diff --git a/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.test.ts b/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.test.ts
index 62b14b1021f..52de9babec7 100644
--- a/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function focusedField(userAgent: string): HTMLInputElement {
 
 describe('a keyboard the phone closes', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'performance'] })
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout', 'performance'] })
     publishShellKeyboardSource({
       read: () => shellHeight,
       subscribe: (listener) => {
@@ -62,10 +62,24 @@ describe('a keyboard the phone closes', () => {
     expect(document.activeElement).toBe(field)
 
     shellReports(0)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000)
 
     expect(document.activeElement).not.toBe(field)
   })
 
+  it('keeps the field focused when the keyboard closes and reopens for a switch to a voice IME', () => {
+    const field = focusedField(ANDROID)
+    startBlurringOnKeyboardClose()
+    shellReports(300)
+
+    shellReports(0)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(250)
+    shellReports(200)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000)
+
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(field)
+  })
+
   // The second case is tapping the underlined word after Back: that tap both focuses the field and opens the menu.
   it.each([
     ['already focused', false],
@@ -105,7 +119,7 @@ describe('a keyboard the phone closes', () => {
     target.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true }))
     vi.advanceTimersByTime(waitMs)
     shellReports(0)
-    vi.advanceTimersByTime(100)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000)
 
     expect(document.activeElement).not.toBe(field)
   })
diff --git a/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.ts b/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.ts
index 2611184750e..54087c6929e 100644
--- a/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/platform/keyboard-close-blur.web.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { subscribeSoftKeyboard } from './keyboard-occlusion.web'
 // Chromium hides the IME itself to show a tapped autocorrected word's menu; Back comes with no touch.
 const FIELD_TAP_HIDE_WINDOW_MS = 1000
 const KEYBOARD_REOPEN_DELAY_MS = 50
+// A keyboard's mic switches to a voice IME, which closes the keyboard and opens again ~250 ms later; Back opens none.
+const IME_SWITCH_WINDOW_MS = 1000
 
 // Android raises the IME only for a new focus session, as for the terminal live input.
 function reopenKeyboard(field: HTMLElement): void {
@@ -14,12 +16,13 @@ function reopenKeyboard(field: HTMLElement): void {
   }
 }
 
-// Android Back hides the IME without blurring; blur now so the next terminal touch cannot reopen it.
+// Android Back hides the IME without blurring; blur once it stays closed so the next terminal touch cannot reopen it.
 export function startBlurringOnKeyboardClose(): void {
   if (hostOs() !== 'android') {
     return
   }
   let lastTouch: { target: Node; at: number } | null = null
+  let pendingBlur: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
   document.addEventListener(
     'pointerdown',
     (event) => {
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export function startBlurringOnKeyboardClose(): void {
     { capture: true }
   )
   subscribeSoftKeyboard(
-    () => {},
+    () => clearTimeout(pendingBlur),
     () => {
       const field = document.activeElement
       const touch = lastTouch
@@ -42,7 +45,12 @@ export function startBlurringOnKeyboardClose(): void {
       ) {
         setTimeout(() => reopenKeyboard(field), KEYBOARD_REOPEN_DELAY_MS)
       } else {
-        Keyboard.dismiss()
+        // Leave alone a field focus moved to meanwhile.
+        pendingBlur = setTimeout(() => {
+          if (document.activeElement === field) {
+            Keyboard.dismiss()
+          }
+        }, IME_SWITCH_WINDOW_MS)
       }
     }
   )