diff --git a/src/agents/voice/result.py b/src/agents/voice/result.py
index a01f7d762c..036dbc410f 100644
--- a/src/agents/voice/result.py
+++ b/src/agents/voice/result.py
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ def _transform_audio_buffer(
             # np.int16 needs 2-byte alignment; pad odd-length chunks safely.
             combined_buffer += b"\x00"
 
-        np_array = np.frombuffer(combined_buffer, dtype=np.int16)
+        # Provider PCM16 is little-endian regardless of host byte order. Decode it
+        # explicitly, then normalize to native int16 before exposing it to callers.
+        np_array = np.frombuffer(combined_buffer, dtype=np.dtype("<i2")).astype(np.int16, copy=False)
 
         if output_dtype == np.int16:
             return np_array
diff --git a/tests/voice/test_pcm16_endianness.py b/tests/voice/test_pcm16_endianness.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbe0cf650c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/voice/test_pcm16_endianness.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import numpy as np
+
+from agents.voice.result import StreamedAudioResult
+
+
+def test_transform_audio_buffer_decodes_pcm16_as_little_endian() -> None:
+    result = StreamedAudioResult.__new__(StreamedAudioResult)
+
+    raw = b"\x01\x02\x03\x04"
+    transformed = result._transform_audio_buffer([raw], np.int16)
+
+    assert transformed.dtype == np.dtype(np.int16)
+    assert transformed.tolist() == [0x0201, 0x0403]
+
+
+def test_transform_audio_buffer_float32_uses_little_endian_samples() -> None:
+    result = StreamedAudioResult.__new__(StreamedAudioResult)
+
+    raw = b"\x01\x02\x03\x04"
+    transformed = result._transform_audio_buffer([raw], np.float32)
+
+    assert transformed.dtype == np.dtype(np.float32)
+    assert transformed.shape == (2, 1)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(
+        transformed[:, 0],
+        np.asarray([0x0201, 0x0403], dtype=np.float32) / 32767.0,
+    )