diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf2a534ff8e..78a7a0be832 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 ### Fixes
 
 - Gateway/sessions: move hot transcript reads and mirror appends onto async bounded IO with serialized parent-linked writes, keeping large session histories from stalling Gateway requests and channel replies. Fixes #75656. Thanks @DerFlash.
+- macOS/Voice Wake: accept trigger-only phrases in the built-in Voice Wake test, matching the settings UI and runtime trigger-only path instead of requiring extra command text after the wake word. Fixes #64986. Thanks @zoiks65.
 - Cron/TTS: run cron announce payloads through the normal TTS directive transform before outbound delivery, so scheduled `[[tts]]` replies generate voice payloads instead of leaking raw tags. Fixes #52125. Thanks @kenchen3000.
 - WhatsApp: save downloadable quoted image media from reply context as inbound media, so agents can inspect an image that a user replied to instead of only seeing `<media:image>`. Fixes #59174. Thanks @gaffner.
 - Doctor/WhatsApp: warn when Linux crontabs still run the legacy `ensure-whatsapp.sh` health check, which can misreport `Gateway inactive` when cron lacks the systemd user-bus environment. Fixes #60204. Thanks @mySebbe.
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.swift
index ab436c0b1c5..ac93283d6b5 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.swift
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ enum VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport {
             trigger: VoiceWakeTextUtils.matchedTriggerWord(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers))
     }
 
+    static func triggerOnlyFallbackMatch(
+        transcript: String,
+        triggers: [String],
+        trimWake: (String, [String]) -> String) -> WakeWordGateMatch?
+    {
+        guard VoiceWakeTextUtils.isTriggerOnly(
+            transcript: transcript,
+            triggers: triggers,
+            trimWake: trimWake)
+        else { return nil }
+        return WakeWordGateMatch(
+            triggerEndTime: 0,
+            postGap: 0,
+            command: "",
+            trigger: VoiceWakeTextUtils.matchedTriggerWord(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers))
+    }
+
     static func transcriptSummary(
         transcript: String,
         triggers: [String],
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
index 3d8c93abbd0..3db6a92146f 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeRuntime.swift
@@ -517,12 +517,10 @@ actor VoiceWakeRuntime {
     }
 
     private static func isTriggerOnlyText(transcript: String, triggers: [String]) -> Bool {
-        guard WakeWordGate.matchesTextOnly(text: transcript, triggers: triggers) else { return false }
-        guard
-            VoiceWakeTextUtils.startsWithTrigger(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers)
-            || VoiceWakeTextUtils.hasOnlyFillerBeforeTrigger(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers)
-        else { return false }
-        return self.trimmedAfterTrigger(transcript, triggers: triggers).isEmpty
+        VoiceWakeTextUtils.isTriggerOnly(
+            transcript: transcript,
+            triggers: triggers,
+            trimWake: self.trimmedAfterTrigger)
     }
 
     private static func matchedTriggerWordText(transcript: String, triggers: [String]) -> String? {
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTester.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTester.swift
index 906f4a1c8b7..2eff26b7765 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTester.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTester.swift
@@ -230,15 +230,23 @@ final class VoiceWakeTester {
         if self.holdingAfterDetect {
             return
         }
-        if let match, !match.command.isEmpty {
+        let triggerOnlyMatch = match == nil
+            ? VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.triggerOnlyFallbackMatch(
+                transcript: text,
+                triggers: self.currentTriggers,
+                trimWake: WakeWordGate.stripWake)
+            : nil
+        let acceptedMatch = match.flatMap { $0.command.isEmpty ? nil : $0 } ?? triggerOnlyMatch
+        if let match = acceptedMatch {
             self.holdingAfterDetect = true
-            self.detectedText = match.command
-            self.logger.info("voice wake detected (test) (len=\(match.command.count))")
+            let detectedText = match.command.isEmpty ? (match.trigger ?? text) : match.command
+            self.detectedText = detectedText
+            self.logger.info("voice wake detected (test) (len=\(detectedText.count))")
             await MainActor.run { AppStateStore.shared.triggerVoiceEars(ttl: nil) }
             self.stop()
             await MainActor.run {
                 AppStateStore.shared.stopVoiceEars()
-                onUpdate(.detected(match.command))
+                onUpdate(.detected(detectedText))
             }
             return
         }
@@ -399,20 +407,26 @@ final class VoiceWakeTester {
             guard !self.isStopping, !self.holdingAfterDetect else { return }
             guard let lastSeenAt, let lastText else { return }
             guard self.lastTranscriptAt == lastSeenAt, self.lastTranscript == lastText else { return }
-            guard let match = VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.textOnlyFallbackMatch(
+            let gateConfig = WakeWordGateConfig(triggers: triggers)
+            let match = VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.textOnlyFallbackMatch(
                 transcript: lastText,
                 triggers: triggers,
-                config: WakeWordGateConfig(triggers: triggers),
+                config: gateConfig,
                 trimWake: WakeWordGate.stripWake)
-            else { return }
+                ?? VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.triggerOnlyFallbackMatch(
+                    transcript: lastText,
+                    triggers: triggers,
+                    trimWake: WakeWordGate.stripWake)
+            guard let match else { return }
             self.holdingAfterDetect = true
-            self.detectedText = match.command
-            self.logger.info("voice wake detected (test, silence) (len=\(match.command.count))")
+            let detectedText = match.command.isEmpty ? (match.trigger ?? lastText) : match.command
+            self.detectedText = detectedText
+            self.logger.info("voice wake detected (test, silence) (len=\(detectedText.count))")
             await MainActor.run { AppStateStore.shared.triggerVoiceEars(ttl: nil) }
             self.stop()
             await MainActor.run {
                 AppStateStore.shared.stopVoiceEars()
-                onUpdate(.detected(match.command))
+                onUpdate(.detected(detectedText))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTextUtils.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTextUtils.swift
index 3caa6c1a804..d2f2aaf017b 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTextUtils.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/VoiceWakeTextUtils.swift
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ enum VoiceWakeTextUtils {
         return trimmed
     }
 
+    static func isTriggerOnly(
+        transcript: String,
+        triggers: [String],
+        trimWake: TrimWake) -> Bool
+    {
+        guard WakeWordGate.matchesTextOnly(text: transcript, triggers: triggers) else { return false }
+        guard
+            self.startsWithTrigger(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers)
+            || self.hasOnlyFillerBeforeTrigger(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers)
+        else { return false }
+        return trimWake(transcript, triggers).isEmpty
+    }
+
     static func hasOnlyFillerBeforeTrigger(transcript: String, triggers: [String]) -> Bool {
         guard let match = self.bestRawTriggerMatch(transcript: transcript, triggers: triggers) else { return false }
         let prefixTokens = transcript[..<match.range.lowerBound]
diff --git a/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/VoiceWakeTesterTests.swift b/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/VoiceWakeTesterTests.swift
index 666587e8cbd..97e5b5fa59c 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/VoiceWakeTesterTests.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Tests/OpenClawIPCTests/VoiceWakeTesterTests.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import SwabbleKit
 import Testing
+@testable import OpenClaw
 
 struct VoiceWakeTesterTests {
     @Test func `match respects gap requirement`() {
@@ -30,4 +31,23 @@ struct VoiceWakeTesterTests {
         let config = WakeWordGateConfig(triggers: ["claude"], minPostTriggerGap: 0.3)
         #expect(WakeWordGate.match(transcript: transcript, segments: segments, config: config)?.command == "do thing")
     }
+
+    @Test func `trigger only fallback accepts bare test trigger`() {
+        let match = VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.triggerOnlyFallbackMatch(
+            transcript: "hey openclaw",
+            triggers: ["openclaw"],
+            trimWake: { WakeWordGate.stripWake(text: $0, triggers: $1) })
+
+        #expect(match?.command == "")
+        #expect(match?.trigger == "openclaw")
+    }
+
+    @Test func `trigger only fallback rejects trailing mention`() {
+        let match = VoiceWakeRecognitionDebugSupport.triggerOnlyFallbackMatch(
+            transcript: "tell me about openclaw",
+            triggers: ["openclaw"],
+            trimWake: { WakeWordGate.stripWake(text: $0, triggers: $1) })
+
+        #expect(match == nil)
+    }
 }