diff --git a/changelog.d/1546-chat-provider-switch.md b/changelog.d/1546-chat-provider-switch.md
index 1c3210330..69cdbc939 100644
--- a/changelog.d/1546-chat-provider-switch.md
+++ b/changelog.d/1546-chat-provider-switch.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - Keep typed chat's view when switching AI Provider: Settings opened from
-  chat, or chat itself, stay as they were for the new provider instead of
-  falling back to voice and widening the dock. Opening chat or closing the
+  chat stay chat's Settings for the new provider instead of falling back to
+  voice and widening the dock. Opening chat or closing the
   voice panel now also clears a voice error left on the dock (Manjunath,
   @manjunath22466, #1546).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index fa2287567..c01693e3d 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ starts. Settings opened from chat keep chat's frame and show the shared AI
 provider, the quick-commands option and then the voice preferences (Voice
 Preview, inactivity timeout and model tier), so they stay in reach while
 Preview is off, with Back to chat; voice Settings show Back to voice. Switching
-AI Provider keeps that view: chat's Settings, or chat itself, stay as they were
-for the new provider. Escape steps back from either Settings view, closes Voice
+AI Provider keeps that view: Settings opened from chat stay chat's Settings,
+in chat's frame, for the new provider. Escape steps back from either Settings view, closes Voice
 Preview, and does nothing in chat. Closing chat ends a typed session, and the
 voice panel's close turns voice off. Opening chat or closing the voice panel
 also clears a voice error left on the dock. Asking the assistant from chat to open
diff --git a/src/voice/chatControl.js b/src/voice/chatControl.js
index d366181a7..0525b9bc5 100644
--- a/src/voice/chatControl.js
+++ b/src/voice/chatControl.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { bindChatAttachments } from './chatAttachments.js';
 import { bindChatPreferences } from './chatPreferences.js';
 import { readStoredCloudVoiceAuthMode } from './cloudVoiceAuth.js';
+import { isStoppable } from './session.js';
 import { t } from '../i18n/index.js';
 
 /**
@@ -96,8 +97,7 @@ export function bindChatControl({ ui, session, onOpen, dataManager }) {
     leaveChatSettings();
     // Chat replaces voice, a stale voice error included, so the dock stops
     // showing it.
-    if (!isTyped() && (session.isActive() || session.state === 'error'))
-      session.stop();
+    if (!isTyped() && isStoppable(session)) session.stop();
     onOpen?.();
     ui.update('chat', { open: true, minimized: false, rows: 2, authNote });
     sync();
@@ -392,15 +392,7 @@ export function bindChatControl({ ui, session, onOpen, dataManager }) {
       }
       const frame = ui.element('chatPanel')?.getBoundingClientRect?.();
       close();
-      ui.update('voicePanel', {
-        context: 'chat',
-        ...(frame?.width && {
-          frameWidth: frame.width,
-          frameHeight: frame.height,
-        }),
-      });
-      ui.update('chat', { backVisible: true });
-      sync();
+      showChatSettings(frame);
       void ui.focus(['chatBack']);
     }),
     // The panel clears its context as it closes, so chat tracks its own.
@@ -416,32 +408,30 @@ export function bindChatControl({ ui, session, onOpen, dataManager }) {
     }),
   ];
   sync();
-  // What a provider switch carries to the next mount: chat's Settings or
-  // chat itself, never the conversation.
+  // Settings shown from chat, in chat's frame when it has one.
+  function showChatSettings(frame) {
+    ui.update('voicePanel', {
+      context: 'chat',
+      ...(frame?.width && {
+        frameWidth: frame.width,
+        frameHeight: frame.height,
+      }),
+    });
+    ui.update('chat', { backVisible: true });
+    sync();
+  }
+  // What a provider switch carries to the next mount: chat's Settings, never
+  // the conversation. The provider choice lives only in Settings, so chat
+  // itself is never open during a switch.
   function presentation() {
-    if (inChatSettings()) {
-      const { frameWidth, frameHeight } = ui.state.voicePanel;
-      return { view: 'settings', frameWidth, frameHeight };
-    }
-    if (chat().open) return { view: chat().minimized ? 'minimized' : 'open' };
-    return null;
+    if (!inChatSettings()) return null;
+    const { frameWidth: width, frameHeight: height } = ui.state.voicePanel;
+    return { view: 'settings', frame: width ? { width, height } : null };
   }
   // Restored without moving focus: the switch keeps it on the provider choice.
   function restorePresentation(state) {
-    if (disposed || !state) return;
-    if (state.view === 'settings') {
-      ui.update('voicePanel', {
-        context: 'chat',
-        ...(state.frameWidth && {
-          frameWidth: state.frameWidth,
-          frameHeight: state.frameHeight,
-        }),
-      });
-      ui.update('chat', { backVisible: true });
-      return sync();
-    }
-    open({ focus: false });
-    if (state.view === 'minimized') minimize({ focus: false });
+    if (disposed || state?.view !== 'settings') return;
+    showChatSettings(state.frame);
   }
   return {
     close,
diff --git a/src/voice/chatControlView.test.mjs b/src/voice/chatControlView.test.mjs
index e329a2dc3..c0175456c 100644
--- a/src/voice/chatControlView.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/chatControlView.test.mjs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ test('the chat gear is named for the settings it opens', async (t) => {
   );
 });
 
-test('a provider switch carries chat Settings or chat itself to the next mount', async (t) => {
+test('a provider switch carries chat Settings to the next mount', async (t) => {
   const mount = () => {
     const ui = createTestVoiceUi({ panel: true });
     const chat = bindChatControl({ ui, session: typedSession() });
@@ -377,21 +377,22 @@ test('a provider switch carries chat Settings or chat itself to the next mount',
   before.ui.emit('chat-button');
   before.ui.update('voicePanel', { hidden: false });
   before.ui.emit('settings-button');
+  before.ui.update('voicePanel', { frameWidth: 320, frameHeight: 480 });
   const settings = before.chat.presentation();
-  assert.equal(settings.view, 'settings');
+  assert.deepEqual(settings, {
+    view: 'settings',
+    frame: { width: 320, height: 480 },
+  });
   const after = mount();
   after.chat.restorePresentation(settings);
   assert.equal(after.ui.state.voicePanel.context, 'chat');
+  assert.equal(after.ui.state.voicePanel.frameWidth, 320);
+  assert.equal(after.ui.state.voicePanel.frameHeight, 480);
   assert.equal(after.ui.state.chat.backVisible, true);
   assert.equal(after.ui.state.root.assistantMode, 'chat');
-  // Open and minimized chat come back as they were, without taking focus.
-  for (const view of ['open', 'minimized']) {
-    const next = mount();
-    next.chat.restorePresentation({ view });
-    assert.equal(next.ui.state.chat.open, true);
-    assert.equal(next.ui.state.chat.minimized, view === 'minimized');
-    assert.equal(next.chat.presentation().view, view);
-  }
-  // Idle chat carries nothing.
+  // Chat itself, or no chat at all, carries nothing.
+  const open = mount();
+  open.ui.emit('chat-button');
+  assert.equal(open.chat.presentation(), null);
   assert.equal(mount().chat.presentation(), null);
 });
diff --git a/src/voice/panel/host.test.mjs b/src/voice/panel/host.test.mjs
index ae5cd1994..57b512ac0 100644
--- a/src/voice/panel/host.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/panel/host.test.mjs
@@ -1319,6 +1319,56 @@ test('opening chat or closing the voice panel clears a stale voice error', async
   }
 });
 
+test('switching AI Provider from chat Settings keeps chat Settings on the new mount', async (t) => {
+  const view = mountVoiceView(t);
+  const host = createVoicePanelHost({ storage: null });
+  const instances = [];
+  const commands = createProviderCommands(
+    {
+      runner: async () => ({}),
+      dataManager: { layers: new Map() },
+      supportedProviders: ['openai', 'gemini'],
+    },
+    {
+      bind: (options) =>
+        bind({
+          ...options,
+          panelHost: host,
+          createControl: (control) =>
+            createTestVoiceUi({ ...control, pinia: view.pinia }),
+        }),
+      factories: { openai: factory(instances), gemini: factory(instances) },
+      storage: null,
+    },
+  );
+  t.after(() => {
+    commands.destroy();
+    host.destroy();
+  });
+  await view.settle();
+  $('#gev-chat-button').click();
+  await view.settle();
+  $('#gev-chat-panel').getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+    width: 320,
+    height: 480,
+  });
+  $('#gev-voice-settings-button').click();
+  await view.settle();
+  const old = commands.ui;
+  assert.equal(old.state.voicePanel.context, 'chat');
+  old.emit('provider-change', 'gemini');
+  await view.settle();
+  const { ui } = commands;
+  assert.notEqual(ui, old);
+  assert.equal(ui.state.voicePanel.context, 'chat');
+  assert.equal(ui.state.voicePanel.frameWidth, 320);
+  assert.equal(ui.state.voicePanel.frameHeight, 480);
+  assert.equal(ui.state.chat.backVisible, true);
+  assert.equal(ui.state.root.assistantMode, 'chat');
+  assert.equal($('#gev-chat-back').hidden, false);
+  assert.equal(active(), 'gev-voice-provider');
+});
+
 test('the voice panel close turns voice off', async (t) => {
   const f = mounted(t, { view: true });
   await f.commands.session.start();
diff --git a/src/voice/providerCommands.js b/src/voice/providerCommands.js
index 756215c7b..5d77ebef6 100644
--- a/src/voice/providerCommands.js
+++ b/src/voice/providerCommands.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function createProviderCommands(options, { bind, factories, storage }) {
     const textOnly = Boolean(
       current.session.adapter.getStartOptions?.().textOnly,
     );
-    // The panel stays where the user is: chat's Settings or chat itself.
+    // Settings opened from chat stay chat's Settings.
     const presentation = current.chatPresentation?.() ?? null;
     const generation = ++mountGeneration;
     voiceEnabled = false;
diff --git a/src/voice/providerCommands.test.mjs b/src/voice/providerCommands.test.mjs
index dfcf77052..a9acd2804 100644
--- a/src/voice/providerCommands.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/providerCommands.test.mjs
@@ -857,13 +857,13 @@ for (const action of ['stop', 'destroy']) {
   }
 }
 
-test('a provider switch hands chat Settings or chat to the new mount', async (t) => {
+test('a provider switch hands chat Settings to the new mount', async (t) => {
   const f = compositionFixture(t);
   const first = f.facade.provider;
   const next = first === 'openai' ? 'gemini' : 'openai';
   // Without chat open there is nothing to carry.
   assert.equal(f.mounts[0].controls.chatPresentation(), null);
-  const shown = { view: 'settings', frameWidth: 320, frameHeight: 480 };
+  const shown = { view: 'settings', frame: { width: 320, height: 480 } };
   f.mounts[0].controls.chatPresentation = () => shown;
   f.select(next);
   await settle();
diff --git a/src/voice/session.js b/src/voice/session.js
index 21400f04c..7c31f17d2 100644
--- a/src/voice/session.js
+++ b/src/voice/session.js
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ export function createVoiceSession({ createAdapter, runner, signal }) {
   };
 }
 
+// Live, or left in error: stopping either returns the session to idle.
+export const isStoppable = (session) =>
+  session.isActive() || session.state === 'error';
+
 function abortError() {
   return new DOMException('Voice action cancelled', 'AbortError');
 }
diff --git a/src/voice/sessionCommands.js b/src/voice/sessionCommands.js
index 5a8a7e90c..242a2126b 100644
--- a/src/voice/sessionCommands.js
+++ b/src/voice/sessionCommands.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { bindAssistantPanelLayout, bindLayoutDock } from './panelLayout.js';
 import { bindChatControl } from './chatControl.js';
 import { bindVoiceMiniPreview } from './voiceMiniPreview.js';
 import { createVoiceControl, voiceStatusLabel } from './control.js';
-import { createVoiceSession } from './session.js';
+import { createVoiceSession, isStoppable } from './session.js';
 import { VoiceCardControls } from './voiceCard.js';
 import { PointerReticle } from './pointerReticle.js';
 import { VOICE_PROVIDERS } from './providerCapabilities.js';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function createVoiceCommands({
   createReticle = createDefaultReticle,
   panelHost = null,
   nativePanelProvider = null,
-  // Chat's Settings or chat itself, carried across a provider switch.
+  // Chat's Settings, carried across a provider switch.
   presentation = null,
 }) {
   if (resetExisting) window.__gevVoiceCommands?.stop?.({ removeUi: true });
@@ -289,11 +289,7 @@ export function createVoiceCommands({
   // session belongs to chat, which handles its own close.
   const offClose = ui.on('settings-close', () => {
     // A voice error the user closes is over too; stopping returns to idle.
-    if (
-      (!session.isActive() && session.state !== 'error') ||
-      adapter.getStartOptions?.().textOnly
-    )
-      return;
+    if (!isStoppable(session) || adapter.getStartOptions?.().textOnly) return;
     const ticket = panelMount?.stopTicket();
     session.stop();
     panelMount?.closeAfterStop(ticket);