diff --git a/pi/install/debian_laptop_profile.sh b/pi/install/debian_laptop_profile.sh
index 3276bd00..09d56857 100644
--- a/pi/install/debian_laptop_profile.sh
+++ b/pi/install/debian_laptop_profile.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,61 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 install_debian_laptop_deps() {
-	# This profile is deliberately Debian-only. Using apt directly is simpler
-	# than adding a fake cross-distro layer, and it keeps the installed package
-	# set easy to inspect on the actual rover laptop.
+	# The laptop rover is a dedicated appliance, not a normal desktop/laptop audio
+	# install. Keep this package set intentionally close to the Pi profile so the
+	# same roverd TTS/playback/capture code paths are available on both targets.
 	if command -v ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 		&& command -v arecord >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 		&& command -v aplay >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 		&& command -v amixer >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 		&& command -v v4l2-ctl >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 		&& command -v flite >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-		&& command -v espeak >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		log "Debian laptop media/audio dependencies already installed; skipping apt install"
+		&& command -v espeak >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+		&& command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+		&& command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+		&& command -v xz >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+		&& command -v unzip >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+		&& ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'libc++\.so\.1' \
+		&& ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'libc++abi\.so\.1'; then
+		log "Debian laptop media/audio/TTS dependencies already installed; skipping apt install"
 		return
 	fi
 
-	log "Installing Debian laptop dependencies (ffmpeg, ALSA tools, V4L2 tools, flite, espeak)..."
+	log "Installing Debian laptop rover dependencies (ffmpeg, ALSA tools, V4L2 tools, flite/espeak, Chrome TTS runtime deps)..."
 	apt-get update
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ffmpeg alsa-utils v4l-utils ca-certificates flite espeak
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+		ffmpeg alsa-utils v4l-utils ca-certificates flite espeak python3 curl xz-utils unzip libasound2-plugins libc++1 libc++abi1 \
+		|| apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+			ffmpeg alsa-utils v4l-utils ca-certificates flite espeak python3 curl xz-utils unzip libasound2-plugins libc++1-14 libc++abi1-14
+}
+
+disable_debian_laptop_desktop_audio_stack() {
+	# This profile is for a dedicated rover laptop. PipeWire/PulseAudio are good
+	# desktop defaults, but they can grab the hardware device and make the rover's
+	# root/systemd ALSA services fail or route through a moving per-user graph.
+	# Mask them globally and kill already-running instances so ALSA owns the box,
+	# which is the closest behavior to the Pi rover appliance setup.
+	log "Disabling desktop audio daemons for dedicated laptop rover audio"
+
+	local -a user_units=(
+		pipewire.service
+		pipewire.socket
+		pipewire-pulse.service
+		pipewire-pulse.socket
+		wireplumber.service
+		pulseaudio.service
+		pulseaudio.socket
+	)
+
+	if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		systemctl --global disable "${user_units[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+		systemctl --global mask "${user_units[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	fi
+
+	pkill -x pipewire >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	pkill -x pipewire-pulse >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	pkill -x wireplumber >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+	pkill -x pulseaudio >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 }
 
 install_debian_laptop_audio_support() {
@@ -26,17 +64,19 @@ install_debian_laptop_audio_support() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	# The laptop profile still uses roverd's existing audio contract: TTS plays
-	# to ALSA's default output, horn plays to the named "horn" device, and
-	# forwarded web audio plays to the named "forward" device. Installing one
-	# profile-specific asound.conf gives those paths independent softvol mixer
-	# controls without changing the TTS runtime code.
 	install -m 0644 pi/asound.debian-laptop.conf /etc/asound.conf
-	log "Installed Debian laptop ALSA config to /etc/asound.conf"
-	log "ALSA config updated; restarting audio clients or rebooting is recommended before testing laptop audio"
+	log "Installed dedicated Debian laptop ALSA config to /etc/asound.conf"
+
+	install -D -o root -g root -m 0755 pi/bin/chromegtts-daemon.py /usr/local/bin/chromegtts-daemon
+	log "Installed chromegtts daemon"
+
+	install_google_tts_assets
+
+	log "ALSA config updated; reboot recommended before testing laptop rover audio"
 }
 
 install_debian_laptop_profile() {
 	install_debian_laptop_deps
+	disable_debian_laptop_desktop_audio_stack
 	install_debian_laptop_audio_support
 }