diff --git a/packages/react-sdk/src/core/hooks/useTrackElementVisibility.ts b/packages/react-sdk/src/core/hooks/useTrackElementVisibility.ts
index feed84b04e..f982fe97f4 100644
--- a/packages/react-sdk/src/core/hooks/useTrackElementVisibility.ts
+++ b/packages/react-sdk/src/core/hooks/useTrackElementVisibility.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { ViewportTracker, VisibilityState } from '@stream-io/video-client';
 import { useCall } from '@stream-io/video-react-bindings';
 
@@ -13,21 +13,79 @@ export const useTrackElementVisibility = <T extends HTMLElement>({
 }) => {
   const call = useCall();
 
+  const isIntersectingReference = useRef<boolean | null>(null);
+
   const viewportTracker = propsViewportTracker ?? call?.viewportTracker;
 
+  const participantVisibility = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      update: (isVisible: boolean) => {
+        call?.state.updateParticipant(sessionId, (p) => {
+          // skip update if the participant state is already in the expected state
+          if (
+            (isVisible &&
+              p.viewportVisibilityState === VisibilityState.VISIBLE) ||
+            (!isVisible &&
+              p.viewportVisibilityState === VisibilityState.INVISIBLE)
+          )
+            return p;
+
+          return {
+            ...p,
+            viewportVisibilityState: isVisible
+              ? VisibilityState.VISIBLE
+              : VisibilityState.INVISIBLE,
+          };
+        });
+      },
+      reset: () => {
+        call?.state.updateParticipant(sessionId, (p) => {
+          // skip update if the participant state is already in the expected state
+          if (p.viewportVisibilityState === VisibilityState.UNKNOWN) return p;
+
+          return {
+            ...p,
+            viewportVisibilityState: VisibilityState.UNKNOWN,
+          };
+        });
+      },
+    }),
+    [call, sessionId],
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!call || !trackedElement) return;
+
+    const handleVisibilityChange = () => {
+      const isDocumentVisible = document.visibilityState === 'visible';
+      const isPIP = trackedElement.contains(document.pictureInPictureElement);
+      if (isPIP) return;
+      participantVisibility.update(
+        isDocumentVisible && isIntersectingReference.current !== false,
+      );
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange);
+
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange);
+      participantVisibility.reset();
+    };
+  }, [call, participantVisibility, trackedElement]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!trackedElement || !viewportTracker || !call) return;
 
     const unobserve = viewportTracker.observe(trackedElement, (entry) => {
-      call.state.updateParticipant(sessionId, (p) => ({
-        ...p,
-        viewportVisibilityState:
-          // observer triggers when element is "moved" to be a fullscreen element
-          // keep it VISIBLE if that happens to prevent fullscreen with placeholder
-          entry.isIntersecting || document.fullscreenElement === trackedElement
-            ? VisibilityState.VISIBLE
-            : VisibilityState.INVISIBLE,
-      }));
+      isIntersectingReference.current = entry.isIntersecting;
+
+      participantVisibility.update(
+        // observer triggers when element is "moved" to be a fullscreen element
+        // keep it VISIBLE if that happens to prevent fullscreen with placeholder
+        entry.isIntersecting ||
+          document.fullscreenElement === trackedElement ||
+          trackedElement.contains(document.pictureInPictureElement),
+      );
     });
 
     return () => {
@@ -35,10 +93,9 @@ export const useTrackElementVisibility = <T extends HTMLElement>({
       // reset visibility state to UNKNOWN upon cleanup
       // so that the layouts that are not actively observed
       // can still function normally (runtime layout switching)
-      call.state.updateParticipant(sessionId, (p) => ({
-        ...p,
-        viewportVisibilityState: VisibilityState.UNKNOWN,
-      }));
+      participantVisibility.reset();
+
+      isIntersectingReference.current = null;
     };
-  }, [trackedElement, viewportTracker, call, sessionId]);
+  }, [trackedElement, viewportTracker, participantVisibility, call]);
 };