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+- Keyless Gemini voice no longer blames the microphone. Without
+  `GEMINI_API_KEY`, the voice control shows only "Add a Gemini API key in
+  Provider Settings", without the microphone-permission hint, as OpenAI voice
+  already does (Sameh Khamis, @samehkhamis, #1660).