diff --git a/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearApplication.kt b/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearApplication.kt
index b3e93d4001a8..3ec342536591 100644
--- a/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearApplication.kt
+++ b/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearApplication.kt
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ class WearApplication : Application() {
     WearGatewayRepository(proxyClient)
   }
 
-  internal val realtimeTalkClient: WearRealtimeTalkClient by lazy {
-    WearRealtimeTalkClient(this, gatewayRepository)
-  }
-
   private val visibleActivities = VisibleActivityTracker()
 
   internal fun onActivityStarted() = visibleActivities.onStarted()
diff --git a/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModel.kt b/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModel.kt
index e2c8ed3b490d..83df69efa057 100644
--- a/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModel.kt
+++ b/apps/android/wear/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModel.kt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ internal class WearViewModel(
 ) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
   private val app = application as WearApplication
   private val repository = app.gatewayRepository
-  private val realtimeTalkClient = app.realtimeTalkClient
+  private val realtimeTalkClient = WearRealtimeTalkClient(app, repository)
   private val mutableState = MutableStateFlow(WearUiState())
   private val eventSequenceTracker = WearEventSequenceTracker()
   private val eventSourceTracker = WearEventSourceTracker()
diff --git a/apps/android/wear/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModelLifecycleTest.kt b/apps/android/wear/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModelLifecycleTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c50ae71424dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/android/wear/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/wear/WearViewModelLifecycleTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package ai.openclaw.wear
+
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStore
+import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelStoreOwner
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+@Config(application = WearApplication::class, sdk = [35])
+class WearViewModelLifecycleTest {
+  @Test
+  fun recreatedViewModelGetsALiveTalkClientAfterThePreviousOneClears() {
+    val app = RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication() as WearApplication
+    val factory = ViewModelProvider.AndroidViewModelFactory.getInstance(app)
+    val firstOwner = TestViewModelStoreOwner()
+    val firstViewModel = ViewModelProvider(firstOwner, factory)[WearViewModel::class.java]
+    val firstClient = firstViewModel.realtimeTalkClientForTest()
+
+    firstOwner.viewModelStore.clear()
+
+    val reopenedOwner = TestViewModelStoreOwner()
+    val reopenedViewModel = ViewModelProvider(reopenedOwner, factory)[WearViewModel::class.java]
+    val reopenedClient = reopenedViewModel.realtimeTalkClientForTest()
+    try {
+      assertFalse(firstClient.scopeForTest().coroutineContext[Job]?.isActive == true)
+      assertNotSame(firstClient, reopenedClient)
+      assertTrue(reopenedClient.scopeForTest().coroutineContext[Job]?.isActive == true)
+    } finally {
+      reopenedOwner.viewModelStore.clear()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class TestViewModelStoreOwner : ViewModelStoreOwner {
+    override val viewModelStore = ViewModelStore()
+  }
+
+  private fun WearViewModel.realtimeTalkClientForTest(): WearRealtimeTalkClient =
+    javaClass.getDeclaredField("realtimeTalkClient").run {
+      isAccessible = true
+      get(this@realtimeTalkClientForTest) as WearRealtimeTalkClient
+    }
+
+  private fun WearRealtimeTalkClient.scopeForTest(): CoroutineScope =
+    javaClass.getDeclaredField("scope").run {
+      isAccessible = true
+      get(this@scopeForTest) as CoroutineScope
+    }
+}