diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f106012a..72834bce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1503,6 +1503,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "coreaudio-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "coreaudio-rs"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1aae284fbaf7d27aa0e292f7677dfbe26503b0d555026f702940805a630eac17"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "libc",
+ "objc2-audio-toolbox",
+ "objc2-core-audio",
+ "objc2-core-audio-types",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "coreaudio-sys"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1520,13 +1534,13 @@ checksum = "873dab07c8f743075e57f524c583985fbaf745602acbe916a01539364369a779"
 dependencies = [
  "alsa",
  "core-foundation-sys 0.8.7",
- "coreaudio-rs",
+ "coreaudio-rs 0.11.3",
  "dasp_sample",
  "jni",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "mach2",
- "ndk",
+ "ndk 0.8.0",
  "ndk-context",
  "oboe",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1535,6 +1549,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.54.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpal"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cbd307f43cc2a697e2d1f8bc7a1d824b5269e052209e28883e5bc04d095aaa3f"
+dependencies = [
+ "alsa",
+ "coreaudio-rs 0.13.0",
+ "dasp_sample",
+ "jni",
+ "js-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "mach2",
+ "ndk 0.9.0",
+ "ndk-context",
+ "num-derive",
+ "num-traits",
+ "objc2-audio-toolbox",
+ "objc2-core-audio",
+ "objc2-core-audio-types",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "windows 0.54.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1896,6 +1936,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dispatch2"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89a09f22a6c6069a18470eb92d2298acf25463f14256d24778e1230d789a2aec"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -4597,7 +4647,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "jni-sys",
  "log",
- "ndk-sys",
+ "ndk-sys 0.5.0+25.2.9519653",
+ "num_enum",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ndk"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3f42e7bbe13d351b6bead8286a43aac9534b82bd3cc43e47037f012ebfd62d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "jni-sys",
+ "log",
+ "ndk-sys 0.6.0+11769913",
  "num_enum",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
@@ -4617,6 +4681,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "jni-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ndk-sys"
+version = "0.6.0+11769913"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee6cda3051665f1fb8d9e08fc35c96d5a244fb1be711a03b71118828afc9a873"
+dependencies = [
+ "jni-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-core"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -4965,6 +5038,78 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc_exception",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7c2599ce0ec54857b29ce62166b0ed9b4f6f1a70ccc9a71165b6154caca8c05"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc2-encode",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-audio-toolbox"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6948501a91121d6399b79abaa33a8aa4ea7857fe019f341b8c23ad6e81b79b08"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "libc",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-core-audio",
+ "objc2-core-audio-types",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-audio"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1eebcea8b0dbff5f7c8504f3107c68fc061a3eb44932051c8cf8a68d969c3b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "dispatch2",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-core-audio-types",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-audio-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a89f2ec274a0cf4a32642b2991e8b351a404d290da87bb6a9a9d8632490bd1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-foundation"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a180dd8642fa45cdb7dd721cd4c11b1cadd4929ce112ebd8b9f5803cc79d536"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "dispatch2",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-encode"
+version = "4.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef25abbcd74fb2609453eb695bd2f860d389e457f67dc17cafc8b8cbc89d0c33"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-foundation"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3e0adef53c21f888deb4fa59fc59f7eb17404926ee8a6f59f5df0fd7f9f3272"
+dependencies = [
+ "objc2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc_exception"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -5014,7 +5159,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8b61bebd49e5d43f5f8cc7ee2891c16e0f41ec7954d36bcb6c14c5e0de867fb"
 dependencies = [
  "jni",
- "ndk",
+ "ndk 0.8.0",
  "ndk-context",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
@@ -6386,7 +6531,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b1bb7b48ee48471f55da122c0044fcc7600cfcc85db88240b89cb832935e611"
 dependencies = [
  "claxon",
- "cpal",
+ "cpal 0.15.3",
  "hound",
  "lewton",
  "symphonia",
@@ -7558,7 +7703,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "candle-nn",
  "candle-transformers",
  "chrono",
- "cpal",
+ "cpal 0.16.0",
  "futures",
  "image 0.24.9",
  "imageproc",
diff --git a/crates/synapse-infra/Cargo.toml b/crates/synapse-infra/Cargo.toml
index b6623c13..86954b4f 100644
--- a/crates/synapse-infra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/synapse-infra/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ candle-transformers = { workspace = true }
 
 # Sensory (Vision & Audio)
 nokhwa = { version = "0.10", features = ["input-native"] }
-cpal = "0.15"
+cpal = "0.16"
 rodio = "0.17"
 
 # Random (for diffusion)