diff --git a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormActions/ChatFormActions.svelte b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormActions/ChatFormActions.svelte
index 1b565ec7b9..25adf3a8ec 100644
--- a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormActions/ChatFormActions.svelte
+++ b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatForm/ChatFormActions/ChatFormActions.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	import { FileTypeCategory } from '$lib/enums/files';
 	import { getFileTypeCategory } from '$lib/utils/file-type';
 	import { supportsAudio } from '$lib/stores/server.svelte';
+	import { config } from '$lib/stores/settings.svelte';
 	import type { ChatUploadedFile } from '$lib/types/chat';
 
 	interface Props {
@@ -37,11 +38,14 @@
 		onStop
 	}: Props = $props();
 
+	let currentConfig = $derived(config());
 	let hasAudioModality = $derived(supportsAudio());
 	let hasAudioAttachments = $derived(
 		uploadedFiles.some((file) => getFileTypeCategory(file.type) === FileTypeCategory.AUDIO)
 	);
-	let shouldShowRecordButton = $derived(hasAudioModality && !hasText && !hasAudioAttachments);
+	let shouldShowRecordButton = $derived(
+		hasAudioModality && !hasText && !hasAudioAttachments && currentConfig.autoMicOnEmpty
+	);
 	let shouldShowSubmitButton = $derived(!shouldShowRecordButton || hasAudioAttachments);
 </script>
 
diff --git a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatSettings/ChatSettings.svelte b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatSettings/ChatSettings.svelte
index d00ae12853..d75948ffda 100644
--- a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatSettings/ChatSettings.svelte
+++ b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/components/app/chat/ChatSettings/ChatSettings.svelte
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
 					label: 'Show model information',
 					type: 'checkbox'
 				},
-				{
-					key: 'enableContinueGeneration',
-					label: 'Enable "Continue" button',
-					type: 'checkbox',
-					isExperimental: true
-				},
 				{
 					key: 'pdfAsImage',
 					label: 'Parse PDF as image',
@@ -94,6 +88,18 @@
 					label: 'Render user content as Markdown',
 					type: 'checkbox'
 				},
+				{
+					key: 'autoMicOnEmpty',
+					label: 'Show microphone on empty input',
+					type: 'checkbox',
+					isExperimental: true
+				},
+				{
+					key: 'enableContinueGeneration',
+					label: 'Enable "Continue" button',
+					type: 'checkbox',
+					isExperimental: true
+				},
 				{
 					key: 'askForTitleConfirmation',
 					label: 'Ask for confirmation before changing conversation title',
diff --git a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/constants/settings-config.ts b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/constants/settings-config.ts
index c25ea23f37..361860ac2f 100644
--- a/tools/server/webui/src/lib/constants/settings-config.ts
+++ b/tools/server/webui/src/lib/constants/settings-config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const SETTING_CONFIG_DEFAULT: Record<string, string | number | boolean> =
 	showModelInfo: false,
 	renderUserContentAsMarkdown: false,
 	modelSelectorEnabled: false,
+	autoMicOnEmpty: false,
 	// make sure these default values are in sync with `common.h`
 	samplers: 'top_k;typ_p;top_p;min_p;temperature',
 	temperature: 0.8,
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ export const SETTING_CONFIG_INFO: Record<string, string> = {
 	renderUserContentAsMarkdown: 'Render user messages using markdown formatting in the chat.',
 	modelSelectorEnabled:
 		'Enable the model selector in the chat input to choose the inference model. Sends the associated model field in API requests.',
+	autoMicOnEmpty:
+		'Automatically show microphone button instead of send button when textarea is empty for models with audio modality support.',
 	pyInterpreterEnabled:
 		'Enable Python interpreter using Pyodide. Allows running Python code in markdown code blocks.',
 	enableContinueGeneration: