diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c3b95a5..38a833e 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
     <!-- No broad media/storage permissions; use Android Photo Picker (API 33+) and SAF/share intents -->
 
diff --git a/lib/features/chat/services/text_to_speech_service.dart b/lib/features/chat/services/text_to_speech_service.dart
index 7c8f4b4..0fe7240 100644
--- a/lib/features/chat/services/text_to_speech_service.dart
+++ b/lib/features/chat/services/text_to_speech_service.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ import '../../../core/services/settings_service.dart';
 
 typedef _SpeechChunk = ({Uint8List bytes, String mimeType});
 
+class SpeechAudioChunk {
+  const SpeechAudioChunk({required this.bytes, required this.mimeType});
+
+  final Uint8List bytes;
+  final String mimeType;
+}
+
 /// Lightweight wrapper around FlutterTts to centralize configuration
 class TextToSpeechService {
   final FlutterTts _tts = FlutterTts();
@@ -45,6 +52,7 @@ class TextToSpeechService {
   bool get isAvailable => _available;
   bool get deviceEngineAvailable => _deviceEngineAvailable;
   bool get serverEngineAvailable => _api != null;
+  bool get prefersServerEngine => _shouldUseServer();
 
   TextToSpeechService({ApiService? api}) : _api = api {
     // Wire minimal player events to callbacks
@@ -277,6 +285,29 @@ class TextToSpeechService {
     _onSentenceIndex?.call(0);
   }
 
+  Future<SpeechAudioChunk> synthesizeServerSpeechChunk(String text) async {
+    if (text.trim().isEmpty) {
+      throw ArgumentError('Cannot synthesize empty text');
+    }
+    if (_api == null) {
+      throw StateError('Server text-to-speech is unavailable');
+    }
+    if (!_initialized) {
+      await initialize(
+        deviceVoice: _preferredVoice,
+        serverVoice: _serverPreferredVoice,
+        engine: _engine,
+      );
+    }
+    final voice = await _resolveServerVoice();
+    final chunk = await _api.generateSpeech(
+      text: text,
+      voice: voice,
+      speed: _speechRate,
+    );
+    return SpeechAudioChunk(bytes: chunk.bytes, mimeType: chunk.mimeType);
+  }
+
   Future<void> pause() async {
     if (!_initialized) return;
     try {
@@ -572,6 +603,15 @@ class TextToSpeechService {
     }
   }
 
+  Future<void> preloadServerDefaults() async {
+    if (_api == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    try {
+      await _getServerDefaultVoice();
+    } catch (_) {}
+  }
+
   // ===== Server chunked playback =====
 
   Future<void> _startServerChunkedPlayback(String text) async {
diff --git a/lib/features/chat/services/voice_call_service.dart b/lib/features/chat/services/voice_call_service.dart
index 1fb4123..fa32b90 100644
--- a/lib/features/chat/services/voice_call_service.dart
+++ b/lib/features/chat/services/voice_call_service.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:collection';
 
+import 'package:audioplayers/audioplayers.dart';
 import 'package:riverpod_annotation/riverpod_annotation.dart';
 import 'package:wakelock_plus/wakelock_plus.dart';
 
@@ -49,6 +51,18 @@ class VoiceCallService {
   final Set<VoiceCallPauseReason> _pauseReasons = <VoiceCallPauseReason>{};
   SocketEventSubscription? _socketSubscription;
   Timer? _keepAliveTimer;
+  final ListQueue<String> _speechQueue = ListQueue<String>();
+  int _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+  String? _activeAssistantMessageId;
+  bool _responseCompleted = false;
+  bool _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
+  final Map<int, SpeechAudioChunk> _serverAudioBuffer = {};
+  final AudioPlayer _serverAudioPlayer = AudioPlayer();
+  int _serverAudioSession = 0;
+  int _pendingServerAudioFetches = 0;
+  bool _serverPipelineActive = false;
+  int _nextServerChunkId = 0;
+  int _nextServerPlaybackId = 0;
 
   final StreamController<VoiceCallState> _stateController =
       StreamController<VoiceCallState>.broadcast();
@@ -75,6 +89,12 @@ class VoiceCallService {
       // sentence/word callbacks are not required for call UI, but harmless
     );
 
+    _serverAudioPlayer.onPlayerComplete.listen((_) {
+      _handleServerAudioComplete();
+    });
+
+    unawaited(_tts.preloadServerDefaults());
+
     // Set up notification action handler
     _notificationService.onActionPressed = _handleNotificationAction;
   }
@@ -197,6 +217,13 @@ class VoiceCallService {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
 
     try {
+      _speechQueue.clear();
+      _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+      _activeAssistantMessageId = null;
+      _responseCompleted = false;
+      _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
+      _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
+
       if (_pauseReasons.isNotEmpty) {
         _listeningPaused = true;
         if (_state != VoiceCallState.paused) {
@@ -276,6 +303,14 @@ class VoiceCallService {
 
   String _accumulatedResponse = '';
   bool _isSpeaking = false;
+  bool get _hasPendingSpeech {
+    if (_serverPipelineActive) {
+      return _isSpeaking ||
+          _serverAudioBuffer.isNotEmpty ||
+          _pendingServerAudioFetches > 0;
+    }
+    return _isSpeaking || _speechQueue.isNotEmpty;
+  }
 
   void _handleSocketEvent(
     Map<String, dynamic> event,
@@ -284,18 +319,32 @@ class VoiceCallService {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
 
     final outerData = event['data'];
+    final messageId = event['message_id']?.toString();
 
     if (outerData is Map<String, dynamic>) {
       final eventType = outerData['type']?.toString();
       final innerData = outerData['data'];
 
       if (eventType == 'chat:completion' && innerData is Map<String, dynamic>) {
+        final bool doneFlag = innerData['done'] == true;
+        if (messageId != null && messageId.isNotEmpty) {
+          _handleAssistantMessageStart(messageId);
+        }
+
         // Handle full content replacement (used by some models/backends)
         if (innerData.containsKey('content')) {
           final content = innerData['content']?.toString() ?? '';
           if (content.isNotEmpty) {
             _accumulatedResponse = content;
             _responseController.add(content);
+            _processSpeakableSegments(isFinalChunk: doneFlag);
+            if (doneFlag) {
+              _responseCompleted = true;
+              _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
+            }
+          } else if (doneFlag) {
+            _responseCompleted = true;
+            _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
           }
         }
 
@@ -313,61 +362,248 @@ class VoiceCallService {
               if (deltaContent.isNotEmpty) {
                 _accumulatedResponse += deltaContent;
                 _responseController.add(_accumulatedResponse);
+                _processSpeakableSegments(isFinalChunk: false);
               }
             }
 
             // Check for completion
-            if (finishReason == 'stop') {
-              if (_accumulatedResponse.isNotEmpty && !_isSpeaking) {
-                _speakResponse(_accumulatedResponse);
-                _accumulatedResponse = '';
-              } else if (_accumulatedResponse.isEmpty) {
-                // No response, restart listening unless paused
-                if (_pauseReasons.isEmpty) {
-                  _startListening();
-                } else if (_state != VoiceCallState.paused) {
-                  _updateState(VoiceCallState.paused);
-                }
-              }
+            if (finishReason == 'stop' || finishReason == 'length') {
+              _responseCompleted = true;
+              _processSpeakableSegments(isFinalChunk: true);
+              _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
             }
           }
         }
+
+        if (doneFlag && !_responseCompleted) {
+          _responseCompleted = true;
+          _processSpeakableSegments(isFinalChunk: true);
+          _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
+        }
       }
     }
   }
 
-  Future<void> _speakResponse(String response) async {
-    if (_isDisposed || _isSpeaking) return;
+  void _handleAssistantMessageStart(String messageId) {
+    if (_activeAssistantMessageId == messageId) {
+      return;
+    }
+    _activeAssistantMessageId = messageId;
+    _accumulatedResponse = '';
+    _responseController.add('');
+    _speechQueue.clear();
+    _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+    _responseCompleted = false;
+    _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
+    if (_isSpeaking) {
+      _isSpeaking = false;
+      unawaited(_tts.stop());
+    }
+  }
 
-    try {
-      _isSpeaking = true;
+  void _processSpeakableSegments({required bool isFinalChunk}) {
+    if (_isDisposed) return;
+    final cleanText = MarkdownToText.convert(_accumulatedResponse).trim();
+    if (cleanText.isEmpty) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-      // Stop listening before speaking
-      await _voiceInput.stopListening();
-      await _transcriptSubscription?.cancel();
-      await _intensitySubscription?.cancel();
+    final segments = _tts.splitTextForSpeech(cleanText);
+    if (segments.isEmpty) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-      _updateState(VoiceCallState.speaking);
+    var availableCount = segments.length;
+    if (!isFinalChunk && availableCount > 0) {
+      availableCount -= 1;
+    }
+    if (availableCount < 0) {
+      availableCount = 0;
+    }
 
-      // Convert markdown to clean text for TTS
-      final cleanText = MarkdownToText.convert(response);
-      if (cleanText.isEmpty) {
-        // No speakable content, restart listening
-        _isSpeaking = false;
-        await _startListening();
-        return;
+    if (_enqueuedSentenceCount > availableCount) {
+      _enqueuedSentenceCount = availableCount;
+    }
+
+    if (availableCount > _enqueuedSentenceCount) {
+      final newChunks = segments.sublist(
+        _enqueuedSentenceCount,
+        availableCount,
+      );
+      _enqueuedSentenceCount = availableCount;
+      for (final chunk in newChunks) {
+        _enqueueSpeechChunk(chunk);
       }
+    }
 
-      await _tts.speak(cleanText);
-      // After speaking completes, _handleTtsComplete will restart listening
+    if (isFinalChunk && _enqueuedSentenceCount < segments.length) {
+      _enqueuedSentenceCount = segments.length;
+      _enqueueSpeechChunk(segments.last);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _enqueueSpeechChunk(String chunk) {
+    if (_isDisposed) return;
+    final trimmed = chunk.trim();
+    if (trimmed.isEmpty) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (_isMuted) {
+      return; // Skip playback while muted
+    }
+    if (_tts.prefersServerEngine) {
+      _serverPipelineActive = true;
+      final chunkId = _nextServerChunkId++;
+      _prefetchServerAudio(trimmed, chunkId);
+      return;
+    }
+    _speechQueue.add(trimmed);
+    if (!_isSpeaking) {
+      unawaited(_startNextSpeechChunk());
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _startNextSpeechChunk() async {
+    if (_isDisposed) return;
+    if (_speechQueue.isEmpty || _isSpeaking || _isMuted) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final next = _speechQueue.removeFirst();
+    try {
+      await _prepareForSpeechPlayback();
+      _isSpeaking = true;
+      _updateState(VoiceCallState.speaking);
+      await _tts.speak(next);
     } catch (e) {
       _isSpeaking = false;
       _updateState(VoiceCallState.error);
-      // Restart listening even if TTS fails
-      await _startListening();
+      unawaited(_startListening());
     }
   }
 
+  void _prefetchServerAudio(String chunk, int chunkId) {
+    if (_isDisposed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final session = _serverAudioSession;
+    _pendingServerAudioFetches++;
+    _tts
+        .synthesizeServerSpeechChunk(chunk)
+        .then((audioChunk) {
+          _pendingServerAudioFetches--;
+          if (_pendingServerAudioFetches < 0) {
+            _pendingServerAudioFetches = 0;
+          }
+          if (_isDisposed ||
+              !_serverPipelineActive ||
+              session != _serverAudioSession) {
+            return;
+          }
+          _serverAudioBuffer[chunkId] = audioChunk;
+          _maybeStartServerAudio();
+        })
+        .catchError((error, _) {
+          _pendingServerAudioFetches--;
+          if (_pendingServerAudioFetches < 0) {
+            _pendingServerAudioFetches = 0;
+          }
+          if (_isDisposed) {
+            return;
+          }
+          _handleTtsError(error.toString());
+        });
+  }
+
+  void _maybeStartServerAudio() {
+    if (_isDisposed || !_serverPipelineActive) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (_isSpeaking || _isMuted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final chunk = _serverAudioBuffer.remove(_nextServerPlaybackId);
+    if (chunk == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    _nextServerPlaybackId++;
+    _playServerAudioChunk(chunk);
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _playServerAudioChunk(SpeechAudioChunk chunk) async {
+    try {
+      await _prepareForSpeechPlayback();
+      _isSpeaking = true;
+      _updateState(VoiceCallState.speaking);
+      await _serverAudioPlayer.play(
+        BytesSource(chunk.bytes, mimeType: chunk.mimeType),
+      );
+    } catch (e) {
+      _isSpeaking = false;
+      _handleTtsError(e.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _handleServerAudioComplete() {
+    if (_isDisposed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    _isSpeaking = false;
+    if (_serverAudioBuffer.containsKey(_nextServerPlaybackId)) {
+      _maybeStartServerAudio();
+      return;
+    }
+    _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
+  }
+
+  void _resetServerAudio({bool stopPlayback = false}) {
+    _serverAudioBuffer.clear();
+    _pendingServerAudioFetches = 0;
+    _serverAudioSession++;
+    _nextServerChunkId = 0;
+    _nextServerPlaybackId = 0;
+    if (stopPlayback) {
+      unawaited(_serverAudioPlayer.stop());
+      _isSpeaking = false;
+    }
+    _serverPipelineActive = false;
+  }
+
+  Future<void> _prepareForSpeechPlayback() async {
+    if (_listeningSuspendedForSpeech) {
+      return;
+    }
+    _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = true;
+    await _voiceInput.stopListening();
+    await _transcriptSubscription?.cancel();
+    _transcriptSubscription = null;
+    await _intensitySubscription?.cancel();
+    _intensitySubscription = null;
+  }
+
+  void _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech() {
+    if (!_responseCompleted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (_hasPendingSpeech) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (_pauseReasons.isNotEmpty) {
+      _listeningPaused = true;
+      if (_state != VoiceCallState.paused) {
+        _updateState(VoiceCallState.paused);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (_serverPipelineActive && _pendingServerAudioFetches > 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    unawaited(_startListening());
+  }
+
   void _handleTtsStart() {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
     _updateState(VoiceCallState.speaking);
@@ -376,17 +612,19 @@ class VoiceCallService {
   void _handleTtsComplete() {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
     _isSpeaking = false;
-    // After assistant finishes speaking, resume only if not paused
-    if (_pauseReasons.isNotEmpty) {
-      _listeningPaused = true;
-      _updateState(VoiceCallState.paused);
+    if (_speechQueue.isNotEmpty) {
+      unawaited(_startNextSpeechChunk());
       return;
     }
-    _startListening();
+    _maybeResumeListeningAfterSpeech();
   }
 
   void _handleTtsError(String error) {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
+    _isSpeaking = false;
+    _speechQueue.clear();
+    _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
+    _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
     _updateState(VoiceCallState.error);
     // Try to recover by restarting listening
     _startListening();
@@ -405,6 +643,7 @@ class VoiceCallService {
 
     await _voiceInput.stopListening();
     await _tts.stop();
+    await _serverAudioPlayer.stop();
 
     await BackgroundStreamingHandler.instance.stopBackgroundExecution(const [
       _voiceCallStreamId,
@@ -421,6 +660,13 @@ class VoiceCallService {
     _isMuted = false;
     _listeningPaused = false;
     _pauseReasons.clear();
+    _speechQueue.clear();
+    _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+    _responseCompleted = false;
+    _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
+    _activeAssistantMessageId = null;
+    _isSpeaking = false;
+    _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
     _updateState(VoiceCallState.disconnected);
   }
 
@@ -462,6 +708,11 @@ class VoiceCallService {
 
   Future<void> cancelSpeaking() async {
     if (_isDisposed) return;
+    _speechQueue.clear();
+    _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+    _responseCompleted = false;
+    _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
+    _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
     await _tts.stop();
     _isSpeaking = false;
     _accumulatedResponse = '';
@@ -527,6 +778,11 @@ class VoiceCallService {
         _isSpeaking = false;
         _accumulatedResponse = '';
       }
+      _speechQueue.clear();
+      _enqueuedSentenceCount = 0;
+      _responseCompleted = false;
+      _listeningSuspendedForSpeech = false;
+      _resetServerAudio(stopPlayback: true);
       pauseListening(reason: VoiceCallPauseReason.mute);
     } else {
       resumeListening(reason: VoiceCallPauseReason.mute);
@@ -547,6 +803,7 @@ class VoiceCallService {
 
     _voiceInput.dispose();
     await _tts.dispose();
+    await _serverAudioPlayer.dispose();
 
     // Cancel notification
     await _notificationService.cancelNotification();