feat: move talk mode to overlay button

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 - macOS: Voice Wake now fully tears down the Speech pipeline when disabled (cancel pending restarts, drop stale callbacks) to avoid high CPU in the background.
+- macOS menu: add a Talk Mode action alongside the Open Dashboard/Chat/Canvas entries.
 - iOS/Android nodes: enable scrolling for loaded web pages in the Canvas WebView (default scaffold stays touch-first).
 - macOS menu: device list now uses `node.list` (devices only; no agent/tool presence entries).
 - macOS menu: device list now shows connected nodes only.
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 - iOS/Android nodes: status pill now surfaces camera activity instead of overlay toasts.
 - iOS/Android/macOS nodes: camera snaps recompress to keep base64 payloads under 5 MB.
 - iOS/Android nodes: status pill now surfaces pairing, screen recording, voice wake, and foreground-required states.
+- iOS/Android nodes: Talk Mode now lives on a side bubble (with an iOS toggle to hide it), and Android settings no longer show the Talk Mode switch.
 - macOS menu: top status line now shows pending node pairing approvals (incl. repairs).
 - CLI: avoid spurious gateway close errors after successful request/response cycles.
 - Agent runtime: clamp tool-result images to the 5MB Anthropic limit to avoid hard request rejections.

apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/RootScreen.kt

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import android.webkit.WebResourceError
 import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest
 import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient
+import androidx.activity.compose.rememberLauncherForActivityResult
+import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3Api
 import androidx.compose.material3.FilledTonalIconButton
 import androidx.compose.material3.Icon
 import androidx.compose.material3.IconButtonDefaults
+import androidx.compose.material3.LocalContentColor
+import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.ModalBottomSheet
 import androidx.compose.material3.rememberModalBottomSheetState
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
@@ -72,6 +76,11 @@ fun RootScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val screenRecordActive by viewModel.screenRecordActive.collectAsState()
   val isForeground by viewModel.isForeground.collectAsState()
   val voiceWakeStatusText by viewModel.voiceWakeStatusText.collectAsState()
+  val talkEnabled by viewModel.talkEnabled.collectAsState()
+  val audioPermissionLauncher =
+    rememberLauncherForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.RequestPermission()) { granted ->
+      if (granted) viewModel.setTalkEnabled(true)
+    }
   val activity =
     remember(cameraHud, screenRecordActive, isForeground, statusText, voiceWakeStatusText) {
       // Status pill owns transient activity state so it doesn't overlap the connection indicator.
@@ -211,6 +220,30 @@ fun RootScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
         icon = { Icon(Icons.Default.ChatBubble, contentDescription = "Chat") },
       )
 
+      // Talk mode gets a dedicated side bubble instead of burying it in settings.
+      OverlayIconButton(
+        onClick = {
+          val next = !talkEnabled
+          if (next) {
+            val micOk =
+              ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) ==
+                PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+            if (!micOk) audioPermissionLauncher.launch(Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO)
+            viewModel.setTalkEnabled(true)
+          } else {
+            viewModel.setTalkEnabled(false)
+          }
+        },
+        icon = {
+          val tint = if (talkEnabled) MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary else LocalContentColor.current
+          Icon(
+            Icons.Default.RecordVoiceOver,
+            contentDescription = "Talk Mode",
+            tint = tint,
+          )
+        },
+      )
+
       OverlayIconButton(
         onClick = { sheet = Sheet.Settings },
         icon = { Icon(Icons.Default.Settings, contentDescription = "Settings") },

apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/SettingsSheet.kt

@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val wakeWords by viewModel.wakeWords.collectAsState()
   val voiceWakeMode by viewModel.voiceWakeMode.collectAsState()
   val voiceWakeStatusText by viewModel.voiceWakeStatusText.collectAsState()
-  val talkEnabled by viewModel.talkEnabled.collectAsState()
-  val talkStatusText by viewModel.talkStatusText.collectAsState()
   val isConnected by viewModel.isConnected.collectAsState()
   val manualEnabled by viewModel.manualEnabled.collectAsState()
   val manualHost by viewModel.manualHost.collectAsState()
@@ -309,28 +307,6 @@ fun SettingsSheet(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
 
     // Voice
     item { Text("Voice", style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleSmall) }
-    item {
-      ListItem(
-        headlineContent = { Text("Talk Mode") },
-        supportingContent = { Text(talkStatusText) },
-        trailingContent = {
-          Switch(
-            checked = talkEnabled,
-            onCheckedChange = { on ->
-              if (on) {
-                val micOk =
-                  ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) ==
-                    PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
-                if (!micOk) audioPermissionLauncher.launch(Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO)
-                viewModel.setTalkEnabled(true)
-              } else {
-                viewModel.setTalkEnabled(false)
-              }
-            },
-          )
-        },
-      )
-    }
     item {
       val enabled = voiceWakeMode != VoiceWakeMode.Off
       ListItem(

apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ struct RootCanvas: View {
 
 private struct CanvasContent: View {
     @Environment(NodeAppModel.self) private var appModel
+    @AppStorage("talk.enabled") private var talkEnabled: Bool = false
+    @AppStorage("talk.button.enabled") private var talkButtonEnabled: Bool = true
     var systemColorScheme: ColorScheme
     var bridgeStatus: StatusPill.BridgeState
     var voiceWakeEnabled: Bool
@@ -141,6 +143,19 @@ private struct CanvasContent: View {
                 }
                 .accessibilityLabel("Chat")
 
+                if self.talkButtonEnabled {
+                    // Talk mode lives on a side bubble so it doesn't get buried in settings.
+                    OverlayButton(
+                        systemImage: self.appModel.talkMode.isEnabled ? "waveform.circle.fill" : "waveform.circle",
+                        brighten: self.brightenButtons)
+                    {
+                        let next = !self.appModel.talkMode.isEnabled
+                        self.talkEnabled = next
+                        self.appModel.setTalkEnabled(next)
+                    }
+                    .accessibilityLabel("Talk Mode")
+                }
+
                 OverlayButton(systemImage: "gearshape.fill", brighten: self.brightenButtons) {
                     self.openSettings()
                 }

apps/ios/Sources/Settings/SettingsTab.swift

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct SettingsTab: View {
     @AppStorage("node.instanceId") private var instanceId: String = UUID().uuidString
     @AppStorage("voiceWake.enabled") private var voiceWakeEnabled: Bool = false
     @AppStorage("talk.enabled") private var talkEnabled: Bool = false
+    @AppStorage("talk.button.enabled") private var talkButtonEnabled: Bool = true
     @AppStorage("camera.enabled") private var cameraEnabled: Bool = true
     @AppStorage("screen.preventSleep") private var preventSleep: Bool = true
     @AppStorage("bridge.preferredStableID") private var preferredBridgeStableID: String = ""
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ struct SettingsTab: View {
                         .onChange(of: self.talkEnabled) { _, newValue in
                             self.appModel.setTalkEnabled(newValue)
                         }
+                    // Keep this separate so users can hide the side bubble without disabling Talk Mode.
+                    Toggle("Show Talk Button", isOn: self.$talkButtonEnabled)
 
                     NavigationLink {
                         VoiceWakeWordsSettingsView()