diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/integration_test/voice_loop_test.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/integration_test/voice_loop_test.dart
index b79959f3..bbc50a4e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/integration_test/voice_loop_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/integration_test/voice_loop_test.dart
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 //     --dart-define=HF_TOKEN=$HF_TOKEN
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show debugPrint;
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show rootBundle;
 import 'package:flutter_gemma/flutter_gemma.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_gemma_example/utils/audio_converter.dart';
@@ -41,14 +42,32 @@ const _llmModelUrl =
 const _ttsModelUrl =
     'https://huggingface.co/litert-community/Matcha-TTS/resolve/main/';
 
-const _hfToken = String.fromEnvironment('HF_TOKEN');
-
-/// On desktop, prefer a locally-staged model file (no network, no token) — the
-/// convention the other desktop integration tests use. Stage a Gemma 3 1B IT
-/// `.litertlm` into the app's documents dir as `gemma3-1b-it-int4.litertlm`.
-/// Returns null when no staged file is present (iOS / CI → network install).
+// The rest of the suite reads HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN (litertlm_ffi_test.dart et al);
+// this file historically read HF_TOKEN. Accept both so the repo's habitual
+// --dart-define does not silently yield an empty token and push the run onto
+// the tokenless gated-download path.
+const _hfTokenStandard = String.fromEnvironment('HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN');
+const _hfTokenLegacy = String.fromEnvironment('HF_TOKEN');
+final _hfToken = _hfTokenStandard.isNotEmpty
+    ? _hfTokenStandard
+    : _hfTokenLegacy;
+
+/// Prefer a device-local staged model file (no network, no token) — the
+/// convention the other integration tests use. Desktop and iOS read it from the
+/// app documents dir as `gemma3-1b-it-int4.litertlm`; Android (Firebase Test
+/// Lab) reads it from `/data/local/tmp/flutter_gemma_test/`.
+/// Returns null when no staged file is present (CI → network install).
 Future<String?> _stagedLlmPath() async {
-  if (!(Platform.isMacOS || Platform.isLinux || Platform.isWindows)) {
+  // Android (Firebase Test Lab): the model is pushed to the device via
+  // `--other-files /data/local/tmp/flutter_gemma_test/...` — no network/token.
+  if (Platform.isAndroid) {
+    const p = '/data/local/tmp/flutter_gemma_test/gemma3-1b-it-int4.litertlm';
+    return File(p).existsSync() ? p : null;
+  }
+  if (!(Platform.isMacOS ||
+      Platform.isLinux ||
+      Platform.isWindows ||
+      Platform.isIOS)) {
     return null;
   }
   final docs = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
@@ -84,18 +103,37 @@ void main() {
           .ofType(SttModelType.moonshine)
           .install();
 
-      // Desktop: install the LLM from a locally-staged .litertlm (no network,
-      // no token) — the convention used by the other desktop integration tests
-      // (litertlm_ffi_test.dart / active_model_restore_test.dart). iOS / CI
-      // without a staged file fall back to the network install.
+      // Install the LLM from a device-local staged .litertlm (no network, no
+      // token) — the convention used by the other integration tests
+      // (litertlm_ffi_test.dart / active_model_restore_test.dart). A run
+      // without a staged file falls back to the gated network install, which
+      // is reported loudly below: a silent fallback would hide a broken
+      // `--other-files` push and burn 0.5 GB per run on a path the test was
+      // written to avoid.
       final llm = FlutterGemma.installModel(
         modelType: ModelType.gemmaIt,
         fileType: ModelFileType.litertlm,
       );
       final llmLocalPath = await _stagedLlmPath();
       if (llmLocalPath != null) {
+        debugPrint('[voice_loop] LLM from staged file: $llmLocalPath');
         await llm.fromFile(llmLocalPath).install();
       } else {
+        debugPrint(
+          '[voice_loop] no staged LLM found — falling back to the gated '
+          'network install',
+        );
+        expect(
+          _hfToken.isNotEmpty,
+          isTrue,
+          reason:
+              'No device-local staged LLM and no HuggingFace token, so the '
+              'gated network fallback cannot authenticate. Stage the model '
+              '(Android: --other-files '
+              '/data/local/tmp/flutter_gemma_test/gemma3-1b-it-int4.litertlm; '
+              'desktop/iOS: app documents dir) or pass '
+              '--dart-define=HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN=...',
+        );
         await llm
             .fromNetwork(
               _llmModelUrl,
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/chat_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/chat_screen.dart
index e2199b38..fadfad4a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/chat_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/chat_screen.dart
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
   bool _isInitializing = false; // Protection against concurrent initialization
   bool _isStreaming = false; // Track streaming state
   String? _error;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
   Color _backgroundColor = const Color(0xFF0b2351);
   late String _appTitle; // App bar title; tool calls can override after load
 
@@ -123,10 +124,18 @@ class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
       // (the download screen normally does this first, but ChatScreen is also
       // reachable directly, so guard here too).
       if (widget.model.isBuiltIn) {
-        await installer.fromBundled(widget.model.filename).install();
+        await installer.fromBundled(widget.model.filename).withProgress((
+          percent,
+        ) {
+          if (!mounted) return;
+          setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+        }).install();
         await BuiltInAi.ensureReady();
       } else if (widget.model.localModel) {
-        await installer.fromAsset(widget.model.url).install();
+        await installer.fromAsset(widget.model.url).withProgress((percent) {
+          if (!mounted) return;
+          setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+        }).install();
       } else {
         // Load token if model needs authentication
         String? token;
@@ -137,7 +146,13 @@ class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
           );
         }
 
-        await installer.fromNetwork(widget.model.url, token: token).install();
+        await installer
+            .fromNetwork(widget.model.url, token: token)
+            .withProgress((percent) {
+              if (!mounted) return;
+              setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+            })
+            .install();
       }
 
       debugPrint('[ChatScreen] Step 1: Model installed ✅');
@@ -182,6 +197,9 @@ class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
         setState(() {
           _error = 'Failed to initialize model: ${e.toString()}';
           _isModelInitialized = false;
+          // Drop the stale percentage — a frozen "63%" claims a download is
+          // still running long after it died.
+          _downloadPercent = null;
         });
       }
       rethrow;
@@ -450,7 +468,18 @@ class ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
                     ),
                   ],
                 )
-              : const LoadingWidget(message: 'Initializing model'),
+              // Initialization failed: show the error, not a frozen
+              // percentage. _error is only reachable here — the banner above
+              // lives in the initialized branch.
+              : _error != null
+              ? _buildErrorBanner(_error!)
+              : LoadingWidget(
+                  message: 'Initializing model',
+                  progress:
+                      (_downloadPercent != null && _downloadPercent! < 100)
+                      ? _downloadPercent
+                      : null,
+                ),
         ],
       ),
     );
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/cosine_similarity_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/cosine_similarity_screen.dart
index ecdaac06..daa9f53f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/cosine_similarity_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/cosine_similarity_screen.dart
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ class _CosineSimilarityScreenState extends State<CosineSimilarityScreen> {
   EmbeddingModel? _embeddingModel;
   bool _isGenerating = false;
   String? _errorMessage;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
+
+  /// Which file the percentage refers to. The model and the tokenizer are
+  /// downloaded sequentially into the same counter, so without this the bar
+  /// runs 0→100→0 and the label lies during the second phase.
+  String _downloadStage = 'model';
 
   // Embeddings
   List<double>? _queryEmbedding;
@@ -88,6 +94,20 @@ class _CosineSimilarityScreenState extends State<CosineSimilarityScreen> {
       await FlutterGemma.installEmbedder()
           .modelFromNetwork(widget.model.url, token: token)
           .tokenizerFromNetwork(widget.model.tokenizerUrl, token: token)
+          .withModelProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'model';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          })
+          .withTokenizerProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'tokenizer';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          })
           .install();
 
       if (kDebugMode) {
@@ -113,6 +133,9 @@ class _CosineSimilarityScreenState extends State<CosineSimilarityScreen> {
       }
       setState(() {
         _errorMessage = e.toString();
+        // Without this the progress card stays on screen forever, contradicting
+        // the error card right below it.
+        _downloadPercent = null;
       });
     }
   }
@@ -307,6 +330,13 @@ class _CosineSimilarityScreenState extends State<CosineSimilarityScreen> {
               ),
             ),
 
+            if (_embeddingModel == null &&
+                _downloadPercent != null &&
+                _errorMessage == null) ...[
+              const SizedBox(height: 16),
+              _buildDownloadProgressCard(),
+            ],
+
             const SizedBox(height: 24),
 
             // Test sentences
@@ -502,6 +532,39 @@ class _CosineSimilarityScreenState extends State<CosineSimilarityScreen> {
     );
   }
 
+  Widget _buildDownloadProgressCard() {
+    final percent = _downloadPercent!;
+    final showPercent = percent < 100;
+    return Card(
+      color: const Color(0xFF1a3a5c),
+      child: Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            SizedBox(
+              width: 20,
+              height: 20,
+              child: CircularProgressIndicator(
+                strokeWidth: 2,
+                color: Colors.blue,
+                value: showPercent ? percent / 100.0 : null,
+              ),
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(width: 12),
+            Expanded(
+              child: Text(
+                showPercent
+                    ? 'Downloading $_downloadStage… $percent%'
+                    : 'Installing model…',
+                style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   Widget _buildInfoRow(String label, String value) {
     return Padding(
       padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4.0),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/embedding_test_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/embedding_test_screen.dart
index b3191a99..9544e843 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/embedding_test_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/embedding_test_screen.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ class _EmbeddingTestScreenState extends State<EmbeddingTestScreen> {
   bool _isGenerating = false;
   String? _errorMessage;
   EmbeddingModel? _embeddingModel;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
+
+  /// Which file the percentage refers to. The model and the tokenizer are
+  /// downloaded sequentially into the same counter, so without this the bar
+  /// runs 0→100→0 and the label lies during the second phase.
+  String _downloadStage = 'model';
 
   @override
   void initState() {
@@ -85,6 +91,22 @@ class _EmbeddingTestScreenState extends State<EmbeddingTestScreen> {
           builder = builder.tokenizerFromBundled(widget.model.tokenizerUrl);
       }
 
+      builder = builder
+          .withModelProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'model';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          })
+          .withTokenizerProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'tokenizer';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          });
+
       await builder.install();
 
       if (kDebugMode) {
@@ -108,11 +130,15 @@ class _EmbeddingTestScreenState extends State<EmbeddingTestScreen> {
       if (kDebugMode) {
         debugPrint('✅ Embedding model created on test screen (Modern API)');
       }
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (kDebugMode) {
-        debugPrint('⚠️ Could not create embedding model: $e');
-      }
-      // Don't set error state here - let user try to generate and see the error
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      debugPrint('[EmbeddingTestScreen] ❌ install/init failed: $e\n$st');
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() {
+        _errorMessage = 'Failed to install the embedding model: $e';
+        // Without this the progress card stays on screen forever, claiming a
+        // download that already died.
+        _downloadPercent = null;
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -163,6 +189,13 @@ class _EmbeddingTestScreenState extends State<EmbeddingTestScreen> {
               ),
             ),
 
+            if (_embeddingModel == null &&
+                _downloadPercent != null &&
+                _errorMessage == null) ...[
+              const SizedBox(height: 16),
+              _buildDownloadProgressCard(),
+            ],
+
             const SizedBox(height: 24),
 
             // Input section
@@ -311,6 +344,39 @@ class _EmbeddingTestScreenState extends State<EmbeddingTestScreen> {
     );
   }
 
+  Widget _buildDownloadProgressCard() {
+    final percent = _downloadPercent!;
+    final showPercent = percent < 100;
+    return Card(
+      color: const Color(0xFF1a3a5c),
+      child: Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16.0),
+        child: Row(
+          children: [
+            SizedBox(
+              width: 20,
+              height: 20,
+              child: CircularProgressIndicator(
+                strokeWidth: 2,
+                color: Colors.blue,
+                value: showPercent ? percent / 100.0 : null,
+              ),
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(width: 12),
+            Expanded(
+              child: Text(
+                showPercent
+                    ? 'Downloading $_downloadStage… $percent%'
+                    : 'Installing model…',
+                style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   Widget _buildInfoRow(String label, String value) {
     return Padding(
       padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4.0),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/loading_widget.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/loading_widget.dart
index c0440b57..f5e396d5 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/loading_widget.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/loading_widget.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ class LoadingWidget extends StatelessWidget {
           child: Column(
             mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
             children: [
-              const CircularProgressIndicator(),
+              // Determinate while a real percentage is in flight, indeterminate
+              // once the bytes are down and the engine is warming up.
+              CircularProgressIndicator(
+                value: (progress != null && progress! >= 0 && progress! < 100)
+                    ? progress! / 100.0
+                    : null,
+              ),
               const SizedBox(height: 16),
               Text(message),
               if (progress != null) ...[
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/stt_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/stt_screen.dart
index 46086a56..72dc736f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/stt_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/stt_screen.dart
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ class _SttScreenState extends State<SttScreen> {
   SpeechRecognizer? _recognizer;
   bool _isInitializing = true;
   String? _initError;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
+
+  /// Which file the percentage refers to. The model and the tokenizer are
+  /// downloaded sequentially into the same counter, so without this the bar
+  /// runs 0→100→0 and the label lies during the second phase.
+  String _downloadStage = 'model';
 
   bool _isTranscribing = false;
   String? _transcript;
@@ -72,6 +78,20 @@ class _SttScreenState extends State<SttScreen> {
           .modelFromNetwork(widget.model.modelUrl, token: token)
           .tokenizerFromNetwork(widget.model.tokenizerUrl, token: token)
           .ofType(widget.model.sttModelType)
+          .withModelProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'model';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          })
+          .withTokenizerProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() {
+              _downloadStage = 'tokenizer';
+              _downloadPercent = percent;
+            });
+          })
           .install();
 
       final recognizer = await FlutterGemma.getActiveStt();
@@ -324,16 +344,23 @@ class _SttScreenState extends State<SttScreen> {
   }
 
   Widget _buildInitializingState() {
-    return const Center(
+    final percent = _downloadPercent;
+    final showPercent = percent != null && percent < 100;
+    return Center(
       child: Padding(
-        padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
         child: Column(
           children: [
-            CircularProgressIndicator(color: Colors.blue),
-            SizedBox(height: 16),
+            CircularProgressIndicator(
+              color: Colors.blue,
+              value: showPercent ? percent / 100.0 : null,
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(height: 16),
             Text(
-              'Installing model and preparing recognizer…',
-              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
+              showPercent
+                  ? 'Downloading $_downloadStage… $percent%'
+                  : 'Installing model and preparing recognizer…',
+              style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
             ),
           ],
         ),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/translate_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/translate_screen.dart
index 6e48176d..d8b0708a 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/translate_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/translate_screen.dart
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class _TranslateScreenState extends State<TranslateScreen> {
   String? _error;
   InferenceModel? _inference;
   TranslateRunner? _runner;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
 
   String _src = 'en';
   String _dst = 'fr';
@@ -79,7 +80,10 @@ class _TranslateScreenState extends State<TranslateScreen> {
       await FlutterGemma.installModel(
         modelType: widget.model.modelType,
         fileType: widget.model.fileType,
-      ).fromNetwork(widget.model.url, token: token).install();
+      ).fromNetwork(widget.model.url, token: token).withProgress((percent) {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+      }).install();
 
       if (kDebugMode) {
         debugPrint('[TranslateScreen] Model installed, getting active…');
@@ -175,8 +179,12 @@ class _TranslateScreenState extends State<TranslateScreen> {
       body: !_isModelInitialized
           ? (_error != null
                 ? _buildErrorState(_error!)
-                : const LoadingWidget(
+                : LoadingWidget(
                     message: 'Initializing translation model',
+                    progress:
+                        (_downloadPercent != null && _downloadPercent! < 100)
+                        ? _downloadPercent
+                        : null,
                   ))
           : Padding(
               padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/tts_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/tts_screen.dart
index af608cf0..5736a862 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/tts_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/tts_screen.dart
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class _TtsScreenState extends State<TtsScreen> {
   SpeechSynthesizer? _synth;
   bool _isInitializing = true;
   String? _initError;
+  int? _downloadPercent;
 
   final _textController = TextEditingController(text: 'Hello world.');
   final _player = AudioPlayer();
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ class _TtsScreenState extends State<TtsScreen> {
       await FlutterGemma.installTts()
           .fromNetwork(_model.baseUrl)
           .ofType(_model.ttsModelType)
+          .withProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+          })
           .install();
 
       final synth = await FlutterGemma.getActiveTts();
@@ -184,16 +189,23 @@ class _TtsScreenState extends State<TtsScreen> {
   }
 
   Widget _buildInitializingState() {
-    return const Center(
+    final percent = _downloadPercent;
+    final showPercent = percent != null && percent < 100;
+    return Center(
       child: Padding(
-        padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
         child: Column(
           children: [
-            CircularProgressIndicator(color: Colors.blue),
-            SizedBox(height: 16),
+            CircularProgressIndicator(
+              color: Colors.blue,
+              value: showPercent ? percent / 100.0 : null,
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(height: 16),
             Text(
-              'Installing model and preparing synthesizer…',
-              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
+              showPercent
+                  ? 'Downloading model… $percent%'
+                  : 'Installing model and preparing synthesizer…',
+              style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
             ),
           ],
         ),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/voice_screen.dart b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/voice_screen.dart
index 5bff66a0..1370ef87 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/voice_screen.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/lib/voice_screen.dart
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class _VoiceScreenState extends State<VoiceScreen> {
 
   bool _isInitializing = true;
   String? _initError;
+  String _stage = 'Downloading speech model';
+  int? _downloadPercent;
 
   final AudioRecorder _audioRecorder = AudioRecorder();
   final _player = AudioPlayer();
@@ -89,17 +91,39 @@ class _VoiceScreenState extends State<VoiceScreen> {
       final sttToken = _sttModel.needsAuth
           ? await AuthTokenService.loadToken()
           : null;
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() {
+        _stage = 'Downloading speech model';
+        _downloadPercent = null;
+      });
       await FlutterGemma.installStt()
           .modelFromNetwork(_sttModel.modelUrl, token: sttToken)
           .tokenizerFromNetwork(_sttModel.tokenizerUrl, token: sttToken)
           .ofType(_sttModel.sttModelType)
+          .withModelProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+          })
+          .withTokenizerProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+          })
           .install();
       final recognizer = await FlutterGemma.getActiveStt();
 
       // --- TTS ---
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() {
+        _stage = 'Downloading voice model';
+        _downloadPercent = null;
+      });
       await FlutterGemma.installTts()
           .fromNetwork(_ttsModel.baseUrl)
           .ofType(_ttsModel.ttsModelType)
+          .withProgress((percent) {
+            if (!mounted) return;
+            setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+          })
           .install();
       final synth = await FlutterGemma.getActiveTts();
 
@@ -108,10 +132,18 @@ class _VoiceScreenState extends State<VoiceScreen> {
       if (_llmModel.needsAuth) {
         llmToken = await AuthTokenService.loadToken();
       }
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      setState(() {
+        _stage = 'Downloading language model';
+        _downloadPercent = null;
+      });
       await FlutterGemma.installModel(
         modelType: _llmModel.modelType,
         fileType: _llmModel.fileType,
-      ).fromNetwork(_llmModel.url, token: llmToken).install();
+      ).fromNetwork(_llmModel.url, token: llmToken).withProgress((percent) {
+        if (!mounted) return;
+        setState(() => _downloadPercent = percent);
+      }).install();
 
       final model = await FlutterGemma.getActiveModel(
         maxTokens: _llmModel.maxTokens,
@@ -430,16 +462,23 @@ class _VoiceScreenState extends State<VoiceScreen> {
   }
 
   Widget _buildInitializingState() {
-    return const Center(
+    final percent = _downloadPercent;
+    final showPercent = percent != null && percent < 100;
+    return Center(
       child: Padding(
-        padding: EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 32.0),
         child: Column(
           children: [
-            CircularProgressIndicator(color: Colors.blue),
-            SizedBox(height: 16),
+            CircularProgressIndicator(
+              color: Colors.blue,
+              value: showPercent ? percent / 100.0 : null,
+            ),
+            const SizedBox(height: 16),
             Text(
-              'Installing models and preparing the voice session…',
-              style: TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
+              showPercent
+                  ? '$_stage… $percent%'
+                  : 'Installing models and preparing the voice session…',
+              style: const TextStyle(color: Colors.white60),
             ),
           ],
         ),
diff --git a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/pubspec.lock b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/pubspec.lock
index cc081564..e20f00b0 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_gemma/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/packages/flutter_gemma/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -129,6 +129,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.7.13"
+  decimal:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: decimal
+      sha256: "2c3c8b74f2948066d3f42585477aec9cfc48fefd7a723a4d4274a6c71a5c0df7"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.2.6"
+  email_validator:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: email_validator
+      sha256: b19aa5d92fdd76fbc65112060c94d45ba855105a28bb6e462de7ff03b12fa1fb
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0"
   equatable:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -425,6 +441,14 @@ packages:
     description: flutter
     source: sdk
     version: "0.0.0"
+  genai_primitives:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: genai_primitives
+      sha256: "5a1e8c7ae9caf01aa609f59c54de47b73f51bf1ae95e0f679b7c7ab6948c4d9d"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.2.4"
   glob:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -526,6 +550,14 @@ packages:
     description: flutter
     source: sdk
     version: "0.0.0"
+  intl:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: intl
+      sha256: "1ca20c894b1717686a2319b8548763d812bc0aabdac580420a44c5178c57a867"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.20.3"
   jni:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -542,6 +574,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.1"
+  json_schema_builder:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: json_schema_builder
+      sha256: e46b1a2957590d2c811f47b22079710a273ebf9c8240a9e1440b759efb8ded5f
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.1.6"
   just_audio:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
@@ -846,6 +886,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.2.0"
+  rational:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: rational
+      sha256: cb808fb6f1a839e6fc5f7d8cb3b0a10e1db48b3be102de73938c627f0b636336
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.2.3"
   record:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description: