diff --git a/src/room/MuteStates.ts b/src/room/MuteStates.ts
index 2688c51e..8ec58265 100644
--- a/src/room/MuteStates.ts
+++ b/src/room/MuteStates.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,18 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import { Dispatch, SetStateAction, useMemo } from "react";
+import {
+  Dispatch,
+  SetStateAction,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+} from "react";
+import { IWidgetApiRequest } from "matrix-widget-api";
 
 import { MediaDevice, useMediaDevices } from "../livekit/MediaDevicesContext";
 import { useReactiveState } from "../useReactiveState";
+import { ElementWidgetActions, widget } from "../widget";
 
 /**
  * If there already are this many participants in the call, we automatically mute
@@ -74,5 +82,62 @@ export function useMuteStates(): MuteStates {
   const audio = useMuteState(devices.audioInput, () => true);
   const video = useMuteState(devices.videoInput, () => true);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    widget?.api.transport.send(ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute, {
+      audio_enabled: audio.enabled,
+      video_enabled: video.enabled,
+    });
+  }, [audio, video]);
+
+  const onMuteStateChangeRequest = useCallback(
+    (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>) => {
+      // First copy the current state into our new state.
+      const newState = {
+        audio_enabled: audio.enabled,
+        video_enabled: video.enabled,
+      };
+      // Update new state if there are any requested changes from the widget action
+      // in `ev.detail.data`.
+      if (
+        ev.detail.data.audio_enabled != null &&
+        typeof ev.detail.data.audio_enabled === "boolean"
+      ) {
+        audio.setEnabled?.(ev.detail.data.audio_enabled);
+        newState.audio_enabled = ev.detail.data.audio_enabled;
+      }
+      if (
+        ev.detail.data.video_enabled != null &&
+        typeof ev.detail.data.video_enabled === "boolean"
+      ) {
+        video.setEnabled?.(ev.detail.data.video_enabled);
+        newState.video_enabled = ev.detail.data.video_enabled;
+      }
+      // Always reply with the new (now "current") state.
+      // This allows to also use this action to just get the unaltered current state
+      // by using a fromWidget request with: `ev.detail.data = {}`
+      widget!.api.transport.reply(ev.detail, newState);
+    },
+    [audio, video],
+  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // We setup a event listener for the widget action ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute.
+    if (widget) {
+      // only setup the listener in widget mode
+
+      widget.lazyActions.on(
+        ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute,
+        onMuteStateChangeRequest,
+      );
+
+      return (): void => {
+        // return a call to `off` so that we always clean up our listener.
+        widget?.lazyActions.off(
+          ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute,
+          onMuteStateChangeRequest,
+        );
+      };
+    }
+  }, [onMuteStateChangeRequest]);
+
   return useMemo(() => ({ audio, video }), [audio, video]);
 }
diff --git a/src/widget.ts b/src/widget.ts
index c8d8e3c0..8c92b600 100644
--- a/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/widget.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ export enum ElementWidgetActions {
   // host -> Element Call telling EC to stop screen sharing, or that
   // the user cancelled when selecting a source after a ScreenshareRequest
   ScreenshareStop = "io.element.screenshare_stop",
+  // This can be sent as from or to widget
+  // fromWidget: updates the client about the current device mute state
+  // toWidget: the client requests a specific device mute configuration
+  //   The reply will always be the resulting configuration
+  //   It is possible to sent an empty configuration to retrieve the current values or
+  //   just one of the fields to update that particular value
+  //   An undefined field means that EC will keep the mute state as is.
+  //   -> this will allow the client to only get the current state
+  //
+  // The data of the widget action request and the response are:
+  // {
+  //   audio_enabled?: boolean,
+  //   video_enabled?: boolean
+  // }
+  DeviceMute = "io.element.device_mute",
 }
 
 export interface JoinCallData {
@@ -88,6 +103,7 @@ export const widget = ((): WidgetHelpers | null => {
         ElementWidgetActions.SpotlightLayout,
         ElementWidgetActions.ScreenshareStart,
         ElementWidgetActions.ScreenshareStop,
+        ElementWidgetActions.DeviceMute,
       ].forEach((action) => {
         api.on(`action:${action}`, (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>) => {
           ev.preventDefault();