d77d5 100644
--- a/playwright/e2e/element-examples/si-tabs.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/e2e/element-examples/si-tabs.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ test.describe('si-tabs', () => {
   const example = 'si-tabs/si-tabs';
   const routingExample = 'si-tabs/si-tabs-routing';
   const iconsExample = 'si-tabs/si-tabs-icons';
+  const routingIconsExample = 'si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons';
 
   test(example, async ({ page, si }) => {
     await si.visitExample(example);
@@ -61,6 +62,17 @@ test.describe('si-tabs', () => {
 
   test(example + ' icons', async ({ page, si }) => {
     await si.visitExample(iconsExample);
+    await expect(page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Lobby' })).toBeVisible();
+    await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Lobby' }).click();
+    await expect(page.getByText('Content for Lobby')).toBeVisible();
     await si.runVisualAndA11yTests('tabs-icons');
   });
+
+  test(example + ' routing icons', async ({ page, si }) => {
+    await si.visitExample(routingIconsExample);
+    await expect(page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Home' })).toBeVisible();
+    await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Home' }).click();
+    await expect(page.getByText('This is the home page')).toBeVisible();
+    await si.runVisualAndA11yTests('tabs-routing-icons');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
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+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
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--- a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
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diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons.yaml b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons.yaml
index 75f785b32..23fb41411 100644
--- a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons.yaml
+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-icons--tabs-icons.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 - tablist:
-  - tab /\d+/ [selected]
-  - tab
-  - tab
-  - tab "1"
-- tabpanel /\d+/:
-  - paragraph: Content for Reception
\ No newline at end of file
+  - tab /Reception \d+/
+  - tab "Conference"
+  - tab "Lobby" [selected]
+  - tab "Pantry 1"
+- tabpanel "Lobby":
+  - paragraph: Content for Lobby
+- tooltip "Lobby"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing--tabs-menu-routing-coverage-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing--tabs-menu-routing-coverage-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
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+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing--tabs-menu-routing-coverage-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
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+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing--tabs-menu-routing-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
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diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons-element-examples-chromium-light-linux.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons.yaml b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cce186267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playwright/snapshots/si-tabs.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tabs--si-tabs-routing-icons--tabs-routing-icons.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- tablist:
+  - tab "Home" [selected]
+  - tab "Energy"
+  - tab "Test coverage"
+- tabpanel "Home": This is the home page
+- tooltip "Home"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/si-tooltip.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tooltip--si-tooltip--auto-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/si-tooltip.spec.ts-snapshots/si-tooltip--si-tooltip--auto-element-examples-chromium-dark-linux.png
index e2f481ae5..d1a89b910 100644
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diff --git a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab-link.component.ts b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab-link.component.ts
index aaad09605..365b62c79 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab-link.component.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab-link.component.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
  * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2025
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, effect, inject } from '@angular/core';
 import { toSignal } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
 import { Router, RouterLink, RouterLinkActive } from '@angular/router';
 import { SiIconComponent } from '@siemens/element-ng/icon';
+import { SiTooltipDirective } from '@siemens/element-ng/tooltip';
 import { SiTranslatePipe } from '@siemens/element-translate-ng/translate';
 import { startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
@@ -32,13 +33,10 @@ import { SiTabBaseDirective } from './si-tab-base.directive';
   styleUrl: './si-tab.component.scss',
   providers: [{ provide: SiTabBaseDirective, useExisting: SiTabLinkComponent }],
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
-  hostDirectives: [
-    {
-      directive: RouterLinkActive
-    }
-  ]
+  hostDirectives: [RouterLinkActive, SiTooltipDirective]
 })
 export class SiTabLinkComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective {
+  private tooltipDirective = inject(SiTooltipDirective);
   private router = inject(Router);
   /** @internal */
   routerLink = inject(RouterLink, { self: true });
@@ -59,4 +57,9 @@ export class SiTabLinkComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective {
     }
     super.selectTab(retainFocus);
   }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    effect(() => this.tooltipDirective.setTooltipContent(this.icon() ? this.heading() : ''));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.html b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.html
index 9f7ecdff0..2f69a5732 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.html
+++ b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @let icon = this.icon();
 @if (icon) {
-  <si-icon class="tab-icon" [icon]="icon" [attr.title]="heading() | translate" />
+  <si-icon class="tab-icon" [icon]="icon" [attr.aria-label]="heading() | translate" />
 } @else {
   <span class="text-truncate">{{ heading() | translate }}</span>
 }
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.ts b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.ts
index 26722cc55..0acbe3c88 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/tabs/si-tab.component.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
  * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2025
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, input, model, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+  Component,
+  effect,
+  inject,
+  input,
+  model,
+  OnDestroy
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { SiIconComponent } from '@siemens/element-ng/icon';
+import { SiTooltipDirective } from '@siemens/element-ng/tooltip';
 import { SiTranslatePipe } from '@siemens/element-translate-ng/translate';
 
 import { SiTabBadgeComponent } from './si-tab-badge.component';
@@ -31,9 +40,12 @@ import { SiTabBaseDirective } from './si-tab-base.directive';
   host: {
     '(click)': 'selectTabByUser()',
     '(keydown.enter)': 'selectTabByUser()'
-  }
+  },
+  hostDirectives: [SiTooltipDirective]
 })
 export class SiTabComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective implements OnDestroy {
+  private tooltipDirective = inject(SiTooltipDirective);
+
   /**
    * Whether the tab is active or not.
    * If set to `true`, the tab will be selected and its content will be displayed.
@@ -77,4 +89,9 @@ export class SiTabComponent extends SiTabBaseDirective implements OnDestroy {
   override deSelectTab(): void {
     this.active.set(false);
   }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    effect(() => this.tooltipDirective.setTooltipContent(this.icon() ? this.heading() : ''));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/projects/element-ng/tooltip/si-tooltip.directive.ts b/projects/element-ng/tooltip/si-tooltip.directive.ts
index 252eb179e..e35dc4f3e 100644
--- a/projects/element-ng/tooltip/si-tooltip.directive.ts
+++ b/projects/element-ng/tooltip/si-tooltip.directive.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ElementRef,
   inject,
   input,
+  model,
   OnDestroy,
   TemplateRef
 } from '@angular/core';
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export class SiTooltipDirective implements OnDestroy {
    *
    * @defaultValue ''
    */
-  readonly siTooltip = input<TranslatableString | TemplateRef<any>>('');
+  readonly siTooltip = model<TranslatableString | TemplateRef<any>>('');
 
   /**
    * The placement of the tooltip. One of 'top', 'start', end', 'bottom'
@@ -69,6 +70,14 @@ export class SiTooltipDirective implements OnDestroy {
     this.tooltipRef?.destroy();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Update the tooltip content.
+   * Can be used by components that use the tooltip directive via `hostDirectives`.
+   */
+  setTooltipContent(content: TranslatableString | TemplateRef<any>): void {
+    this.siTooltip.set(content);
+  }
+
   private clearShowTimeout(): void {
     if (this.showTimeout) {
       clearTimeout(this.showTimeout);
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-arrow.html b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-arrow.html
index cec190bc4..aa117bba8 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-arrow.html
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-arrow.html
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
   <si-tab heading="Eleven">
     <p class="mt-4">Content Eleven</p>
   </si-tab>
-  <si-tab icon="element-favorites-filled" heading="Favorites">
+  <si-tab heading="Favorites">
     <p class="mt-4">Some content</p>
   </si-tab>
-  <si-tab icon="element-alarm-filled" heading="notifications" badgeColor="danger" badgeContent="5">
+  <si-tab heading="Notifications" badgeColor="danger" badgeContent="5">
     <p class="mt-4">Some other content</p>
   </si-tab>
 </si-tabset>
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-flex.html b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-flex.html
index 14d1de21a..6c4dc04c4 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-flex.html
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-flex.html
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
   <si-tab heading="Basic title" class="flex-scroll">
     <p class="mt-4">Basic content</p>
   </si-tab>
-  <si-tab icon="element-favorites-filled" heading="Favorites" class="flex-scroll">
+  <si-tab heading="Favorites" class="flex-scroll">
     <p class="mt-4">Basic content 2</p>
   </si-tab>
   <si-tab
-    icon="element-alarm-filled"
-    heading="notifications"
+    heading="Notifications"
     badgeColor="danger"
     badgeContent="5"
     class="flex-scroll"
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.html b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41320442c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<si-tabset>
+  <a si-tab heading="Home" icon="element-home" [routerLink]="tabLink1"></a>
+  <a si-tab heading="Energy" icon="element-power" [routerLink]="tabLink2"></a>
+  <a si-tab heading="Test coverage" icon="element-alchemy-flask" [routerLink]="tabLink3"></a>
+
+  <router-outlet />
+</si-tabset>
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.ts b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f54eb9e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-tabs/si-tabs-routing-icons.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Siemens 2016 - 2025
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, AfterViewInit, Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router, RouterLink, RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
+import { Link, SiLinkDirective } from '@siemens/element-ng/link';
+import { SiTabsetComponent, SiTabLinkComponent } from '@siemens/element-ng/tabs';
+import { provideExampleRoutes } from '@siemens/live-preview';
+
+// Dummy components to be used in the router outlet for the example
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-home',
+  template: `<div class="p-5">This is the home page</div>`,
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
+})
+export class HomeComponent {}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-energy',
+  template: `<div class="p-5">Energy consumption</div>`
+})
+export class EnergyComponent {}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-test-coverage',
+  imports: [RouterOutlet, SiLinkDirective],
+  template: `<div class="p-5"
+    >Total test coverage: 80%
+    <br />
+    <br />
+    <a [siLink]="e2eRouterLink">Check E2E coverage details</a><br />
+    <br />
+    <a [siLink]="unitRouterLink">Check Unit tests coverage details</a>
+    <br />
+    <br />
+    <router-outlet />
+  </div>`
+})
+export class TestCoverageComponent {
+  e2eRouterLink: Link = { link: 'e2e-coverage' };
+  unitRouterLink: Link = { link: 'unit-coverage' };
+}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-e2e-coverage',
+  template: `E2E test coverage is 70%`
+})
+export class E2ECoverageComponent {}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-unit-coverage',
+  template: `Unit test coverage is 90%`
+})
+export class UnitCoverageComponent {}
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-sample',
+  imports: [SiTabsetComponent, SiTabLinkComponent, RouterOutlet, RouterLink],
+  templateUrl: './si-tabs-routing-icons.html',
+  providers: [
+    provideExampleRoutes([
+      {
+        path: 'tab-1',
+        component: HomeComponent
+      },
+      {
+        path: 'tab-2',
+        component: EnergyComponent
+      },
+      {
+        path: 'tab-3',
+        component: TestCoverageComponent,
+        children: [
+          { path: 'e2e-coverage', component: E2ECoverageComponent },
+          {
+            path: 'unit-coverage',
+            component: UnitCoverageComponent
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ])
+  ],
+  host: { class: 'p-5' }
+})
+export class SampleComponent implements AfterViewInit {
+  protected tabLink1 = ['tab-1'];
+  protected tabLink2 = ['tab-2'];
+  protected tabLink3 = ['tab-3'];
+
+  router = inject(Router);
+  activatedRoute = inject(ActivatedRoute);
+  ngAfterViewInit(): void {
+    // Wait for live preview to initialize the router configs
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.router.navigate(this.tabLink1, {
+        relativeTo: this.activatedRoute
+      });
+    }, 1);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/examples/si-tooltip/si-tooltip.html b/src/app/examples/si-tooltip/si-tooltip.html
index e10843482..bcc9ee614 100644
--- a/src/app/examples/si-tooltip/si-tooltip.html
+++ b/src/app/examples/si-tooltip/si-tooltip.html
@@ -123,22 +123,14 @@ <h4>Other examples</h4>
         A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
       </button>
       <si-tabset class="w-50">
-        <si-tab heading="Heading" icon="element-portfolio" siTooltip="Portfolio">
-          <p class="mt-4">Portfolio</p>
+        <si-tab heading="Robot" icon="element-bot">
+          <p class="mt-4">Hi, I'm a robot</p>
         </si-tab>
-        <si-tab
-          heading="Heading"
-          icon="element-portfolio-kpi"
-          siTooltip="Sustainability portfolio KPI"
-        >
-          <p class="mt-4">Performance</p>
+        <si-tab heading="Microwave" icon="element-microwave-on">
+          <p class="mt-4">Hi, I'm a microwave</p>
         </si-tab>
-        <si-tab
-          heading="Heading"
-          icon="element-sustainability"
-          siTooltip="Sustainability portfolio"
-        >
-          <p class="mt-4">Sustainability</p>
+        <si-tab heading="Star" icon="element-favorites">
+          <p class="mt-4">Hi, I'm a star</p>
         </si-tab>
       </si-tabset>
     </div>