diff --git a/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrCallback.kt b/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrCallback.kt
index e2012d84c26..51a220167c0 100644
--- a/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrCallback.kt
+++ b/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrCallback.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.pytorch.executorch.annotations.Experimental
 
 /**
  * Callback interface for ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) module. Users can implement this
- * interface to receive the transcribed tokens and completion notification.
+ * interface to receive the transcribed tokens as they are generated.
  *
  * Warning: These APIs are experimental and subject to change without notice
  */
@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ import org.pytorch.executorch.annotations.Experimental
 interface AsrCallback {
   /**
    * Called when a new token is available from JNI. Users will keep getting onToken() invocations
-   * until transcription finishes.
+   * until transcription finishes (when the transcribe method returns).
    *
    * @param token The decoded text token
    */
   fun onToken(token: String)
-
-  /**
-   * Called when transcription is complete.
-   *
-   * @param transcription The complete transcription (may be empty if tokens were streamed)
-   */
-  fun onComplete(transcription: String) {}
 }
diff --git a/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrModule.kt b/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrModule.kt
index b875fc05353..987cb3ec3be 100644
--- a/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrModule.kt
+++ b/extension/android/executorch_android/src/main/java/org/pytorch/executorch/extension/asr/AsrModule.kt
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class AsrModule(
     ): Int
   }
 
-  /** Check if the native handle is valid. */
+  /** Check if the native handle is valid (not yet closed). */
   val isValid: Boolean
     get() = nativeHandle.get() != 0L
 
@@ -100,18 +100,13 @@ class AsrModule(
     }
 
   /** Releases native resources. Call this when done with the module. */
-  fun destroy() {
+  override fun close() {
     val handle = nativeHandle.getAndSet(0L)
     if (handle != 0L) {
       nativeDestroy(handle)
     }
   }
 
-  /** Closeable implementation for use with use {} blocks. */
-  override fun close() {
-    destroy()
-  }
-
   /**
    * Force loading the module. Otherwise the model is loaded during first transcribe() call.
    *
@@ -125,71 +120,41 @@ class AsrModule(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Transcribe audio from a WAV file with default configuration.
+   * Transcribe audio from a WAV file.
    *
-   * @param wavPath Path to the WAV audio file
-   * @param callback Callback to receive tokens, can be null
-   * @return 0 on success, error code otherwise
-   * @throws IllegalStateException if the module has been destroyed
-   */
-  fun transcribe(wavPath: String, callback: AsrCallback? = null): Int =
-      transcribe(wavPath, AsrTranscribeConfig(), callback)
-
-  /**
-   * Transcribe audio from a WAV file with custom configuration.
+   * This is a blocking call that returns the complete transcription.
    *
    * @param wavPath Path to the WAV audio file
-   * @param config Configuration for transcription
-   * @param callback Callback to receive tokens, can be null
-   * @return 0 on success, error code otherwise
+   * @param config Configuration for transcription (null uses default configuration)
+   * @param callback Optional callback to receive tokens as they are generated (can be null)
+   * @return The complete transcribed text
    * @throws IllegalStateException if the module has been destroyed
+   * @throws RuntimeException if transcription fails (non-zero result code)
    */
+  @JvmOverloads
   fun transcribe(
       wavPath: String,
-      config: AsrTranscribeConfig,
+      config: AsrTranscribeConfig? = null,
       callback: AsrCallback? = null,
-  ): Int {
+  ): String {
     val handle = nativeHandle.get()
     check(handle != 0L) { "AsrModule has been destroyed" }
     val wavFile = File(wavPath)
     require(wavFile.canRead() && wavFile.isFile) { "Cannot read WAV file: $wavPath" }
-    return nativeTranscribe(
-        handle,
-        wavPath,
-        config.maxNewTokens,
-        config.temperature,
-        config.decoderStartTokenId,
-        callback,
-    )
-  }
 
-  /**
-   * Transcribe audio from a WAV file and return the full transcription.
-   *
-   * This is a blocking call that collects all tokens and returns the complete transcription.
-   *
-   * @param wavPath Path to the WAV audio file
-   * @param config Configuration for transcription
-   * @return The transcribed text
-   * @throws RuntimeException if transcription fails
-   */
-  @JvmOverloads
-  fun transcribeBlocking(
-      wavPath: String,
-      config: AsrTranscribeConfig = AsrTranscribeConfig(),
-  ): String {
+    val effectiveConfig = config ?: AsrTranscribeConfig()
     val result = StringBuilder()
     val status =
-        transcribe(
+        nativeTranscribe(
+            handle,
             wavPath,
-            config,
+            effectiveConfig.maxNewTokens,
+            effectiveConfig.temperature,
+            effectiveConfig.decoderStartTokenId,
             object : AsrCallback {
               override fun onToken(token: String) {
                 result.append(token)
-              }
-
-              override fun onComplete(transcription: String) {
-                // Tokens already collected
+                callback?.onToken(token)
               }
             },
         )
diff --git a/extension/android/jni/jni_layer_asr.cpp b/extension/android/jni/jni_layer_asr.cpp
index 50a3656b437..2eb5f0a7968 100644
--- a/extension/android/jni/jni_layer_asr.cpp
+++ b/extension/android/jni/jni_layer_asr.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ bool utf8_check_validity(const char* str, size_t length) {
 struct AsrCallbackCache {
   jclass callbackClass = nullptr;
   jmethodID onTokenMethod = nullptr;
-  jmethodID onCompleteMethod = nullptr;
 };
 
 AsrCallbackCache callbackCache;
@@ -97,10 +96,6 @@ void initCallbackCache(JNIEnv* env) {
               (jclass)localEnv->NewGlobalRef(localClass);
           callbackCache.onTokenMethod = localEnv->GetMethodID(
               callbackCache.callbackClass, "onToken", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
-          callbackCache.onCompleteMethod = localEnv->GetMethodID(
-              callbackCache.callbackClass,
-              "onComplete",
-              "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
           localEnv->DeleteLocalRef(localClass);
         }
       },
@@ -411,18 +406,6 @@ Java_org_pytorch_executorch_extension_asr_AsrModule_nativeTranscribe(
   auto result =
       handle->runner->transcribe(featuresTensor, config, tokenCallback);
 
-  // Call onComplete if callback provided
-  if (scopedCallback) {
-    jstring emptyStr = env->NewStringUTF("");
-    env->CallVoidMethod(
-        scopedCallback.get(), callbackCache.onCompleteMethod, emptyStr);
-    if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
-      ET_LOG(Error, "Exception occurred in AsrCallback.onComplete");
-      env->ExceptionClear();
-    }
-    env->DeleteLocalRef(emptyStr);
-  }
-
   if (!result.ok()) {
     return static_cast<jint>(result.error());
   }