diff --git a/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.ios.tvos.watchos.cs b/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.ios.tvos.watchos.cs
index 71c650014..2569a757a 100644
--- a/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.ios.tvos.watchos.cs
+++ b/Xamarin.Essentials/TextToSpeech/TextToSpeech.ios.tvos.watchos.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -8,14 +9,18 @@ namespace Xamarin.Essentials
 {
     public static partial class TextToSpeech
     {
+        static readonly Lazy<AVSpeechSynthesizer> speechSynthesizer = new Lazy<AVSpeechSynthesizer>();
+
         internal static Task<IEnumerable<Locale>> PlatformGetLocalesAsync() =>
             Task.FromResult(AVSpeechSynthesisVoice.GetSpeechVoices()
                 .Select(v => new Locale(v.Language, null, v.Language, v.Identifier)));
 
-        internal static Task PlatformSpeakAsync(string text, SpeechOptions options, CancellationToken cancelToken = default)
+        internal static async Task PlatformSpeakAsync(string text, SpeechOptions options, CancellationToken cancelToken = default)
         {
-            var speechUtterance = GetSpeechUtterance(text, options);
-            return SpeakUtterance(speechUtterance, cancelToken);
+            using (var speechUtterance = GetSpeechUtterance(text, options))
+            {
+                await SpeakUtterance(speechUtterance, cancelToken);
+            }
         }
 
         static AVSpeechUtterance GetSpeechUtterance(string text, SpeechOptions options)
@@ -44,11 +49,10 @@ static AVSpeechUtterance GetSpeechUtterance(string text, SpeechOptions options)
         internal static async Task SpeakUtterance(AVSpeechUtterance speechUtterance, CancellationToken cancelToken)
         {
             var tcsUtterance = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
-            var speechSynthesizer = new AVSpeechSynthesizer();
             try
             {
-                speechSynthesizer.DidFinishSpeechUtterance += OnFinishedSpeechUtterance;
-                speechSynthesizer.SpeakUtterance(speechUtterance);
+                speechSynthesizer.Value.DidFinishSpeechUtterance += OnFinishedSpeechUtterance;
+                speechSynthesizer.Value.SpeakUtterance(speechUtterance);
                 using (cancelToken.Register(TryCancel))
                 {
                     await tcsUtterance.Task;
@@ -56,12 +60,12 @@ internal static async Task SpeakUtterance(AVSpeechUtterance speechUtterance, Can
             }
             finally
             {
-                speechSynthesizer.DidFinishSpeechUtterance -= OnFinishedSpeechUtterance;
+                speechSynthesizer.Value.DidFinishSpeechUtterance -= OnFinishedSpeechUtterance;
             }
 
             void TryCancel()
             {
-                speechSynthesizer?.StopSpeaking(AVSpeechBoundary.Word);
+                speechSynthesizer.Value?.StopSpeaking(AVSpeechBoundary.Word);
                 tcsUtterance?.TrySetResult(true);
             }