diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Landing.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Landing.tsx
index ac333198cd..426c31acee 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Landing.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Landing.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ import { useLocalize, useAuthContext } from '~/hooks';
 const containerClassName =
   'shadow-stroke relative flex h-full items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-white dark:bg-presentation dark:text-white text-black dark:after:shadow-none ';
 
+/** Stable references: fresh literals re-initialized SplitText's springs and
+ * re-rendered every grapheme span on each Landing render. */
+const greetingAnimationFrom = { opacity: 0, transform: 'translate3d(0,50px,0)' };
+const greetingAnimationTo = { opacity: 1, transform: 'translate3d(0,0,0)' };
+
 function getTextSizeClass(text: string | undefined | null) {
   if (!text) {
     return 'text-xl sm:text-2xl';
@@ -202,8 +207,8 @@ export default function Landing({ centerFormOnLanding }: { centerFormOnLanding:
                 className={`${getTextSizeClass(name)} font-medium text-text-primary`}
                 delay={50}
                 textAlign="center"
-                animationFrom={{ opacity: 0, transform: 'translate3d(0,50px,0)' }}
-                animationTo={{ opacity: 1, transform: 'translate3d(0,0,0)' }}
+                animationFrom={greetingAnimationFrom}
+                animationTo={greetingAnimationTo}
                 easing={easings.easeOutCubic}
                 threshold={0}
                 rootMargin="0px"
@@ -217,8 +222,8 @@ export default function Landing({ centerFormOnLanding }: { centerFormOnLanding:
               className={`${getTextSizeClass(greetingText)} font-medium text-text-primary`}
               delay={50}
               textAlign="center"
-              animationFrom={{ opacity: 0, transform: 'translate3d(0,50px,0)' }}
-              animationTo={{ opacity: 1, transform: 'translate3d(0,0,0)' }}
+              animationFrom={greetingAnimationFrom}
+              animationTo={greetingAnimationTo}
               easing={easings.easeOutCubic}
               threshold={0}
               rootMargin="0px"
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/ui/MessageTimestamp.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/ui/MessageTimestamp.tsx
index 079fa4349c..07c32b23a0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/ui/MessageTimestamp.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/ui/MessageTimestamp.tsx
@@ -2,23 +2,9 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import useTimeTick from '~/hooks/useTimeTick';
 import { getMessageTimestamp } from '~/utils';
 
-/**
- * Inline message timestamp shown next to the author name in the message header.
- * On hover-capable pointers it reveals on row hover/focus; on touch and other
- * non-hover devices it stays visible. Recent messages show the relative form
- * ("10 minutes ago") with the absolute date on hover; older messages show the
- * absolute date directly.
- */
-export default function MessageTimestamp({ value }: { value?: string | null }) {
-  const { i18n } = useTranslation();
-  // Re-render on a shared interval so relative labels stay current while idle.
-  useTimeTick();
-  const timestamp = getMessageTimestamp(value, i18n.language);
-
-  if (!timestamp) {
-    return null;
-  }
+type Timestamp = NonNullable<ReturnType<typeof getMessageTimestamp>>;
 
+function TimestampText({ timestamp }: { timestamp: Timestamp }) {
   return (
     <time
       dateTime={timestamp.iso}
@@ -29,3 +15,38 @@ export default function MessageTimestamp({ value }: { value?: string | null }) {
     </time>
   );
 }
+
+/** Only recent timestamps subscribe to the shared minute ticker, so the
+ * per-minute sweep re-renders a handful of rows instead of every message. */
+function RecentTimestamp({ value, language }: { value?: string | null; language: string }) {
+  useTimeTick();
+  const timestamp = getMessageTimestamp(value, language);
+
+  if (!timestamp) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return <TimestampText timestamp={timestamp} />;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Inline message timestamp shown next to the author name in the message header.
+ * On hover-capable pointers it reveals on row hover/focus; on touch and other
+ * non-hover devices it stays visible. Recent messages show the relative form
+ * ("10 minutes ago") with the absolute date on hover; older messages show the
+ * absolute date directly.
+ */
+export default function MessageTimestamp({ value }: { value?: string | null }) {
+  const { i18n } = useTranslation();
+  const timestamp = getMessageTimestamp(value, i18n.language);
+
+  if (!timestamp) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (timestamp.isRecent) {
+    return <RecentTimestamp value={value} language={i18n.language} />;
+  }
+
+  return <TimestampText timestamp={timestamp} />;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
index dbb59aa1e6..b7361c5ff5 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextToSpeechBrowser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
 import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import type { VoiceOption } from '~/common';
+import { subscribeSpeechVoices, getSpeechVoicesSnapshot } from '~/utils';
 import store from '~/store';
 
 function useTextToSpeechBrowser({
@@ -9,63 +10,19 @@ function useTextToSpeechBrowser({
   setIsSpeaking: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
 }) {
   const voiceName = useRecoilValue(store.voice);
-  const [voices, setVoices] = useState<VoiceOption[]>([]);
   const cloudBrowserVoices = useRecoilValue(store.cloudBrowserVoices);
-  const [isSpeechSynthesisSupported, setIsSpeechSynthesisSupported] = useState(true);
+  const { voices: availableVoices, supported: isSpeechSynthesisSupported } = useSyncExternalStore(
+    subscribeSpeechVoices,
+    getSpeechVoicesSnapshot,
+    getSpeechVoicesSnapshot,
+  );
 
-  const updateVoices = useCallback(() => {
-    const synth = window.speechSynthesis as SpeechSynthesis | undefined;
-    if (!synth) {
-      setIsSpeechSynthesisSupported(false);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      const availableVoices = synth.getVoices();
-      if (!Array.isArray(availableVoices)) {
-        console.error('getVoices() did not return an array');
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const filteredVoices = availableVoices.filter(
-        (v) => cloudBrowserVoices || v.localService === true,
-      );
-      const voiceOptions: VoiceOption[] = filteredVoices.map((v) => ({
-        value: v.name,
-        label: v.name,
-      }));
-
-      setVoices(voiceOptions);
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error updating voices:', error);
-      setIsSpeechSynthesisSupported(false);
-    }
-  }, [cloudBrowserVoices]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const synth = window.speechSynthesis as SpeechSynthesis | undefined;
-    if (!synth) {
-      setIsSpeechSynthesisSupported(false);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      if (synth.getVoices().length) {
-        updateVoices();
-      } else {
-        synth.onvoiceschanged = updateVoices;
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error in useEffect:', error);
-      setIsSpeechSynthesisSupported(false);
-    }
-
-    return () => {
-      if (synth.onvoiceschanged) {
-        synth.onvoiceschanged = null;
-      }
-    };
-  }, [updateVoices]);
+  const voices = useMemo(() => {
+    const filteredVoices = availableVoices.filter(
+      (v) => cloudBrowserVoices || v.localService === true,
+    );
+    return filteredVoices.map((v): VoiceOption => ({ value: v.name, label: v.name }));
+  }, [availableVoices, cloudBrowserVoices]);
 
   const generateSpeechLocal = (text: string) => {
     if (!isSpeechSynthesisSupported) {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/index.ts b/client/src/utils/index.ts
index bffddc118c..4b54dfa0d5 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export * from './convos';
 export * from './routes';
 export * from './presets';
 export * from './prompts';
+export * from './voices';
 export * from './textarea';
 export * from './messages';
 export * from './focus';
diff --git a/client/src/utils/voices.ts b/client/src/utils/voices.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b27253292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/voices.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+export type SpeechVoicesSnapshot = {
+  voices: SpeechSynthesisVoice[];
+  supported: boolean;
+};
+
+let snapshot: SpeechVoicesSnapshot = { voices: [], supported: true };
+const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
+let initialized = false;
+
+const notify = () => {
+  listeners.forEach((listener) => listener());
+};
+
+const readVoices = (synth: SpeechSynthesis) => {
+  try {
+    const voices = synth.getVoices();
+    if (!Array.isArray(voices)) {
+      console.error('getVoices() did not return an array');
+      return;
+    }
+    snapshot = { voices, supported: true };
+    notify();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error updating voices:', error);
+    snapshot = { voices: [], supported: false };
+    notify();
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Module-level speech-synthesis voices store. Every message row mounts a TTS
+ * button; per-instance `getVoices()` state guaranteed one post-mount re-render
+ * per row and the instances clobbered each other's `onvoiceschanged` handler
+ * (last mount won, any unmount nulled it for the rest). One shared listener
+ * feeds all subscribers instead.
+ */
+export const subscribeSpeechVoices = (onStoreChange: () => void): (() => void) => {
+  listeners.add(onStoreChange);
+  if (!initialized) {
+    initialized = true;
+    const synth = window.speechSynthesis as SpeechSynthesis | undefined;
+    if (!synth) {
+      snapshot = { voices: [], supported: false };
+    } else {
+      readVoices(synth);
+      try {
+        synth.addEventListener('voiceschanged', () => readVoices(synth));
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error subscribing to voiceschanged:', error);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return () => {
+    listeners.delete(onStoreChange);
+  };
+};
+
+export const getSpeechVoicesSnapshot = (): SpeechVoicesSnapshot => snapshot;