diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManager.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
index 8e17037f518..8b57b47a2f9 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
@@ -77,8 +77,19 @@ class TalkModeManager(
       return trimmed.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
     }
 
+    private fun selectResolvedTalkProviderConfig(talk: JsonObject): TalkProviderConfigSelection? {
+      val resolved = talk["resolved"].asObjectOrNull() ?: return null
+      val providerId = normalizeTalkProviderId(resolved["provider"].asStringOrNull()) ?: return null
+      return TalkProviderConfigSelection(
+        provider = providerId,
+        config = resolved["config"].asObjectOrNull() ?: buildJsonObject {},
+        normalizedPayload = true,
+      )
+    }
+
     internal fun selectTalkProviderConfig(talk: JsonObject?): TalkProviderConfigSelection? {
       if (talk == null) return null
+      selectResolvedTalkProviderConfig(talk)?.let { return it }
       val rawProvider = talk["provider"].asStringOrNull()
       val rawProviders = talk["providers"].asObjectOrNull()
       val hasNormalizedPayload = rawProvider != null || rawProviders != null
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeConfigParsingTest.kt b/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeConfigParsingTest.kt
index a1a06e6aac3..218f7511cf0 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeConfigParsingTest.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeConfigParsingTest.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,36 @@ import org.junit.Test
 class TalkModeConfigParsingTest {
   private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
 
+  @Test
+  fun prefersCanonicalResolvedTalkProviderPayload() {
+    val talk =
+      json.parseToJsonElement(
+          """
+          {
+            "resolved": {
+              "provider": "elevenlabs",
+              "config": {
+                "voiceId": "voice-resolved"
+              }
+            },
+            "provider": "elevenlabs",
+            "providers": {
+              "elevenlabs": {
+                "voiceId": "voice-normalized"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+        .jsonObject
+
+    val selection = TalkModeManager.selectTalkProviderConfig(talk)
+    assertNotNull(selection)
+    assertEquals("elevenlabs", selection?.provider)
+    assertTrue(selection?.normalizedPayload == true)
+    assertEquals("voice-resolved", selection?.config?.get("voiceId")?.jsonPrimitive?.content)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun prefersNormalizedTalkProviderPayload() {
     val talk =
diff --git a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/TalkConfigParsing.swift b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/TalkConfigParsing.swift
index f25eba5aa6f..05c587b2e9d 100644
--- a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/TalkConfigParsing.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/TalkConfigParsing.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ public enum TalkConfigParsing {
         allowLegacyFallback: Bool = true,
     ) -> TalkProviderConfigSelection? {
         guard let talk else { return nil }
+        if let resolvedSelection = self.resolvedProviderConfig(talk) {
+            return resolvedSelection
+        }
         let rawProvider = talk["provider"]?.stringValue
         let rawProviders = talk["providers"]
         let hasNormalizedPayload = rawProvider != nil || rawProviders != nil
@@ -68,6 +71,19 @@ public enum TalkConfigParsing {
         return trimmed.isEmpty ? nil : trimmed
     }
 
+    private static func resolvedProviderConfig(
+        _ talk: [String: AnyCodable]
+    ) -> TalkProviderConfigSelection? {
+        guard
+            let resolved = talk["resolved"]?.dictionaryValue,
+            let providerID = self.normalizedTalkProviderID(resolved["provider"]?.stringValue)
+        else { return nil }
+        return TalkProviderConfigSelection(
+            provider: providerID,
+            config: resolved["config"]?.dictionaryValue ?? [:],
+            normalizedPayload: true)
+    }
+
     private static func normalizedTalkProviders(_ raw: AnyCodable?) -> [String: [String: AnyCodable]] {
         guard let providerMap = raw?.dictionaryValue else { return [:] }
         return providerMap.reduce(into: [String: [String: AnyCodable]]()) { acc, entry in
diff --git a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/TalkConfigParsingTests.swift b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/TalkConfigParsingTests.swift
index aa2f8081d34..5edd2ff3368 100644
--- a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/TalkConfigParsingTests.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/TalkConfigParsingTests.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@ import OpenClawKit
 import Testing
 
 struct TalkConfigParsingTests {
+    @Test func prefersCanonicalResolvedTalkProviderPayload() {
+        let talk: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "resolved": AnyCodable([
+                "provider": "elevenlabs",
+                "config": [
+                    "voiceId": "voice-resolved",
+                ],
+            ]),
+            "provider": AnyCodable("elevenlabs"),
+            "providers": AnyCodable([
+                "elevenlabs": [
+                    "voiceId": "voice-normalized",
+                ],
+            ]),
+        ]
+
+        let selection = TalkConfigParsing.selectProviderConfig(talk, defaultProvider: "elevenlabs")
+        #expect(selection?.provider == "elevenlabs")
+        #expect(selection?.normalizedPayload == true)
+        #expect(selection?.config["voiceId"]?.stringValue == "voice-resolved")
+    }
+
     @Test func prefersNormalizedTalkProviderPayload() {
         let talk: [String: AnyCodable] = [
             "provider": AnyCodable("elevenlabs"),
diff --git a/src/config/defaults.ts b/src/config/defaults.ts
index b8e20f260a1..2febc3869ee 100644
--- a/src/config/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/config/defaults.ts
@@ -178,17 +178,17 @@ export function applyTalkApiKey(config: OpenClawConfig): OpenClawConfig {
 
   const talk = normalized.talk;
   const active = resolveActiveTalkProviderConfig(talk);
-  if (active.provider && active.provider !== DEFAULT_TALK_PROVIDER) {
+  if (active?.provider && active.provider !== DEFAULT_TALK_PROVIDER) {
     return normalized;
   }
 
-  const existingProviderApiKeyConfigured = hasConfiguredSecretInput(active.config?.apiKey);
+  const existingProviderApiKeyConfigured = hasConfiguredSecretInput(active?.config?.apiKey);
   const existingLegacyApiKeyConfigured = hasConfiguredSecretInput(talk?.apiKey);
   if (existingProviderApiKeyConfigured || existingLegacyApiKeyConfigured) {
     return normalized;
   }
 
-  const providerId = active.provider ?? DEFAULT_TALK_PROVIDER;
+  const providerId = active?.provider ?? DEFAULT_TALK_PROVIDER;
   const providers = { ...talk?.providers };
   const providerConfig = { ...providers[providerId], apiKey: resolved };
   providers[providerId] = providerConfig;
diff --git a/src/config/talk.normalize.test.ts b/src/config/talk.normalize.test.ts
index ebca72326ab..f2b1ddff1a1 100644
--- a/src/config/talk.normalize.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/talk.normalize.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { withEnvAsync } from "../test-utils/env.js";
 import { createConfigIO } from "./io.js";
-import { normalizeTalkSection } from "./talk.js";
+import { buildTalkConfigResponse, normalizeTalkSection } from "./talk.js";
 
 const envVar = (...parts: string[]) => parts.join("_");
 const elevenLabsApiKeyEnv = ["ELEVENLABS_API", "KEY"].join("_");
@@ -82,6 +82,40 @@ describe("talk normalization", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("builds a canonical resolved talk payload for clients", () => {
+    const payload = buildTalkConfigResponse({
+      provider: "acme",
+      providers: {
+        acme: {
+          voiceId: "acme-voice",
+          modelId: "acme-model",
+        },
+      },
+      voiceId: "legacy-voice",
+      interruptOnSpeech: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(payload).toEqual({
+      provider: "acme",
+      providers: {
+        acme: {
+          voiceId: "acme-voice",
+          modelId: "acme-model",
+        },
+      },
+      resolved: {
+        provider: "acme",
+        config: {
+          voiceId: "acme-voice",
+          modelId: "acme-model",
+        },
+      },
+      voiceId: "acme-voice",
+      modelId: "acme-model",
+      interruptOnSpeech: true,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("preserves SecretRef apiKey values during normalization", () => {
     const normalized = normalizeTalkSection({
       provider: "elevenlabs",
diff --git a/src/config/talk.ts b/src/config/talk.ts
index 557153d99d8..2d8f4b79c3d 100644
--- a/src/config/talk.ts
+++ b/src/config/talk.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import type { TalkConfig, TalkProviderConfig } from "./types.gateway.js";
+import type {
+  ResolvedTalkConfig,
+  TalkConfig,
+  TalkConfigResponse,
+  TalkProviderConfig,
+} from "./types.gateway.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./types.js";
 import { coerceSecretRef } from "./types.secrets.js";
 
@@ -247,25 +252,24 @@ export function normalizeTalkConfig(config: OpenClawConfig): OpenClawConfig {
   };
 }
 
-export function resolveActiveTalkProviderConfig(talk: TalkConfig | undefined): {
-  provider?: string;
-  config?: TalkProviderConfig;
-} {
+export function resolveActiveTalkProviderConfig(
+  talk: TalkConfig | undefined,
+): ResolvedTalkConfig | undefined {
   const normalizedTalk = normalizeTalkSection(talk);
   if (!normalizedTalk) {
-    return {};
+    return undefined;
   }
   const provider = activeProviderFromTalk(normalizedTalk);
   if (!provider) {
-    return {};
+    return undefined;
   }
   return {
     provider,
-    config: normalizedTalk.providers?.[provider],
+    config: normalizedTalk.providers?.[provider] ?? {},
   };
 }
 
-export function buildTalkConfigResponse(value: unknown): TalkConfig | undefined {
+export function buildTalkConfigResponse(value: unknown): TalkConfigResponse | undefined {
   if (!isPlainObject(value)) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -274,7 +278,7 @@ export function buildTalkConfigResponse(value: unknown): TalkConfig | undefined
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const payload: TalkConfig = {};
+  const payload: TalkConfigResponse = {};
   if (typeof normalized.interruptOnSpeech === "boolean") {
     payload.interruptOnSpeech = normalized.interruptOnSpeech;
   }
@@ -288,8 +292,12 @@ export function buildTalkConfigResponse(value: unknown): TalkConfig | undefined
     payload.provider = normalized.provider;
   }
 
-  const activeProvider = activeProviderFromTalk(normalized);
-  const providerConfig = activeProvider ? normalized.providers?.[activeProvider] : undefined;
+  const resolved = resolveActiveTalkProviderConfig(normalized);
+  if (resolved) {
+    payload.resolved = resolved;
+  }
+
+  const providerConfig = resolved?.config;
   const providerCompatibilityLegacy = legacyTalkFieldsFromProviderConfig(providerConfig);
   const compatibilityLegacy =
     Object.keys(providerCompatibilityLegacy).length > 0
diff --git a/src/config/types.gateway.ts b/src/config/types.gateway.ts
index 482dd09aeb9..58b061682a1 100644
--- a/src/config/types.gateway.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.gateway.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ export type TalkProviderConfig = {
   [key: string]: unknown;
 };
 
+export type ResolvedTalkConfig = {
+  /** Active Talk TTS provider resolved from the current config payload. */
+  provider: string;
+  /** Provider config for the active Talk provider. */
+  config: TalkProviderConfig;
+};
+
 export type TalkConfig = {
   /** Active Talk TTS provider (for example "elevenlabs"). */
   provider?: string;
@@ -84,6 +91,11 @@ export type TalkConfig = {
   apiKey?: SecretInput;
 };
 
+export type TalkConfigResponse = TalkConfig & {
+  /** Canonical active Talk payload for clients. */
+  resolved?: ResolvedTalkConfig;
+};
+
 export type GatewayControlUiConfig = {
   /** If false, the Gateway will not serve the Control UI (default /). */
   enabled?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/gateway/protocol/schema/channels.ts b/src/gateway/protocol/schema/channels.ts
index 24088fcaffd..cfe05819caa 100644
--- a/src/gateway/protocol/schema/channels.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/protocol/schema/channels.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ const TalkProviderConfigSchema = Type.Object(
   { additionalProperties: true },
 );
 
+const ResolvedTalkConfigSchema = Type.Object(
+  {
+    provider: Type.String(),
+    config: TalkProviderConfigSchema,
+  },
+  { additionalProperties: false },
+);
+
 export const TalkConfigResultSchema = Type.Object(
   {
     config: Type.Object(
@@ -36,6 +44,7 @@ export const TalkConfigResultSchema = Type.Object(
             {
               provider: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
               providers: Type.Optional(Type.Record(Type.String(), TalkProviderConfigSchema)),
+              resolved: Type.Optional(ResolvedTalkConfigSchema),
               voiceId: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
               voiceAliases: Type.Optional(Type.Record(Type.String(), Type.String())),
               modelId: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.talk-config.test.ts b/src/gateway/server.talk-config.test.ts
index 1dcb29ea496..5c7fb760ed9 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.talk-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.talk-config.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ describe("gateway talk.config", () => {
             providers?: {
               elevenlabs?: { voiceId?: string; apiKey?: string };
             };
+            resolved?: {
+              provider?: string;
+              config?: { voiceId?: string; apiKey?: string };
+            };
             apiKey?: string;
             voiceId?: string;
             silenceTimeoutMs?: number;
@@ -103,6 +107,9 @@ describe("gateway talk.config", () => {
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.providers?.elevenlabs?.apiKey).toBe(
         "__OPENCLAW_REDACTED__",
       );
+      expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.resolved?.provider).toBe("elevenlabs");
+      expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.resolved?.config?.voiceId).toBe("voice-123");
+      expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.resolved?.config?.apiKey).toBe("__OPENCLAW_REDACTED__");
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.voiceId).toBe("voice-123");
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.apiKey).toBe("__OPENCLAW_REDACTED__");
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.silenceTimeoutMs).toBe(1500);
@@ -156,6 +163,10 @@ describe("gateway talk.config", () => {
             providers?: {
               elevenlabs?: { voiceId?: string };
             };
+            resolved?: {
+              provider?: string;
+              config?: { voiceId?: string };
+            };
             voiceId?: string;
           };
         };
@@ -163,6 +174,8 @@ describe("gateway talk.config", () => {
       expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.provider).toBe("elevenlabs");
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.providers?.elevenlabs?.voiceId).toBe("voice-normalized");
+      expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.resolved?.provider).toBe("elevenlabs");
+      expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.resolved?.config?.voiceId).toBe("voice-normalized");
       expect(res.payload?.config?.talk?.voiceId).toBe("voice-normalized");
     });
   });