diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 45a90195..14121cf3 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
 </manifest>
diff --git a/src/blobbi/actions/components/InlineSingCard.tsx b/src/blobbi/actions/components/InlineSingCard.tsx
index 2d2ad6b7..ba793f03 100644
--- a/src/blobbi/actions/components/InlineSingCard.tsx
+++ b/src/blobbi/actions/components/InlineSingCard.tsx
@@ -39,10 +39,16 @@ interface InlineSingCardProps {
 
 // ─── MIME Type Selection ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// Prefer mp4/aac first so the recorded Blob can be decoded by <audio> on
+// iOS WKWebView (which does not support WebM/Opus playback). Android WebView
+// and desktop Chromium still support mp4/aac, so putting it first is safe
+// cross-platform. See also useVoiceRecorder.ts which follows the same order.
 const AUDIO_MIME_CANDIDATES = [
+  'audio/mp4',
+  'audio/mp4;codecs=aac',
+  'audio/aac',
   'audio/webm;codecs=opus',
   'audio/webm',
-  'audio/mp4',
   'audio/ogg;codecs=opus',
   'audio/ogg',
 ] as const;