No spoken announcements on Android + missing end-of-step warning tone #2

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2026-10-02T10:57:25+02:00

lukas commented

2026-10-02 10:57:25 +02:00

Problem (two related items)

Spoken step announcements don't play on Android. The voice toggle is on, but no text-to-speech output is heard in the Capacitor build (works in desktop browser).
No end-of-step warning. Even where audio works, there is no heads-up as a step is about to end — you'd have to stare at the ring.

Repro (1)

On Android, start any focus playlist with voice enabled
Let a step finish → next step starts silently (no speech; only the short beep, if that)

Expected: the transition is announced aloud ("Done. Next: …"), as on desktop.
Actual: silence on Android.

Request (2)

Add an audible warning shortly before a step ends (e.g. a tone or short countdown for the last ~10 seconds), so you can wrap up without watching the screen. Should respect the voice/mute toggle.

Suspected cause for (1) (for whoever picks this up)

Web Speech API voices/TTS engine behave differently inside the Android WebView (no voices loaded, speechSynthesis muted until user gesture, or engine missing). May need a native TTS plugin or Capacitor audio handling instead of relying on the WebView.

Acceptance

Step transitions are announced aloud on the Android release build
A warning tone/countdown plays near the end of each step
Both respect the existing mute toggle; no audio when muted

## Problem (two related items) 1. **Spoken step announcements don't play on Android.** The voice toggle is on, but no text-to-speech output is heard in the Capacitor build (works in desktop browser). 2. **No end-of-step warning.** Even where audio works, there is no heads-up as a step is about to end — you'd have to stare at the ring. ## Repro (1) 1. On Android, start any focus playlist with voice enabled 2. Let a step finish → next step starts silently (no speech; only the short beep, if that) **Expected:** the transition is announced aloud ("Done. Next: …"), as on desktop. **Actual:** silence on Android. ## Request (2) Add an audible warning shortly before a step ends (e.g. a tone or short countdown for the last ~10 seconds), so you can wrap up without watching the screen. Should respect the voice/mute toggle. ## Suspected cause for (1) (for whoever picks this up) Web Speech API voices/TTS engine behave differently inside the Android WebView (no voices loaded, `speechSynthesis` muted until user gesture, or engine missing). May need a native TTS plugin or Capacitor audio handling instead of relying on the WebView. ## Acceptance - [ ] Step transitions are announced aloud on the Android release build - [ ] A warning tone/countdown plays near the end of each step - [ ] Both respect the existing mute toggle; no audio when muted

lukas changed title from ~~Audio doesn't work on Android~~ to No spoken announcements on Android + missing end-of-step warning tone

2026-10-02 11:35:23 +02:00

lukas added the android bug labels 2026-10-02 11:35:58 +02:00

lukas referenced this issue from a commit

2026-10-02 14:18:19 +02:00

Wave 1 (#1, #2): foreground timer service, background catch-up, alarms, native TTS, warning tone

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Reference: lukas/mindlist#2