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 07bd8a346f0..70b6113fc35 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
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class TalkModeManager(
     _lastAssistantText.value = cleaned
 
     val requestedVoice = directive?.voiceId?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
-    val resolvedVoice = resolveVoiceAlias(requestedVoice)
+    val resolvedVoice = TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceAlias(requestedVoice, voiceAliases)
     if (requestedVoice != null && resolvedVoice == null) {
       Log.w(tag, "unknown voice alias: $requestedVoice")
     }
@@ -836,12 +836,35 @@ class TalkModeManager(
       apiKey?.trim()?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
         ?: System.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY")?.trim()
     val preferredVoice = resolvedVoice ?: currentVoiceId ?: defaultVoiceId
-    val voiceId =
+    val resolvedPlaybackVoice =
       if (!apiKey.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-        resolveVoiceId(preferredVoice, apiKey)
+        try {
+          TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceId(
+            preferred = preferredVoice,
+            fallbackVoiceId = fallbackVoiceId,
+            defaultVoiceId = defaultVoiceId,
+            currentVoiceId = currentVoiceId,
+            voiceOverrideActive = voiceOverrideActive,
+            listVoices = { TalkModeVoiceResolver.listVoices(apiKey, json) },
+          )
+        } catch (err: Throwable) {
+          Log.w(tag, "list voices failed: ${err.message ?: err::class.simpleName}")
+          null
+        }
       } else {
         null
       }
+    resolvedPlaybackVoice?.let { resolved ->
+      fallbackVoiceId = resolved.fallbackVoiceId
+      defaultVoiceId = resolved.defaultVoiceId
+      currentVoiceId = resolved.currentVoiceId
+      resolved.selectedVoiceName?.let { name ->
+        resolved.voiceId?.let { voiceId ->
+          Log.d(tag, "default voice selected $name ($voiceId)")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    val voiceId = resolvedPlaybackVoice?.voiceId
 
     _statusText.value = "Speaking…"
     _isSpeaking.value = true
@@ -1703,82 +1726,6 @@ class TalkModeManager(
     }
   }
 
-  private fun resolveVoiceAlias(value: String?): String? {
-    val trimmed = value?.trim().orEmpty()
-    if (trimmed.isEmpty()) return null
-    val normalized = normalizeAliasKey(trimmed)
-    voiceAliases[normalized]?.let { return it }
-    if (voiceAliases.values.any { it.equals(trimmed, ignoreCase = true) }) return trimmed
-    return if (isLikelyVoiceId(trimmed)) trimmed else null
-  }
-
-  private suspend fun resolveVoiceId(preferred: String?, apiKey: String): String? {
-    val trimmed = preferred?.trim().orEmpty()
-    if (trimmed.isNotEmpty()) {
-      val resolved = resolveVoiceAlias(trimmed)
-      // If it resolves as an alias, use the alias target.
-      // Otherwise treat it as a direct voice ID (e.g. "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM").
-      return resolved ?: trimmed
-    }
-    fallbackVoiceId?.let { return it }
-
-    return try {
-      val voices = listVoices(apiKey)
-      val first = voices.firstOrNull() ?: return null
-      fallbackVoiceId = first.voiceId
-      if (defaultVoiceId.isNullOrBlank()) {
-        defaultVoiceId = first.voiceId
-      }
-      if (!voiceOverrideActive) {
-        currentVoiceId = first.voiceId
-      }
-      val name = first.name ?: "unknown"
-      Log.d(tag, "default voice selected $name (${first.voiceId})")
-      first.voiceId
-    } catch (err: Throwable) {
-      Log.w(tag, "list voices failed: ${err.message ?: err::class.simpleName}")
-      null
-    }
-  }
-
-  private suspend fun listVoices(apiKey: String): List<ElevenLabsVoice> {
-    return withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-      val url = URL("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices")
-      val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
-      conn.requestMethod = "GET"
-      conn.connectTimeout = 15_000
-      conn.readTimeout = 15_000
-      conn.setRequestProperty("xi-api-key", apiKey)
-
-      val code = conn.responseCode
-      val stream = if (code >= 400) conn.errorStream else conn.inputStream
-      val data = stream.readBytes()
-      if (code >= 400) {
-        val message = data.toString(Charsets.UTF_8)
-        throw IllegalStateException("ElevenLabs voices failed: $code $message")
-      }
-
-      val root = json.parseToJsonElement(data.toString(Charsets.UTF_8)).asObjectOrNull()
-      val voices = (root?.get("voices") as? JsonArray) ?: JsonArray(emptyList())
-      voices.mapNotNull { entry ->
-        val obj = entry.asObjectOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
-        val voiceId = obj["voice_id"].asStringOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
-        val name = obj["name"].asStringOrNull()
-        ElevenLabsVoice(voiceId, name)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private fun isLikelyVoiceId(value: String): Boolean {
-    if (value.length < 10) return false
-    return value.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() || it == '-' || it == '_' }
-  }
-
-  private fun normalizeAliasKey(value: String): String =
-    value.trim().lowercase()
-
-  private data class ElevenLabsVoice(val voiceId: String, val name: String?)
-
   private val listener =
     object : RecognitionListener {
       override fun onReadyForSpeech(params: Bundle?) {
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolver.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eff52017624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection
+import java.net.URL
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonArray
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
+
+internal data class ElevenLabsVoice(val voiceId: String, val name: String?)
+
+internal data class TalkModeResolvedVoice(
+  val voiceId: String?,
+  val fallbackVoiceId: String?,
+  val defaultVoiceId: String?,
+  val currentVoiceId: String?,
+  val selectedVoiceName: String? = null,
+)
+
+internal object TalkModeVoiceResolver {
+  fun resolveVoiceAlias(value: String?, voiceAliases: Map<String, String>): String? {
+    val trimmed = value?.trim().orEmpty()
+    if (trimmed.isEmpty()) return null
+    val normalized = normalizeAliasKey(trimmed)
+    voiceAliases[normalized]?.let { return it }
+    if (voiceAliases.values.any { it.equals(trimmed, ignoreCase = true) }) return trimmed
+    return if (isLikelyVoiceId(trimmed)) trimmed else null
+  }
+
+  suspend fun resolveVoiceId(
+    preferred: String?,
+    fallbackVoiceId: String?,
+    defaultVoiceId: String?,
+    currentVoiceId: String?,
+    voiceOverrideActive: Boolean,
+    listVoices: suspend () -> List<ElevenLabsVoice>,
+  ): TalkModeResolvedVoice {
+    val trimmed = preferred?.trim().orEmpty()
+    if (trimmed.isNotEmpty()) {
+      return TalkModeResolvedVoice(
+        voiceId = trimmed,
+        fallbackVoiceId = fallbackVoiceId,
+        defaultVoiceId = defaultVoiceId,
+        currentVoiceId = currentVoiceId,
+      )
+    }
+    if (!fallbackVoiceId.isNullOrBlank()) {
+      return TalkModeResolvedVoice(
+        voiceId = fallbackVoiceId,
+        fallbackVoiceId = fallbackVoiceId,
+        defaultVoiceId = defaultVoiceId,
+        currentVoiceId = currentVoiceId,
+      )
+    }
+
+    val first = listVoices().firstOrNull()
+    if (first == null) {
+      return TalkModeResolvedVoice(
+        voiceId = null,
+        fallbackVoiceId = fallbackVoiceId,
+        defaultVoiceId = defaultVoiceId,
+        currentVoiceId = currentVoiceId,
+      )
+    }
+
+    return TalkModeResolvedVoice(
+      voiceId = first.voiceId,
+      fallbackVoiceId = first.voiceId,
+      defaultVoiceId = if (defaultVoiceId.isNullOrBlank()) first.voiceId else defaultVoiceId,
+      currentVoiceId = if (voiceOverrideActive) currentVoiceId else first.voiceId,
+      selectedVoiceName = first.name,
+    )
+  }
+
+  suspend fun listVoices(apiKey: String, json: Json): List<ElevenLabsVoice> {
+    return withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
+      val url = URL("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices")
+      val conn = url.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
+      conn.requestMethod = "GET"
+      conn.connectTimeout = 15_000
+      conn.readTimeout = 15_000
+      conn.setRequestProperty("xi-api-key", apiKey)
+
+      val code = conn.responseCode
+      val stream = if (code >= 400) conn.errorStream else conn.inputStream
+      val data = stream.readBytes()
+      if (code >= 400) {
+        val message = data.toString(Charsets.UTF_8)
+        throw IllegalStateException("ElevenLabs voices failed: $code $message")
+      }
+
+      val root = json.parseToJsonElement(data.toString(Charsets.UTF_8)).asObjectOrNull()
+      val voices = (root?.get("voices") as? JsonArray) ?: JsonArray(emptyList())
+      voices.mapNotNull { entry ->
+        val obj = entry.asObjectOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
+        val voiceId = obj["voice_id"].asStringOrNull() ?: return@mapNotNull null
+        val name = obj["name"].asStringOrNull()
+        ElevenLabsVoice(voiceId, name)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun isLikelyVoiceId(value: String): Boolean {
+    if (value.length < 10) return false
+    return value.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() || it == '-' || it == '_' }
+  }
+
+  private fun normalizeAliasKey(value: String): String =
+    value.trim().lowercase()
+}
+
+private fun JsonElement?.asObjectOrNull(): JsonObject? = this as? JsonObject
+
+private fun JsonElement?.asStringOrNull(): String? =
+  (this as? JsonPrimitive)?.takeIf { it.isString }?.content
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolverTest.kt b/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolverTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cd46895d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/voice/TalkModeVoiceResolverTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package ai.openclaw.app.voice
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class TalkModeVoiceResolverTest {
+  @Test
+  fun resolvesVoiceAliasCaseInsensitively() {
+    val resolved =
+      TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceAlias(
+        " Clawd ",
+        mapOf("clawd" to "voice-123"),
+      )
+
+    assertEquals("voice-123", resolved)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun acceptsDirectVoiceIds() {
+    val resolved = TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceAlias("21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM", emptyMap())
+
+    assertEquals("21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM", resolved)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun rejectsUnknownAliases() {
+    val resolved = TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceAlias("nickname", emptyMap())
+
+    assertNull(resolved)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun reusesCachedFallbackVoiceBeforeFetchingCatalog() =
+    runBlocking {
+      var fetchCount = 0
+
+      val resolved =
+        TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceId(
+          preferred = null,
+          fallbackVoiceId = "cached-voice",
+          defaultVoiceId = null,
+          currentVoiceId = null,
+          voiceOverrideActive = false,
+          listVoices = {
+            fetchCount += 1
+            emptyList()
+          },
+        )
+
+      assertEquals("cached-voice", resolved.voiceId)
+      assertEquals(0, fetchCount)
+    }
+
+  @Test
+  fun seedsDefaultVoiceFromCatalogWhenNeeded() =
+    runBlocking {
+      val resolved =
+        TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceId(
+          preferred = null,
+          fallbackVoiceId = null,
+          defaultVoiceId = null,
+          currentVoiceId = null,
+          voiceOverrideActive = false,
+          listVoices = { listOf(ElevenLabsVoice("voice-1", "First")) },
+        )
+
+      assertEquals("voice-1", resolved.voiceId)
+      assertEquals("voice-1", resolved.fallbackVoiceId)
+      assertEquals("voice-1", resolved.defaultVoiceId)
+      assertEquals("voice-1", resolved.currentVoiceId)
+      assertEquals("First", resolved.selectedVoiceName)
+    }
+
+  @Test
+  fun preservesCurrentVoiceWhenOverrideIsActive() =
+    runBlocking {
+      val resolved =
+        TalkModeVoiceResolver.resolveVoiceId(
+          preferred = null,
+          fallbackVoiceId = null,
+          defaultVoiceId = null,
+          currentVoiceId = null,
+          voiceOverrideActive = true,
+          listVoices = { listOf(ElevenLabsVoice("voice-1", "First")) },
+        )
+
+      assertEquals("voice-1", resolved.voiceId)
+      assertNull(resolved.currentVoiceId)
+    }
+}