diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 662af8051b6..c1770977455 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta5 — Unreleased
 
+### Features
+- Talk mode: continuous speech conversations (macOS/iOS/Android) with ElevenLabs TTS, reply directives, and optional interrupt-on-speech.
+
 ### Fixes
 - macOS: Voice Wake now fully tears down the Speech pipeline when disabled (cancel pending restarts, drop stale callbacks) to avoid high CPU in the background.
 - iOS/Android nodes: enable scrolling for loaded web pages in the Canvas WebView (default scaffold stays touch-first).
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@
 - iOS node: fix ReplayKit screen recording crash caused by queue isolation assertions during capture.
 - iOS/Android nodes: bridge auto-connect refreshes stale tokens and settings now show richer bridge/device details.
 - iOS/Android nodes: status pill now surfaces camera activity instead of overlay toasts.
-- iOS/Android nodes: camera snaps recompress to keep base64 payloads under 5 MB.
+- iOS/Android/macOS nodes: camera snaps recompress to keep base64 payloads under 5 MB.
 - CLI: avoid spurious gateway close errors after successful request/response cycles.
 - Agent runtime: clamp tool-result images to the 5MB Anthropic limit to avoid hard request rejections.
 - Tests: add Swift Testing coverage for camera errors and Kotest coverage for Android bridge endpoints.
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/node/CameraCaptureManager.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/node/CameraCaptureManager.kt
index b25b95ea477..41669076618 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/node/CameraCaptureManager.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/node/CameraCaptureManager.kt
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class CameraCaptureManager(private val context: Context) {
         }
 
       val maxPayloadBytes = 5 * 1024 * 1024
+      // Base64 inflates payloads by ~4/3; cap encoded bytes so the payload stays under 5MB (API limit).
       val maxEncodedBytes = (maxPayloadBytes / 4) * 3
       val result =
         JpegSizeLimiter.compressToLimit(
diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/RootScreen.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/RootScreen.kt
index f3cfb4b67d1..2594449b80c 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/RootScreen.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/com/steipete/clawdis/node/ui/RootScreen.kt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ fun RootScreen(viewModel: MainViewModel) {
   val cameraFlashToken by viewModel.cameraFlashToken.collectAsState()
   val activity =
     remember(cameraHud) {
+      // Status pill owns transient capture state so it doesn't overlap the connection indicator.
       cameraHud?.let { hud ->
         when (hud.kind) {
           CameraHudKind.Photo ->
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Camera/CameraController.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Camera/CameraController.swift
index cf8c6ce50f9..00d633bd925 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/Camera/CameraController.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/Camera/CameraController.swift
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ actor CameraController {
         withExtendedLifetime(delegate) {}
 
         let maxPayloadBytes = 5 * 1024 * 1024
-        // Base64 inflates payloads by ~4/3, so cap encoded bytes to keep payload <= 5MB.
+        // Base64 inflates payloads by ~4/3; cap encoded bytes so the payload stays under 5MB (API limit).
         let maxEncodedBytes = (maxPayloadBytes / 4) * 3
         let res = try JPEGTranscoder.transcodeToJPEG(
             imageData: rawData,
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
index 4d552618eb4..c02eceb6932 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Sources/RootCanvas.swift
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ private struct CanvasContent: View {
     }
 
     private var statusActivity: StatusPill.Activity? {
+        // Status pill owns transient capture state so it doesn't overlap the connection indicator.
         guard let cameraHUDText, !cameraHUDText.isEmpty, let cameraHUDKind else { return nil }
         let systemImage: String
         let tint: Color?
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CameraCaptureService.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CameraCaptureService.swift
index c087c8fd3e4..3c9d9c3570f 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CameraCaptureService.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/CameraCaptureService.swift
@@ -79,7 +79,14 @@ actor CameraCaptureService {
         }
         withExtendedLifetime(delegate) {}
 
-        let res = try JPEGTranscoder.transcodeToJPEG(imageData: rawData, maxWidthPx: maxWidth, quality: quality)
+        let maxPayloadBytes = 5 * 1024 * 1024
+        // Base64 inflates payloads by ~4/3; cap encoded bytes so the payload stays under 5MB (API limit).
+        let maxEncodedBytes = (maxPayloadBytes / 4) * 3
+        let res = try JPEGTranscoder.transcodeToJPEG(
+            imageData: rawData,
+            maxWidthPx: maxWidth,
+            quality: quality,
+            maxBytes: maxEncodedBytes)
         return (data: res.data, size: CGSize(width: res.widthPx, height: res.heightPx))
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/camera.md b/docs/camera.md
index 0353d1567ef..aba3b52680e 100644
--- a/docs/camera.md
+++ b/docs/camera.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ clawdis nodes camera clip --node <id> --no-audio
 
 Notes:
 - `clawdis nodes camera snap` defaults to `maxWidth=1600` unless overridden.
+- Photo payloads are recompressed to keep base64 under 5 MB.
 
 ## Safety + practical limits