diff --git a/crates/chanora_audio/src/engine.rs b/crates/chanora_audio/src/engine.rs
index aca1ad7..60de397 100644
--- a/crates/chanora_audio/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/chanora_audio/src/engine.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ pub struct AudioEngineConfig {
     /// Initial PTT state. When false the encoder is bypassed and no
     /// outbound packets are produced.
     pub ptt_initial: bool,
+    /// Audio-effect toggles. The struct is honoured by *naming* but
+    /// the filters themselves are still no-op in Beta — see the
+    /// crate-level docs and DEC-007/008/009/010.
+    pub effects: crate::AudioEffects,
+    /// A.5 mobile: prefer the OS-provided "voice communication"
+    /// audio source on mobile platforms (Android
+    /// `MediaRecorder.AudioSource.VOICE_COMMUNICATION`, iOS
+    /// `AVAudioSession.Mode.voiceChat`). On Linux desktop this is
+    /// ignored — the DSP chain stays a no-op and we use the
+    /// default ALSA/PipeWire source.
+    ///
+    /// Beta status: the *config flag* is plumbed through every
+    /// layer; the *Android-side preset switch* is documented but
+    /// not yet wired through cpal, which currently uses the
+    /// AAudio default input. RISK-AUDIO-MOBILE-001 tracks this gap.
+    /// Setting `true` is a forward-compatible no-op for Beta and
+    /// will become active once cpal exposes input-preset hooks (or
+    /// when Chanora ships an Oboe-based fork).
+    pub mobile_voice_preset: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for AudioEngineConfig {
@@ -50,6 +69,8 @@ impl Default for AudioEngineConfig {
         Self {
             mic_gain: 1.0,
             ptt_initial: false,
+            effects: crate::AudioEffects::default(),
+            mobile_voice_preset: true,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -114,6 +135,36 @@ impl AudioEngine {
             "starting audio engine"
         );
 
+        // A.5 mobile-only preset acknowledgement. On Linux desktop
+        // the flag is ignored; on Android we log it so a future cpal
+        // / Oboe wiring can be observed in the diagnostic export.
+        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+        {
+            if cfg.mobile_voice_preset {
+                info!(
+                    target: "chanora_audio",
+                    "android: mobile_voice_preset requested (RISK-AUDIO-MOBILE-001 — flag plumbed, switch pending cpal upstream)"
+                );
+            }
+            if cfg.effects.aec || cfg.effects.noise_suppression {
+                info!(
+                    target: "chanora_audio",
+                    aec = cfg.effects.aec,
+                    ns = cfg.effects.noise_suppression,
+                    "android: effects requested; awaiting OS-source switch to engage hardware AEC/NS"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
+        {
+            if cfg.mobile_voice_preset {
+                info!(
+                    target: "chanora_audio",
+                    "ios: voice-chat session mode requested (binding pending — Chanora iOS audio is documented-only for Beta)"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
         let ptt = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(cfg.ptt_initial));
         let frames_sent = Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0));
         let frames_received = Arc::new(AtomicU32::new(0));