diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivity.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivity.kt
index 7721f0114..1ff53d481 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivity.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivity.kt
@@ -83,12 +83,31 @@ class NestActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                     }
 
                     ACTION_PIP_LEAVE -> {
+                        // Tear down the speaker session + listener BEFORE
+                        // finish() so AudioRecord (and the system mic
+                        // indicator) releases promptly. onCleared() alone
+                        // runs late in the destroy lifecycle.
+                        pipCleanupAction?.invoke()
                         finish()
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
 
+    /**
+     * Wired by [NestActivityBody] via a DisposableEffect. Invokes
+     * `viewModel.leave()` so the broadcast handle + listener close
+     * route through `cleanupScope`/GlobalScope and survive Activity
+     * destruction. Called from PIP close paths (the overlay's Leave
+     * action and a swipe-dismiss while in PIP).
+     */
+    @Volatile
+    private var pipCleanupAction: (() -> Unit)? = null
+
+    fun setPipCleanupAction(action: (() -> Unit)?) {
+        pipCleanupAction = action
+    }
+
     private val _toggleMuteSignal =
         MutableSharedFlow<Unit>(replay = 0, extraBufferCapacity = 1, onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_OLDEST)
 
@@ -180,6 +199,22 @@ class NestActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         enterPip()
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Detects a PIP swipe-dismiss. When the user dismisses the floating
+     * window the system finishes the activity, so [isFinishing] is true
+     * by the time onStop runs. Tearing down here (rather than waiting
+     * for onCleared) keeps AudioRecord + the system mic indicator from
+     * lingering through the destruction queue. Non-PIP onStop (Home /
+     * Recents while not in PIP) is a no-op so backgrounding doesn't
+     * teardown.
+     */
+    override fun onStop() {
+        if (isInPipMode.value && isFinishing) {
+            pipCleanupAction?.invoke()
+        }
+        super.onStop()
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enter Picture-in-Picture if the audio session is live and the
      * system supports PIP. Called both by [onUserLeaveHint] (Home /
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivityContent.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivityContent.kt
index 11d37caf6..065e38e25 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivityContent.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/activity/NestActivityContent.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.OutlinedButton
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.DisposableEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.collectAsState
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.saveable.rememberSaveable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.R
@@ -274,6 +276,19 @@ private fun NestActivityBody(
     PipBridge(ui, pipMuteSignal, viewModel, onMuteState, onConnectedChange)
     NestForegroundServiceLifecycle(ui)
 
+    // Tell NestActivity how to tear the session down when the user
+    // closes PIP. Both close paths in PIP — the overlay's Leave
+    // action and a swipe-dismiss while in PIP — invoke this so the
+    // speaker handle close (releases AudioRecord and clears the
+    // system mic indicator) and the listener close run on
+    // cleanupScope/GlobalScope before the activity destruction
+    // queue eats viewModelScope.
+    val activity = LocalContext.current as? NestActivity
+    DisposableEffect(activity, viewModel) {
+        activity?.setPipCleanupAction { viewModel.leave() }
+        onDispose { activity?.setPipCleanupAction(null) }
+    }
+
     // Hand-raise is screen-local UI state; presence-publish picks it
     // up via the heartbeat and emits onstage / muted / publishing
     // alongside.
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/screen/NestFullScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/screen/NestFullScreen.kt
index 4e01702aa..77c241ec8 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/screen/NestFullScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nests/room/screen/NestFullScreen.kt
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ internal fun NestFullScreen(
                 TextButton(
                     onClick = {
                         showHostLeaveConfirm = false
+                        // Tear down the speaker session + listener before
+                        // finishing so the AudioRecord (and the system mic
+                        // indicator) releases promptly. Same reasoning as
+                        // the Close the Room path — onCleared() runs late
+                        // in the destroy lifecycle and can leave the mic
+                        // held while the activity is queued for destruction.
+                        // Unlike Close the Room, this path leaves the
+                        // kind-30312 meeting space open for other users.
+                        viewModel.leave()
                         onLeave()
                     },
                 ) {