diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/RecordingUseCase.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/RecordingUseCase.kt
index 3552ea314fe2..069d10464522 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/RecordingUseCase.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/RecordingUseCase.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class RecordingUseCase @Inject constructor(
         audioRecorder.startRecording(onRecordingFinished)
     }
 
-    @Suppress("ReturnCount")
     fun stopRecording() {
        audioRecorder.stopRecording()
     }
@@ -22,5 +21,8 @@ class RecordingUseCase @Inject constructor(
     fun recordingUpdates(): Flow<RecordingUpdate> {
         return audioRecorder.recordingUpdates()
     }
-}
 
+    fun endRecordingSession() {
+        audioRecorder.endRecordingSession()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
index ff491318e2bc..7375ae03ffc2 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentDialogFragment.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.wordpress.android.ui.voicetocontent
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.app.Dialog
+import android.content.DialogInterface
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.compose.theme.AppTheme
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.util.audio.IAudioRecorder.Companion.REQUIRED_RECORDING_PERMISSIONS
 import android.provider.Settings
+import android.util.Log
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.compose.material.ExperimentalMaterialApi
 import com.google.android.material.bottomsheet.BottomSheetBehavior
@@ -64,12 +66,44 @@ class VoiceToContentDialogFragment : BottomSheetDialogFragment() {
             behavior.skipCollapsed = true
             behavior.state = BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_EXPANDED
 
+            behavior.addBottomSheetCallback(object : BottomSheetBehavior.BottomSheetCallback() {
+                @SuppressLint("SwitchIntDef")
+                override fun onStateChanged(bottomSheet: View, newState: Int) {
+                    when (newState) {
+                        BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_HIDDEN,
+                        BottomSheetBehavior.STATE_COLLAPSED -> {
+                            onBottomSheetClosed()
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                override fun onSlide(bottomSheet: View, slideOffset: Float) {
+                    // Handle the slide offset if needed
+                }
+            })
+
             // Disable touch interception by the bottom sheet to allow nested scrolling
             bottomSheet.setOnTouchListener { _, _ -> false }
         }
+
+        // Observe the ViewModel to update the cancelable state of closing on outside touch
+        viewModel.isCancelableOutsideTouch.observe(this) { cancelable ->
+            Log.i(javaClass.simpleName, "***=> disable outside touch")
+            dialog.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(cancelable)
+        }
+
         return dialog
     }
 
+    override fun onDismiss(dialog: DialogInterface) {
+        super.onDismiss(dialog)
+        viewModel.onBottomSheetClosed()
+    }
+
+    private fun onBottomSheetClosed() {
+        dismiss()
+    }
+
     private fun observeViewModel() {
         viewModel.requestPermission.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) {
             requestAllPermissionsForRecording()
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
index 6bb4264b368a..9e99790777ae 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/voicetocontent/VoiceToContentViewModel.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
     private val _onIneligibleForVoiceToContent = MutableLiveData<String>()
     val onIneligibleForVoiceToContent = _onIneligibleForVoiceToContent as LiveData<String>
 
+    private val _isCancelableOutsideTouch = MutableLiveData(true)
+    val isCancelableOutsideTouch: LiveData<Boolean> get() = _isCancelableOutsideTouch
+
     private var isStarted = false
 
     private val _state = MutableStateFlow(VoiceToContentUiState(
@@ -104,6 +107,10 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
         isStarted = true
     }
 
+    fun onBottomSheetClosed() {
+        recordingUseCase.endRecordingSession()
+    }
+
     // Recording
     private fun updateRecordingData(recordingUpdate: RecordingUpdate) {
         _recordingUpdate.value = recordingUpdate
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun startRecording() {
         transitionToRecording()
+        disableDialogCancelableOutsideTouch()
         recordingUseCase.startRecording { audioRecorderResult ->
             when (audioRecorderResult) {
                 is Success -> {
@@ -143,6 +151,10 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun disableDialogCancelableOutsideTouch() {
+        _isCancelableOutsideTouch.value = false
+    }
+
     @Suppress("ReturnCount")
     private fun getRecordingFile(recordingPath: String): File? {
         if (recordingPath.isEmpty()) return null
@@ -206,6 +218,7 @@ class VoiceToContentViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun onClose() {
         logger.track(Stat.VOICE_TO_CONTENT_BUTTON_CLOSE_TAPPED)
+        recordingUseCase.endRecordingSession()
         _dismiss.postValue(Unit)
     }
 
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/AudioRecorder.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/AudioRecorder.kt
index 73f957289151..12c0a01b2f65 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/AudioRecorder.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/AudioRecorder.kt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AudioRecorder(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun stopRecording() {
+    private fun clearResources() {
         try {
             recorder?.apply {
                 stop()
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ class AudioRecorder(
             _isPaused.value = false
             _isRecording.value = false
         }
-        // return filePath
+    }
+
+    override fun stopRecording() {
+        clearResources()
+        // return the filePath
         onRecordingFinished(Success(filePath))
     }
 
@@ -136,6 +140,10 @@ class AudioRecorder(
         }
     }
 
+    override fun endRecordingSession() {
+        clearResources()
+    }
+
     override fun recordingUpdates(): Flow<RecordingUpdate> = recordingUpdates
 
     @Suppress("MagicNumber")
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/IAudioRecorder.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/IAudioRecorder.kt
index 73ab0ca30725..78cbd55efbad 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/IAudioRecorder.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/util/audio/IAudioRecorder.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ interface IAudioRecorder {
     fun pauseRecording()
     fun resumeRecording()
     fun recordingUpdates(): Flow<RecordingUpdate>
+    fun endRecordingSession()
 
     sealed class AudioRecorderResult {
         data class Success(val recordingPath: String) : AudioRecorderResult()