diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81fc92e..717beca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ for await detection in listener.detections() {
 }
 ```
 
+Pass `echoCancellation: true` to route the microphone through the platform's voice-processing I/O unit, which subtracts what the device is playing out (e.g. your app's own TTS) from the captured signal so the listener only reacts to the user's voice. It defaults to `false` (raw capture).
+
+```swift
+let listener = WakeWordListener(model: model, threshold: 0.5, debounce: 2.0, echoCancellation: true)
+```
+
 The mel spectrogram and speech embedding `.onnx` models ship inside the Swift package; only the classifier ships with your app. Audio at any sample rate is resampled to 16 kHz internally via `AVAudioConverter` (matches the Rust crate's 22050–384000 Hz input range); the listener handles mic-hardware resampling automatically. ONNX Runtime with the CoreML Execution Provider dispatches to ANE / GPU / CPU by default (override via `executionProvider:`).
 
 Add `NSMicrophoneUsageDescription` to Info.plist (and `com.apple.security.device.audio-input` on sandboxed macOS apps) for listener use. A runnable SwiftUI demo (iOS + macOS) lives in [examples/ios_wakeword/](examples/ios_wakeword/).
diff --git a/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordError.swift b/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordError.swift
index 2f9ec4d..4ec957b 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordError.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordError.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ public enum WakeWordError: Error, LocalizedError, Sendable {
     /// The ONNX Runtime raised an error during session creation or
     /// inference.
     case runtimeFailure(underlying: Error)
+    /// Acoustic echo cancellation was requested (``WakeWordListener`` created
+    /// with `echoCancellation: true`) but the platform's voice-processing I/O
+    /// unit could not be enabled.
+    case echoCancellationUnavailable(underlying: Error)
 
     public var errorDescription: String? {
         switch self {
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ public enum WakeWordError: Error, LocalizedError, Sendable {
             return "LiveKitWakeWord: resampling failed."
         case .runtimeFailure(let underlying):
             return "LiveKitWakeWord: ONNX Runtime error (\(underlying))."
+        case .echoCancellationUnavailable(let underlying):
+            return "LiveKitWakeWord: could not enable echo cancellation (\(underlying))."
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordListener.swift b/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordListener.swift
index ec5243e..b97391b 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordListener.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/LiveKitWakeWord/WakeWordListener.swift
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public struct Detection: Sendable {
 public actor WakeWordListener {
     public let threshold: Float
     public let debounce: TimeInterval
+    public let echoCancellation: Bool
 
     private let model: WakeWordModel
     private var engine: AVAudioEngine?
@@ -71,16 +72,22 @@ public actor WakeWordListener {
     ///     same utterance.
     ///   - windowSeconds: Length of the rolling audio window fed to the
     ///     model. 2 s matches the Rust crate's recommendation.
+    ///   - echoCancellation: When `true`, the microphone is routed through the
+    ///     platform's voice-processing I/O unit so audio the device is playing
+    ///     out (e.g. an assistant's own TTS) is removed from the captured
+    ///     signal. Defaults to `false` (raw capture).
     public init(
         model: WakeWordModel,
         threshold: Float = 0.5,
         debounce: TimeInterval = 2.0,
-        windowSeconds: Double = 2.0
+        windowSeconds: Double = 2.0,
+        echoCancellation: Bool = false
     ) {
         self.model = model
         self.threshold = threshold
         self.debounce = debounce
         self.windowSeconds = windowSeconds
+        self.echoCancellation = echoCancellation
     }
 
     /// Start capturing audio and running inference. Must be called after
@@ -90,12 +97,22 @@ public actor WakeWordListener {
 
         #if os(iOS)
         let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
-        try session.setCategory(.playAndRecord, mode: .measurement, options: [.defaultToSpeaker])
+        let mode: AVAudioSession.Mode = echoCancellation ? .voiceChat : .measurement
+        try session.setCategory(.playAndRecord, mode: mode, options: [.defaultToSpeaker])
         try session.setActive(true, options: [])
         #endif
 
         let engine = AVAudioEngine()
         let input = engine.inputNode
+
+        if echoCancellation {
+            do {
+                try input.setVoiceProcessingEnabled(true)
+            } catch {
+                throw WakeWordError.echoCancellationUnavailable(underlying: error)
+            }
+        }
+
         let hwFormat = input.inputFormat(forBus: 0)
         guard hwFormat.sampleRate > 0 else {
             throw WakeWordError.unsupportedSampleRate(rate: 0)