diff --git a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-audio-verbs.test.ts b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-audio-verbs.test.ts
index a6a285d6785..7769331206d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-audio-verbs.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-audio-verbs.test.ts
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ describe('the shell capture', () => {
   it('does not open a capture for a start that lands after the session ended', async () => {
     const entered = gate()
     const blocked = gate()
-    const { engine, liveListeners, log } = createTestEngine({
+    const { engine, liveListeners, log, calls } = createTestEngine({
       permission: async () => {
         entered.release()
         await blocked.promise
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ describe('the shell capture', () => {
     blocked.release()
     await expect(pending).resolves.toMatchObject({ started: false })
     expect(liveListeners()).toEqual({ microphone: 0, interruptions: 0 })
-    // A successful engine open needs teardown even if its capture was superseded; local end sees no capture and cannot release the native session later.
-    expect(log).toContain('end')
+    expect(calls).toEqual([])
+    expect(log).not.toContain('end')
   })
 
   it('tears the device down for a start that lost the race after opening', async () => {
diff --git a/mobile/src/platform/native-audio-session-ownership.test.ts b/mobile/src/platform/native-audio-session-ownership.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be50402a191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/platform/native-audio-session-ownership.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { createNativeAudioCapture, type NativeAudioEngine } from './native-audio'
+import { audioReadResultSchema } from '../mobile-web-shell/bridge/bridge-audio-verbs'
+
+function gate() {
+  let release = () => {}
+  const promise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    release = resolve
+  })
+  return { promise, release }
+}
+
+function device(blockAt?: 'permission' | 'open') {
+  const entered = gate()
+  const blocked = gate()
+  const listeners = new Set<(bytes: Uint8Array) => void>()
+  let permissions = 0
+  let opens = 0
+  let recording = false
+  let holds = 0
+  const engine: NativeAudioEngine = {
+    requestPermission: async () => {
+      permissions++
+      if (blockAt === 'permission' && permissions === 1) {
+        entered.release()
+        await blocked.promise
+      }
+      return 'granted'
+    },
+    open: async (sampleRate) => {
+      opens++
+      if (blockAt === 'open' && opens === 1) {
+        entered.release()
+        await blocked.promise
+      }
+      return { opened: true, sampleRate }
+    },
+    begin: () => {
+      recording = true
+      return true
+    },
+    end: () => {
+      recording = false
+    },
+    screenLock: {
+      hold: () => {
+        holds++
+      },
+      release: () => {
+        holds--
+      }
+    },
+    onMicrophoneData: (listener) => {
+      listeners.add(listener)
+      return {
+        remove: () => {
+          listeners.delete(listener)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    onInterruption: () => ({ remove: () => {} })
+  }
+  return {
+    engine,
+    entered,
+    blocked,
+    counts: () => ({ permissions, opens, recording, holds, listeners: listeners.size }),
+    emit: (bytes: Uint8Array) => {
+      if (recording) {
+        for (const listener of listeners) {
+          listener(bytes)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const captures = new Set<ReturnType<typeof createNativeAudioCapture>>()
+function capture(engine: NativeAudioEngine) {
+  const next = createNativeAudioCapture(engine)
+  captures.add(next)
+  return next
+}
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const current of captures) {
+    current.dispose()
+  }
+  captures.clear()
+})
+
+async function read(current: ReturnType<typeof createNativeAudioCapture>) {
+  const reply = audioReadResultSchema.parse(
+    await current.serve('native.audio.read', { maxBytes: 1024 })
+  )
+  return Uint8Array.from(atob(reply.base64), (char) => char.charCodeAt(0))
+}
+
+describe('page sessions sharing the device microphone', () => {
+  it.each(['permission', 'open'] as const)(
+    'keeps the successor recording after a retired %s finishes',
+    async (blockAt) => {
+      const mic = device(blockAt)
+      const retired = capture(mic.engine)
+      const obsolete = retired.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+      await mic.entered.promise
+      retired.dispose()
+      const successor = capture(mic.engine)
+      const live = successor.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+      // Let runnable starts settle while the older native operation remains explicitly blocked.
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => setImmediate(resolve))
+      mic.blocked.release()
+      await expect(obsolete).resolves.toMatchObject({ started: false })
+      await expect(live).resolves.toMatchObject({ started: true })
+      const speech = new Uint8Array([1, 3, 5, 7])
+      mic.emit(speech)
+      expect(await read(successor)).toEqual(speech)
+      expect(mic.counts()).toMatchObject({ recording: true, holds: 1, listeners: 1 })
+      successor.dispose()
+      expect(mic.counts()).toMatchObject({ recording: false, holds: 0, listeners: 0 })
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('transfers a live microphone without leaving the old page listening or able to stop its successor', async () => {
+    const mic = device()
+    const previous = capture(mic.engine)
+    await previous.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+    const successor = capture(mic.engine)
+    await successor.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+    expect(mic.counts()).toMatchObject({ holds: 1, listeners: 1 })
+    await expect(read(previous)).rejects.toThrow('no capture')
+    previous.dispose()
+    await previous.serve('native.audio.stop', {})
+    const speech = new Uint8Array([2, 4, 6, 8])
+    mic.emit(speech)
+    expect(await read(successor)).toEqual(speech)
+  })
+
+  it.each([10, 100])(
+    'skips device admission for %i starts queued before retirement',
+    async (count) => {
+      const mic = device('permission')
+      const retired = capture(mic.engine)
+      const pending = Array.from({ length: count }, () =>
+        retired.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+      )
+      await mic.entered.promise
+      retired.dispose()
+      const successor = capture(mic.engine)
+      const live = successor.serve('native.audio.start', { sampleRate: 16_000 })
+      mic.blocked.release()
+      await Promise.all(pending)
+      await expect(live).resolves.toMatchObject({ started: true })
+      expect(mic.counts()).toEqual({
+        permissions: 2,
+        opens: 1,
+        recording: true,
+        holds: 1,
+        listeners: 1
+      })
+      const speech = new Uint8Array([9, 10])
+      mic.emit(speech)
+      expect(await read(successor)).toEqual(speech)
+    }
+  )
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/platform/native-audio.ts b/mobile/src/platform/native-audio.ts
index ffeee71a81f..ca47291624d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/platform/native-audio.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/platform/native-audio.ts
@@ -85,17 +85,27 @@ export type NativeAudioCapture = {
   readonly dispose: () => void
 }
 
+type AudioDeviceOwner = {
+  queue: Promise<void>
+  stop: (() => boolean) | null
+}
+
+const audioDeviceOwners = new WeakMap<NativeAudioEngine, AudioDeviceOwner>()
+
 export function createNativeAudioCapture(engine: NativeAudioEngine): NativeAudioCapture {
   const screen = engine.screenLock
+  const device: AudioDeviceOwner = audioDeviceOwners.get(engine) ?? {
+    queue: Promise.resolve(),
+    stop: null
+  }
+  audioDeviceOwners.set(engine, device)
   let capture: Capture | null = null
   let disposed = false
-  // Serialize starts/stops so overlapping opens cannot orphan listeners and a stop cannot run before its start finishes. Reads remain immediate and refuse without capture.
-  let queue: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve()
 
   function enqueue<Value>(action: () => Promise<Value>): Promise<Value> {
-    // A failed start must not block later stops.
-    const run = queue.then(action, action)
-    queue = run.then(
+    // The microphone is shared across page sessions, including starts still awaiting native open.
+    const run = device.queue.then(action, action)
+    device.queue = run.then(
       () => undefined,
       () => undefined
     )
@@ -108,6 +118,9 @@ export function createNativeAudioCapture(engine: NativeAudioEngine): NativeAudio
     }
     capture.stopListening()
     capture = null
+    if (device.stop === end) {
+      device.stop = null
+    }
     screen.release()
     engine.end()
     return true
@@ -141,10 +154,13 @@ export function createNativeAudioCapture(engine: NativeAudioEngine): NativeAudio
 
   async function start(params: unknown): Promise<unknown> {
     const { sampleRate } = audioStartParamsSchema.parse(params)
+    if (disposed) {
+      return { started: false, sampleRate, permission: 'undetermined' }
+    }
     // Replace prior capture because its page may have navigated or disappeared without stopping it.
-    end()
+    device.stop?.()
     const permission = await engine.requestPermission()
-    if (permission !== 'granted') {
+    if (disposed || permission !== 'granted') {
       return { started: false, sampleRate, permission }
     }
     const opened = await engine.open(sampleRate)
@@ -157,6 +173,7 @@ export function createNativeAudioCapture(engine: NativeAudioEngine): NativeAudio
       return { started: false, sampleRate: opened.sampleRate, permission }
     }
     capture = listen()
+    device.stop = end
     // Hold only after opening; every subsequent failure must release through end().
     screen.hold()
     try {