diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index a8710303..ff4a38e1 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
   to = "/assets/:splat"
   status = 200
 
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/widgets/*"
+  to = "/widgets/:splat"
+  status = 200
+
 [[redirects]]
   from = "/*"
   to = "/index.html"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6db1e02d..2424272e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop": "1.1.6",
         "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-auto-scroll": "1.3.0",
         "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-hitbox": "1.0.3",
+        "@element-hq/element-call-embedded": "0.16.0",
         "@fontsource/inter": "4.5.14",
         "@tanstack/react-query": "5.24.1",
         "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "5.24.1",
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
         "linkify-react": "4.1.3",
         "linkifyjs": "4.1.3",
         "matrix-js-sdk": "38.2.0",
+        "matrix-widget-api": "1.13.1",
         "millify": "6.1.0",
         "pdfjs-dist": "4.2.67",
         "prismjs": "1.30.0",
@@ -1649,6 +1651,11 @@
         "node": ">=6.9.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@element-hq/element-call-embedded": {
+      "version": "0.16.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@element-hq/element-call-embedded/-/element-call-embedded-0.16.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cTJwW9cmQHrTUvcJm0xv9uSTMYiToDEaw5AuxXQS9jVjHQT8B3W3DWtKYAzq1PRRH13JZkcwXbHjdFpkxzhzCQ=="
+    },
     "node_modules/@emotion/hash": {
       "version": "0.9.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emotion/hash/-/hash-0.9.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33fe68c1..7fe4bf2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop": "1.1.6",
     "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-auto-scroll": "1.3.0",
     "@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop-hitbox": "1.0.3",
+    "@element-hq/element-call-embedded": "0.16.0",
     "@fontsource/inter": "4.5.14",
     "@tanstack/react-query": "5.24.1",
     "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "5.24.1",
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
     "linkify-react": "4.1.3",
     "linkifyjs": "4.1.3",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "38.2.0",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "1.13.1",
     "millify": "6.1.0",
     "pdfjs-dist": "4.2.67",
     "prismjs": "1.30.0",
diff --git a/src/app/components/element-call/CallView.tsx b/src/app/components/element-call/CallView.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aff6f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/element-call/CallView.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { ClientWidgetApi } from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import { Button, Text } from 'folds';
+import ElementCall from './ElementCall';
+import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
+import { useEventEmitter } from './utils';
+import { useIsDirectRoom, useRoom } from '../../hooks/useRoom';
+import { useCallOngoing } from '../../hooks/useCallOngoing';
+
+export enum CallWidgetActions {
+  // All of these actions are currently specific to Jitsi and Element Call
+  JoinCall = 'io.element.join',
+  HangupCall = 'im.vector.hangup',
+  Close = 'io.element.close',
+}
+export function action(type: CallWidgetActions): string {
+  return `action:${type}`;
+}
+
+const iframeFeatures =
+  'microphone; camera; encrypted-media; autoplay; display-capture; clipboard-write; ' +
+  'clipboard-read;';
+const sandboxFlags =
+  'allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox ' +
+  'allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-downloads';
+const iframeStyles = { flex: '1 1', border: 'none' };
+const containerStyle = (hidden: boolean): React.CSSProperties => ({
+  display: 'flex',
+  flexDirection: 'column',
+  position: 'relative',
+  height: '100%',
+  width: '100%',
+  ...(hidden
+    ? {
+        overflow: 'hidden',
+        width: 0,
+        height: 0,
+      }
+    : {}),
+});
+const closeButtonStyle: React.CSSProperties = {
+  position: 'absolute',
+  top: 8,
+  right: 8,
+  zIndex: 100,
+  maxWidth: 'fit-content',
+};
+
+enum State {
+  Preparing = 'preparing',
+  Lobby = 'lobby',
+  Joined = 'joined',
+  HungUp = 'hung_up',
+  CanClose = 'can_close',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shows a call for this room. Rendering this component will
+ * automatically create a call widget and join the call in the room.
+ * @returns
+ */
+export interface IRoomCallViewProps {
+  onClose?: () => void;
+  onJoin?: () => void;
+  onHangup?: (errorMessage?: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function CallView({
+  onJoin = undefined,
+  onClose = undefined,
+  onHangup = undefined,
+}: IRoomCallViewProps): JSX.Element {
+  // Construct required variables
+  const room = useRoom();
+  const client = useMatrixClient();
+  const iframe = useRef<HTMLIFrameElement>(null);
+
+  // Model state
+  const [elementCall, setElementCall] = useState<ElementCall | null>();
+  const [widgetApi, setWidgetApi] = useState<ClientWidgetApi | null>(null);
+  const [state, setState] = useState(State.Preparing);
+
+  // Initialization parameters
+  const isDirect = useIsDirectRoom();
+  const callOngoing = useCallOngoing(room);
+  const initialCallOngoing = React.useRef(callOngoing);
+  const initialIsDirect = React.useRef(isDirect);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (client && room && !elementCall) {
+      const e = new ElementCall(client, room, initialIsDirect.current, initialCallOngoing.current);
+      setElementCall(e);
+    }
+  }, [client, room, setElementCall, elementCall]);
+
+  // Start the messaging over the widget api.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (iframe.current && elementCall) {
+      elementCall.startMessaging(iframe.current);
+    }
+    return () => {
+      elementCall?.stopMessaging();
+    };
+  }, [iframe, elementCall]);
+
+  // Widget api ready
+  useEventEmitter(elementCall, 'ready', () => {
+    setWidgetApi(elementCall?.widgetApi ?? null);
+    setState(State.Lobby);
+  });
+
+  // Use widget api to listen for hangup/join/close actions
+  useEventEmitter(widgetApi, action(CallWidgetActions.HangupCall), () => {
+    setState(State.HungUp);
+    onHangup?.();
+  });
+  useEventEmitter(widgetApi, action(CallWidgetActions.JoinCall), () => {
+    setState(State.Joined);
+    onJoin?.();
+  });
+  useEventEmitter(widgetApi, action(CallWidgetActions.Close), () => {
+    setState(State.CanClose);
+    onClose?.();
+  });
+
+  // render component
+  return (
+    <div style={containerStyle(state === State.HungUp)}>
+      {/* Exit button for lobby state */}
+      {state === State.Lobby && (
+        <Button
+          variant="Secondary"
+          onClick={() => {
+            setState(State.CanClose);
+            onClose?.();
+          }}
+          style={closeButtonStyle}
+        >
+          <Text size="B400">Close</Text>
+        </Button>
+      )}
+      <iframe
+        ref={iframe}
+        allow={iframeFeatures}
+        sandbox={sandboxFlags}
+        style={iframeStyles}
+        src={elementCall?.embedUrl}
+        title="room call"
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/element-call/CallWidgetDriver.ts b/src/app/components/element-call/CallWidgetDriver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ed4977d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/element-call/CallWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-plusplus */
+/* eslint-disable no-dupe-class-members */
+/* eslint-disable lines-between-class-members */
+/* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this */
+import {
+  type Capability,
+  type IOpenIDCredentials,
+  type IOpenIDUpdate,
+  type ISendDelayedEventDetails,
+  type ISendEventDetails,
+  type ITurnServer,
+  type IReadEventRelationsResult,
+  type IRoomEvent,
+  OpenIDRequestState,
+  type SimpleObservable,
+  WidgetDriver,
+  type IWidgetApiErrorResponseDataDetails,
+  type ISearchUserDirectoryResult,
+  type IGetMediaConfigResult,
+  type UpdateDelayedEventAction,
+} from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import {
+  ClientEvent,
+  type ITurnServer as IClientTurnServer,
+  EventType,
+  type IContent,
+  MatrixError,
+  type MatrixEvent,
+  Direction,
+  type SendDelayedEventResponse,
+  type StateEvents,
+  type TimelineEvents,
+  MatrixClient,
+  getHttpUriForMxc,
+} from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { logger } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger';
+import iterableDiff, { downloadFromUrlToFile } from './utils';
+
+// TODO: Purge this from the universe
+
+const normalizeTurnServer = ({ urls, username, credential }: IClientTurnServer): ITurnServer => ({
+  uris: urls,
+  username,
+  password: credential,
+});
+
+export default class CallWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
+  // TODO: Refactor widgetKind into the Widget class
+  public constructor(
+    private client: MatrixClient,
+    private allowedCapabilities = new Set<Capability>(),
+    private inRoomId: string
+  ) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public async validateCapabilities(requested: Set<Capability>): Promise<Set<Capability>> {
+    // Check to see if any capabilities aren't automatically accepted (such as sticker pickers
+    // allowing stickers to be sent). If there are excess capabilities to be approved, the user
+    // will be prompted to accept them.
+    const missing = new Set(iterableDiff(requested, this.allowedCapabilities).removed); // "removed" is "in A (requested) but not in B (allowed)"
+    if (missing.size > 0) logger.error('missing widget capabilities', missing);
+    return this.allowedCapabilities;
+  }
+
+  public async sendEvent<K extends keyof StateEvents>(
+    eventType: K,
+    content: StateEvents[K],
+    stateKey: string | null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null
+  ): Promise<ISendEventDetails>;
+  public async sendEvent<K extends keyof TimelineEvents>(
+    eventType: K,
+    content: TimelineEvents[K],
+    stateKey: null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null
+  ): Promise<ISendEventDetails>;
+  public async sendEvent(
+    eventType: string,
+    content: IContent,
+    stateKey: string | null = null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null = null
+  ): Promise<ISendEventDetails> {
+    const { client } = this;
+    const roomId = targetRoomId || this.inRoomId;
+
+    if (!client || !roomId) throw new Error('Not in a room or not attached to a client');
+
+    let r: { event_id: string } | null;
+    if (stateKey !== null) {
+      // state event
+      r = await client.sendStateEvent(
+        roomId,
+        eventType as keyof StateEvents,
+        content as StateEvents[keyof StateEvents],
+        stateKey
+      );
+    } else if (eventType === EventType.RoomRedaction) {
+      // special case: extract the `redacts` property and call redact
+      r = await client.redactEvent(roomId, content.redacts);
+    } else {
+      // message event
+      r = await client.sendEvent(
+        roomId,
+        eventType as keyof TimelineEvents,
+        content as TimelineEvents[keyof TimelineEvents]
+      );
+    }
+
+    return { roomId, eventId: r.event_id };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @experimental Part of MSC4140 & MSC4157
+   * @see {@link WidgetDriver#sendDelayedEvent}
+   */
+  public async sendDelayedEvent<K extends keyof StateEvents>(
+    delay: number | null,
+    parentDelayId: string | null,
+    eventType: K,
+    content: StateEvents[K],
+    stateKey: string | null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null
+  ): Promise<ISendDelayedEventDetails>;
+  /**
+   * @experimental Part of MSC4140 & MSC4157
+   */
+  public async sendDelayedEvent<K extends keyof TimelineEvents>(
+    delay: number | null,
+    parentDelayId: string | null,
+    eventType: K,
+    content: TimelineEvents[K],
+    stateKey: null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null
+  ): Promise<ISendDelayedEventDetails>;
+  public async sendDelayedEvent(
+    delay: number | null,
+    parentDelayId: string | null,
+    eventType: string,
+    content: IContent,
+    stateKey: string | null = null,
+    targetRoomId: string | null = null
+  ): Promise<ISendDelayedEventDetails> {
+    const { client } = this;
+    const roomId = targetRoomId || this.inRoomId;
+
+    if (!client || !roomId) throw new Error('Not in a room or not attached to a client');
+
+    let delayOpts;
+    if (delay !== null) {
+      delayOpts = {
+        delay,
+        ...(parentDelayId !== null && { parent_delay_id: parentDelayId }),
+      };
+    } else if (parentDelayId !== null) {
+      delayOpts = {
+        parent_delay_id: parentDelayId,
+      };
+    } else {
+      throw new Error('Must provide at least one of delay or parentDelayId');
+    }
+
+    let r: SendDelayedEventResponse | null;
+    if (stateKey !== null) {
+      // state event
+      r = await client._unstable_sendDelayedStateEvent(
+        roomId,
+        delayOpts,
+        eventType as keyof StateEvents,
+        content as StateEvents[keyof StateEvents],
+        stateKey
+      );
+    } else {
+      // message event
+      r = await client._unstable_sendDelayedEvent(
+        roomId,
+        delayOpts,
+        null,
+        eventType as keyof TimelineEvents,
+        content as TimelineEvents[keyof TimelineEvents]
+      );
+    }
+
+    return {
+      roomId,
+      delayId: r.delay_id,
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @experimental Part of MSC4140 & MSC4157
+   */
+  public async updateDelayedEvent(
+    delayId: string,
+    action: UpdateDelayedEventAction
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const { client } = this;
+
+    if (!client) throw new Error('Not in a room or not attached to a client');
+
+    await client._unstable_updateDelayedEvent(delayId, action);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements {@link WidgetDriver#sendToDevice}
+   */
+  public async sendToDevice(
+    eventType: string,
+    encrypted: boolean,
+    contentMap: { [userId: string]: { [deviceId: string]: object } }
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const { client } = this;
+
+    if (encrypted) {
+      const crypto = client.getCrypto();
+      if (!crypto) throw new Error('E2EE not enabled');
+
+      // attempt to re-batch these up into a single request
+      const invertedContentMap: { [content: string]: { userId: string; deviceId: string }[] } = {};
+      Object.keys(contentMap).forEach((userId) => {
+        const userContentMap = contentMap[userId];
+        Object.keys(userContentMap).forEach((deviceId) => {
+          const content = userContentMap[deviceId];
+          const stringifiedContent = JSON.stringify(content);
+          invertedContentMap[stringifiedContent] = invertedContentMap[stringifiedContent] || [];
+          invertedContentMap[stringifiedContent].push({ userId, deviceId });
+        });
+      });
+
+      await Promise.all(
+        Object.entries(invertedContentMap).map(async ([stringifiedContent, recipients]) => {
+          const batch = await crypto.encryptToDeviceMessages(
+            eventType,
+            recipients,
+            JSON.parse(stringifiedContent)
+          );
+
+          await client.queueToDevice(batch);
+        })
+      );
+    } else {
+      await client.queueToDevice({
+        eventType,
+        batch: Object.entries(contentMap).flatMap(([userId, userContentMap]) =>
+          Object.entries(userContentMap).map(([deviceId, content]) => ({
+            userId,
+            deviceId,
+            payload: content,
+          }))
+        ),
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads all events of the given type, and optionally `msgtype` (if applicable/defined),
+   * the user has access to. The widget API will have already verified that the widget is
+   * capable of receiving the events. Less events than the limit are allowed to be returned,
+   * but not more.
+   * @param roomId The ID of the room to look within.
+   * @param eventType The event type to be read.
+   * @param msgtype The msgtype of the events to be read, if applicable/defined.
+   * @param stateKey The state key of the events to be read, if applicable/defined.
+   * @param limit The maximum number of events to retrieve. Will be zero to denote "as many as
+   * possible".
+   * @param since When null, retrieves the number of events specified by the "limit" parameter.
+   * Otherwise, the event ID at which only subsequent events will be returned, as many as specified
+   * in "limit".
+   * @returns {Promise<IRoomEvent[]>} Resolves to the room events, or an empty array.
+   */
+  public async readRoomTimeline(
+    roomId: string,
+    eventType: string,
+    msgtype: string | undefined,
+    stateKey: string | undefined,
+    limit: number,
+    since: string | undefined
+  ): Promise<IRoomEvent[]> {
+    // relatively arbitrary
+    const timelineLimit =
+      limit > 0 ? Math.min(limit, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) : Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+
+    const room = this.client.getRoom(roomId);
+    if (room === null) return [];
+    const results: MatrixEvent[] = [];
+    const events = room.getLiveTimeline().getEvents(); // timelines are most recent last
+    for (let i = events.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      const ev = events[i];
+      if (results.length >= timelineLimit) break;
+      if (since !== undefined && ev.getId() === since) break;
+
+      if (
+        ev.getType() === eventType &&
+        !ev.isState() &&
+        (eventType !== EventType.RoomMessage || !msgtype || msgtype === ev.getContent().msgtype) &&
+        (ev.getStateKey() === undefined || stateKey === undefined || ev.getStateKey() === stateKey)
+      ) {
+        results.push(ev);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return results.map((e) => e.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the current values of all matching room state entries.
+   * @param roomId The ID of the room.
+   * @param eventType The event type of the entries to be read.
+   * @param stateKey The state key of the entry to be read. If undefined,
+   * all room state entries with a matching event type should be returned.
+   * @returns {Promise<IRoomEvent[]>} Resolves to the events representing the
+   * current values of the room state entries.
+   */
+  public async readRoomState(
+    roomId: string,
+    eventType: string,
+    stateKey: string | undefined
+  ): Promise<IRoomEvent[]> {
+    const room = this.client.getRoom(roomId);
+    if (room === null) return [];
+    const state = room.getLiveTimeline().getState(Direction.Forward);
+    if (state === undefined) return [];
+
+    if (stateKey === undefined) {
+      return state.getStateEvents(eventType).map((e) => e.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent);
+    }
+    const event = state.getStateEvents(eventType, stateKey);
+    return event === null ? [] : [event.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent];
+  }
+
+  public async askOpenID(observer: SimpleObservable<IOpenIDUpdate>): Promise<void> {
+    // TODO: Fully functional widget driver a user prompt is required here, see element web
+    const getToken = (): Promise<IOpenIDCredentials> => this.client.getOpenIdToken();
+    return observer.update({ state: OpenIDRequestState.Allowed, token: await getToken() });
+  }
+
+  public async navigate(uri: string): Promise<void> {
+    // navigateToPermalink(uri);
+    // TODO: Dummy code until we figured out navigateToPermalink implementation
+    if (uri) return Promise.resolve();
+    return Promise.reject();
+  }
+
+  public async *getTurnServers(): AsyncGenerator<ITurnServer> {
+    const { client } = this;
+    if (!client.pollingTurnServers || !client.getTurnServers().length) return;
+
+    let setTurnServer: (server: ITurnServer) => void;
+    let setError: (error: Error) => void;
+
+    const onTurnServers = ([server]: IClientTurnServer[]): void =>
+      setTurnServer(normalizeTurnServer(server));
+    const onTurnServersError = (error: Error, fatal: boolean): void => {
+      if (fatal) setError(error);
+    };
+
+    client.on(ClientEvent.TurnServers, onTurnServers);
+    client.on(ClientEvent.TurnServersError, onTurnServersError);
+
+    try {
+      const initialTurnServer = client.getTurnServers()[0];
+      yield normalizeTurnServer(initialTurnServer);
+
+      const waitForTurnServer = (): Promise<ITurnServer> =>
+        new Promise<ITurnServer>((resolve, reject) => {
+          setTurnServer = resolve;
+          setError = reject;
+        });
+
+      // Repeatedly listen for new TURN servers until an error occurs or
+      // the caller stops this generator
+      while (true) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+        yield await waitForTurnServer();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      // The loop was broken - clean up
+      client.off(ClientEvent.TurnServers, onTurnServers);
+      client.off(ClientEvent.TurnServersError, onTurnServersError);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async readEventRelations(
+    eventId: string,
+    roomId?: string,
+    relationType?: string,
+    eventType?: string,
+    from?: string,
+    to?: string,
+    limit?: number,
+    direction?: 'f' | 'b'
+  ): Promise<IReadEventRelationsResult> {
+    const { client } = this;
+    const dir = direction as Direction;
+    const rId = roomId || this.inRoomId;
+
+    if (typeof rId !== 'string') {
+      throw new Error('Error while reading the current room');
+    }
+
+    const { events, nextBatch, prevBatch } = await client.relations(
+      rId,
+      eventId,
+      relationType ?? null,
+      eventType ?? null,
+      {
+        from,
+        to,
+        limit,
+        dir,
+      }
+    );
+
+    return {
+      chunk: events.map((e) => e.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent),
+      nextBatch: nextBatch ?? undefined,
+      prevBatch: prevBatch ?? undefined,
+    };
+  }
+
+  public async searchUserDirectory(
+    searchTerm: string,
+    limit?: number
+  ): Promise<ISearchUserDirectoryResult> {
+    const { client } = this;
+
+    const { limited, results } = await client.searchUserDirectory({ term: searchTerm, limit });
+
+    return {
+      limited,
+      results: results.map((r) => ({
+        userId: r.user_id,
+        displayName: r.display_name,
+        avatarUrl: r.avatar_url,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  public async getMediaConfig(): Promise<IGetMediaConfigResult> {
+    const { client } = this;
+
+    return client.getMediaConfig();
+  }
+
+  public async uploadFile(file: XMLHttpRequestBodyInit): Promise<{ contentUri: string }> {
+    const { client } = this;
+
+    const uploadResult = await client.uploadContent(file);
+
+    return { contentUri: uploadResult.content_uri };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Download a file from the media repository on the homeserver.
+   *
+   * @param contentUri - the MXC URI of the file to download
+   * @returns an object with: file - response contents as Blob
+   */
+  public async downloadFile(contentUri: string): Promise<{ file: XMLHttpRequestBodyInit }> {
+    const httpUrl = getHttpUriForMxc(
+      this.client.baseUrl,
+      contentUri,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      false,
+      undefined,
+      true
+    );
+    const file = await downloadFromUrlToFile(httpUrl);
+    return { file };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the IDs of all joined or invited rooms currently known to the
+   * client.
+   * @returns The room IDs.
+   */
+  public getKnownRooms(): string[] {
+    return this.client.getVisibleRooms(false).map((r) => r.roomId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Expresses a {@link MatrixError} as a JSON payload
+   * for use by Widget API error responses.
+   * @param error The error to handle.
+   * @returns The error expressed as a JSON payload,
+   * or undefined if it is not a {@link MatrixError}.
+   */
+  public processError(error: unknown): IWidgetApiErrorResponseDataDetails | undefined {
+    return error instanceof MatrixError
+      ? {
+          matrix_api_error: error.asWidgetApiErrorData(),
+        }
+      : undefined;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/element-call/ElementCall.ts b/src/app/components/element-call/ElementCall.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb44d333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/element-call/ElementCall.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+import {
+  MatrixEvent,
+  MatrixClient,
+  MatrixEventEvent,
+  ClientEvent,
+  RoomStateEvent,
+  KnownMembership,
+  Room,
+} from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+
+import { ClientWidgetApi, type IRoomEvent, Widget } from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { logger } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/logger';
+
+import { arrayFastClone, elementCallCapabilities } from './utils';
+import CallWidgetDriver from './CallWidgetDriver';
+
+export enum ElementCallIntent {
+  StartCall = 'start_call',
+  JoinExisting = 'join_existing',
+  StartCallDM = 'start_call_dm',
+  JoinExistingDM = 'join_existing_dm',
+}
+
+function createCallWidget(room: Room, client: MatrixClient, intent: string): Widget {
+  const perParticipantE2EE = room?.hasEncryptionStateEvent() ?? false;
+
+  const baseUrl = new URL(window.location.href).origin;
+  const url = new URL('./widgets/element-call/index.html#', baseUrl); // this strips hash fragment from baseUrl
+  const widgetId = 'io-element-call-widget-id';
+  // Splice together the Element Call URL for this call
+  const paramsHash = new URLSearchParams({
+    perParticipantE2EE: perParticipantE2EE ? 'true' : 'false',
+    intent,
+    userId: client.getSafeUserId(),
+    deviceId: client.getDeviceId() ?? '',
+    roomId: room.roomId,
+    baseUrl: client.baseUrl,
+    lang: 'en-EN',
+    theme: 'light',
+  });
+  const paramsSearch = new URLSearchParams({
+    widgetId,
+    parentUrl: window.location.href.split('#', 2)[0],
+  });
+
+  url.search = paramsSearch.toString();
+  const replacedUrl = paramsHash.toString().replace(/%24/g, '$');
+  url.hash = `#?${replacedUrl}`;
+
+  return new Widget({
+    id: widgetId,
+    creatorUserId: client.getSafeUserId(),
+    name: 'Element Call',
+    type: 'm.call',
+    url: url.toString(),
+    waitForIframeLoad: false,
+    data: {},
+  });
+}
+
+export default class ElementCall extends EventEmitter {
+  private messaging: ClientWidgetApi | null = null;
+
+  public widget: Widget;
+
+  private readUpToMap: { [roomId: string]: string } = {}; // room ID to event ID
+
+  // Holds events that should be fed to the widget once they finish decrypting
+  private eventsToFeed = new WeakSet<MatrixEvent>();
+
+  public constructor(
+    private client: MatrixClient,
+    private room: Room,
+    isDirect: boolean,
+    callOngoing: boolean
+  ) {
+    super();
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+    const intent = new Map([
+      ['start_call_dm', ElementCallIntent.StartCallDM],
+      ['join_existing_dm', ElementCallIntent.JoinExistingDM],
+      ['start_call', ElementCallIntent.StartCall],
+      ['join_existing', ElementCallIntent.JoinExisting],
+    ]).get((callOngoing ? 'join_existing' : 'start_call') + (isDirect ? '_dm' : ''))!;
+
+    this.widget = createCallWidget(this.room, this.client, intent);
+  }
+
+  public get widgetApi(): ClientWidgetApi | null {
+    return this.messaging;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The URL to use in the iframe
+   */
+  public get embedUrl(): string {
+    return this.widget.templateUrl;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This starts the messaging for the widget if it is not in the state `started` yet.
+   * @param iframe the iframe the widget should use
+   */
+  public startMessaging(iframe: HTMLIFrameElement) {
+    if (this.messaging) return;
+
+    const userId = this.client.getSafeUserId();
+    const deviceId = this.client.getDeviceId() ?? undefined;
+    const driver = new CallWidgetDriver(
+      this.client,
+      elementCallCapabilities(this.room.roomId, userId, deviceId),
+      this.room.roomId
+    );
+
+    this.messaging = new ClientWidgetApi(this.widget, iframe, driver);
+    this.messaging.on('preparing', () => this.emit('preparing'));
+    this.messaging.on('error:preparing', (err: unknown) => this.emit('error:preparing', err));
+    this.messaging.once('ready', () => {
+      this.emit('ready');
+    });
+    this.messaging.on('capabilitiesNotified', () => this.emit('capabilitiesNotified'));
+
+    // Room widgets get locked to the room they were added in
+    this.messaging.setViewedRoomId(this.room.roomId);
+
+    // Populate the map of "read up to" events for this widget with the current event in every room.
+    // This is a bit inefficient, but should be okay. We do this for all rooms in case the widget
+    // requests timeline capabilities in other rooms down the road. It's just easier to manage here.
+    this.client.getRooms().forEach((room) => {
+      // Timelines are most recent last
+      const events = room.getLiveTimeline()?.getEvents() || [];
+      const roomEvent = events[events.length - 1];
+      if (!roomEvent) return; // force later code to think the room is fresh
+      this.readUpToMap[room.roomId] = roomEvent.getId()!;
+    });
+
+    // Attach listeners for feeding events - the underlying widget classes handle permissions for us
+    this.client.on(ClientEvent.Event, this.onEvent);
+    this.client.on(MatrixEventEvent.Decrypted, this.onEventDecrypted);
+    this.client.on(RoomStateEvent.Events, this.onStateUpdate);
+    this.client.on(ClientEvent.ToDeviceEvent, this.onToDeviceEvent);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stops the widget messaging for if it is started. Skips stopping if it is an active
+   * widget.
+   * @param opts
+   */
+  public stopMessaging(): void {
+    if (this.messaging) {
+      this.messaging.stop();
+    }
+    this.messaging = null;
+
+    this.client.off(ClientEvent.Event, this.onEvent);
+    this.client.off(MatrixEventEvent.Decrypted, this.onEventDecrypted);
+    this.client.off(RoomStateEvent.Events, this.onStateUpdate);
+    this.client.off(ClientEvent.ToDeviceEvent, this.onToDeviceEvent);
+
+    // Clear internal state
+    this.readUpToMap = {};
+    this.eventsToFeed = new WeakSet<MatrixEvent>();
+  }
+
+  private onEvent = (ev: MatrixEvent): void => {
+    this.client.decryptEventIfNeeded(ev);
+    this.feedEvent(ev);
+  };
+
+  private onEventDecrypted = (ev: MatrixEvent): void => {
+    this.feedEvent(ev);
+  };
+
+  private onStateUpdate = (ev: MatrixEvent): void => {
+    if (this.messaging === null) return;
+    const raw = ev.getEffectiveEvent();
+    this.messaging.feedStateUpdate(raw as IRoomEvent).catch((e) => {
+      logger.error('Error sending state update to widget: ', e);
+    });
+  };
+
+  private onToDeviceEvent = async (ev: MatrixEvent): Promise<void> => {
+    await this.client.decryptEventIfNeeded(ev);
+    if (ev.isDecryptionFailure()) return;
+    await this.messaging?.feedToDevice(ev.getEffectiveEvent() as IRoomEvent, ev.isEncrypted());
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Determines whether the event has a relation to an unknown parent.
+   */
+  private relatesToUnknown(ev: MatrixEvent): boolean {
+    // Replies to unknown events don't count
+    if (!ev.relationEventId || ev.replyEventId) return false;
+    const room = this.client.getRoom(ev.getRoomId());
+    return room === null || !room.findEventById(ev.relationEventId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Advances the "read up to" marker for a room to a certain event. No-ops if
+   * the event is before the marker.
+   * @returns Whether the "read up to" marker was advanced.
+   */
+  private advanceReadUpToMarker(ev: MatrixEvent): boolean {
+    const evId = ev.getId();
+    if (evId === undefined) return false;
+    const roomId = ev.getRoomId();
+    if (roomId === undefined) return false;
+    const room = this.client.getRoom(roomId);
+    if (room === null) return false;
+
+    const upToEventId = this.readUpToMap[ev.getRoomId()!];
+    if (!upToEventId) {
+      // There's no marker yet; start it at this event
+      this.readUpToMap[roomId] = evId;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    // Small optimization for exact match (skip the search)
+    if (upToEventId === evId) return false;
+
+    // Timelines are most recent last, so reverse the order and limit ourselves to 100 events
+    // to avoid overusing the CPU.
+    const timeline = room.getLiveTimeline();
+    const events = arrayFastClone(timeline.getEvents()).reverse().slice(0, 100);
+    function isRelevantTimelineEvent(timelineEvent: MatrixEvent): boolean {
+      return timelineEvent.getId() === upToEventId || timelineEvent.getId() === ev.getId();
+    }
+    const possibleMarkerEv = events.find(isRelevantTimelineEvent);
+    if (possibleMarkerEv?.getId() === upToEventId) {
+      // The event must be somewhere before the "read up to" marker
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (possibleMarkerEv?.getId() === ev.getId()) {
+      // The event is after the marker; advance it
+      this.readUpToMap[roomId] = evId;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    // We can't say for sure whether the widget has seen the event; let's
+    // just assume that it has
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Determines whether the event comes from a room that we've been invited to
+   * (in which case we likely don't have the full timeline).
+   */
+  private isFromInvite(ev: MatrixEvent): boolean {
+    const room = this.client.getRoom(ev.getRoomId());
+    return room?.getMyMembership() === KnownMembership.Invite;
+  }
+
+  private feedEvent(ev: MatrixEvent): void {
+    if (this.messaging === null) return;
+    if (
+      // If we had decided earlier to feed this event to the widget, but
+      // it just wasn't ready, give it another try
+      this.eventsToFeed.delete(ev) ||
+      // Skip marker timeline check for events with relations to unknown parent because these
+      // events are not added to the timeline here and will be ignored otherwise:
+      // https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/blob/d3dfcd924201d71b434af3d77343b5229b6ed75e/src/models/room.ts#L2207-L2213
+      this.relatesToUnknown(ev) ||
+      // Skip marker timeline check for rooms where membership is
+      // 'invite', otherwise the membership event from the invitation room
+      // will advance the marker and new state events will not be
+      // forwarded to the widget.
+      this.isFromInvite(ev) ||
+      // Check whether this event would be before or after our "read up to" marker. If it's
+      // before, or we can't decide, then we assume the widget will have already seen the event.
+      // If the event is after, or we don't have a marker for the room,
+      // then the marker will advance and we'll send it through.
+      // This approach of "read up to" prevents widgets receiving decryption spam from startup or
+      // receiving ancient events from backfill and such.
+      this.advanceReadUpToMarker(ev)
+    ) {
+      // If the event is still being decrypted, remember that we want to
+      // feed it to the widget (even if not strictly in the order given by
+      // the timeline) and get back to it later
+      if (ev.isBeingDecrypted() || ev.isDecryptionFailure()) {
+        this.eventsToFeed.add(ev);
+      } else {
+        const raw = ev.getEffectiveEvent();
+        this.messaging.feedEvent(raw as IRoomEvent).catch((e) => {
+          logger.error('Error sending event to widget: ', e);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/element-call/utils.ts b/src/app/components/element-call/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a867a49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/element-call/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { logger } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger';
+
+import { EventType } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { EventDirection, MatrixCapabilities, WidgetEventCapability } from 'matrix-widget-api';
+import EventEmitter from 'events';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+
+function getCredentials() {
+  const accessToken = localStorage.getItem('mx_access_token');
+  const userId = localStorage.getItem('mx_user_id');
+  const deviceId = localStorage.getItem('mx_device_id');
+  return [accessToken, userId, deviceId];
+}
+
+export async function downloadFromUrlToFile(url: string, filename?: string): Promise<File> {
+  const [accessToken] = getCredentials();
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      body: 'blob',
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
+      },
+    });
+    const file = new File([await response.blob()], filename || 'file', {
+      type: response.type,
+    });
+    return file;
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error downloading file', error);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+export type Diff<T> = { added: T[]; removed: T[] };
+
+/**
+ * Performs a diff on two arrays. The result is what is different with the
+ * first array (`added` in the returned object means objects in B that aren't
+ * in A). Shallow comparisons are used to perform the diff.
+ * @param a The first array. Must be defined.
+ * @param b The second array. Must be defined.
+ * @returns The diff between the arrays.
+ */
+export function arrayDiff<T>(a: T[], b: T[]): Diff<T> {
+  return {
+    added: b.filter((i) => !a.includes(i)),
+    removed: a.filter((i) => !b.includes(i)),
+  };
+}
+
+export default function iterableDiff<T>(
+  a: Iterable<T>,
+  b: Iterable<T>
+): { added: Iterable<T>; removed: Iterable<T> } {
+  return arrayDiff(Array.from(a), Array.from(b));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clones an array as fast as possible, retaining references of the array's values.
+ * @param a The array to clone. Must be defined.
+ * @returns A copy of the array.
+ */
+export function arrayFastClone<T>(a: T[]): T[] {
+  return a.slice(0, a.length);
+}
+
+export function elementCallCapabilities(
+  inRoomId: string,
+  clientUserId: string,
+  clientDeviceId?: string
+): Set<string> {
+  const allowedCapabilities = new Set<string>();
+
+  // This is a trusted Element Call widget that we control
+  const addCapability = (type: string, state: boolean, dir: EventDirection, stateKey?: string) =>
+    allowedCapabilities.add(
+      state
+        ? WidgetEventCapability.forStateEvent(dir, type, stateKey).raw
+        : WidgetEventCapability.forRoomEvent(dir, type).raw
+    );
+  const addToDeviceCapability = (eventType: string, dir: EventDirection) =>
+    allowedCapabilities.add(WidgetEventCapability.forToDeviceEvent(dir, eventType).raw);
+  const recvState = (eventType: string, stateKey?: string) =>
+    addCapability(eventType, true, EventDirection.Receive, stateKey);
+  const sendState = (eventType: string, stateKey?: string) =>
+    addCapability(eventType, true, EventDirection.Send, stateKey);
+  const sendRecvToDevice = (eventType: string) => {
+    addToDeviceCapability(eventType, EventDirection.Receive);
+    addToDeviceCapability(eventType, EventDirection.Send);
+  };
+  const recvRoom = (eventType: string) => addCapability(eventType, false, EventDirection.Receive);
+  const sendRoom = (eventType: string) => addCapability(eventType, false, EventDirection.Send);
+  const sendRecvRoom = (eventType: string) => {
+    recvRoom(eventType);
+    sendRoom(eventType);
+  };
+
+  allowedCapabilities.add(MatrixCapabilities.AlwaysOnScreen);
+  allowedCapabilities.add(MatrixCapabilities.MSC3846TurnServers);
+  allowedCapabilities.add(`org.matrix.msc2762.timeline:${inRoomId}`);
+  allowedCapabilities.add(MatrixCapabilities.MSC4157SendDelayedEvent);
+  allowedCapabilities.add(MatrixCapabilities.MSC4157UpdateDelayedEvent);
+  recvState(EventType.RoomMember);
+  recvState('org.matrix.msc3401.call');
+  recvState(EventType.RoomEncryption);
+  recvState(EventType.RoomName);
+  // For the legacy membership type
+  sendState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member', clientUserId);
+  // For the session membership type compliant with MSC4143
+  sendState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member', `_${clientUserId}_${clientDeviceId}_m.call`);
+  sendState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member', `${clientUserId}_${clientDeviceId}_m.call`);
+  sendState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member', `_${clientUserId}_${clientDeviceId}`);
+  sendState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member', `${clientUserId}_${clientDeviceId}`);
+  recvState('org.matrix.msc3401.call.member');
+  // for determining auth rules specific to the room version
+  recvState(EventType.RoomCreate);
+
+  sendRoom('org.matrix.msc4075.rtc.notification');
+  sendRecvRoom('io.element.call.encryption_keys');
+  sendRecvRoom('org.matrix.rageshake_request');
+  sendRecvRoom(EventType.Reaction);
+  sendRecvRoom(EventType.RoomRedaction);
+  sendRecvRoom('io.element.call.reaction');
+  sendRecvRoom('org.matrix.msc4310.rtc.decline');
+
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallInvite);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallCandidates);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallAnswer);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallHangup);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallReject);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallSelectAnswer);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallNegotiate);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallSDPStreamMetadataChanged);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallSDPStreamMetadataChangedPrefix);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallReplaces);
+  sendRecvToDevice(EventType.CallEncryptionKeysPrefix);
+
+  return allowedCapabilities;
+}
+
+// Shortcut for registering a listener on an EventTarget
+// Copied from element-web
+export function useEventEmitter<T>(
+  emitter: EventEmitter | null | undefined,
+  eventType: string,
+  listener: (event: T) => void
+): void {
+  useEffect((): (() => void) => {
+    if (emitter) {
+      emitter.on(eventType, listener);
+      return (): void => {
+        emitter.off(eventType, listener);
+      };
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+    return () => {};
+  }, [emitter, eventType, listener]);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomView.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomView.tsx
index 0f837594..6fafa5cd 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Text, config } from 'folds';
 import { EventType, Room } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { ReactEditor } from 'slate-react';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { settingsAtom } from '../../state/settings';
 import { useSetting } from '../../state/hooks/settings';
 import { useRoomPermissions } from '../../hooks/useRoomPermissions';
 import { useRoomCreators } from '../../hooks/useRoomCreators';
+import { CallView } from '../../components/element-call/CallView';
 
 const FN_KEYS_REGEX = /^F\d+$/;
 const shouldFocusMessageField = (evt: KeyboardEvent): boolean => {
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ export function RoomView({ room, eventId }: { room: Room; eventId?: string }) {
   const powerLevels = usePowerLevelsContext();
   const creators = useRoomCreators(room);
 
+  const [showCall, setShowCall] = useState(false);
+  const [callJoined, setCallJoined] = useState(false);
   const permissions = useRoomPermissions(creators, powerLevels);
   const canMessage = permissions.event(EventType.RoomMessage, mx.getSafeUserId());
 
@@ -93,49 +96,60 @@ export function RoomView({ room, eventId }: { room: Room; eventId?: string }) {
 
   return (
     <Page ref={roomViewRef}>
-      <RoomViewHeader />
-      <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column">
-        <RoomTimeline
-          key={roomId}
-          room={room}
-          eventId={eventId}
-          roomInputRef={roomInputRef}
-          editor={editor}
-        />
-        <RoomViewTyping room={room} />
-      </Box>
-      <Box shrink="No" direction="Column">
-        <div style={{ padding: `0 ${config.space.S400}` }}>
-          {tombstoneEvent ? (
-            <RoomTombstone
-              roomId={roomId}
-              body={tombstoneEvent.getContent().body}
-              replacementRoomId={tombstoneEvent.getContent().replacement_room}
+      <RoomViewHeader onCallClick={() => setShowCall(true)} callJoined={callJoined} />
+      <Box grow="Yes" direction="Row">
+        {showCall && (
+          <CallView
+            onClose={() => setShowCall(false)}
+            onJoin={() => setCallJoined(true)}
+            onHangup={() => setCallJoined(false)}
+          />
+        )}
+        <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column" style={{ width: 350 }}>
+          <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column">
+            <RoomTimeline
+              key={roomId}
+              room={room}
+              eventId={eventId}
+              roomInputRef={roomInputRef}
+              editor={editor}
             />
-          ) : (
-            <>
-              {canMessage && (
-                <RoomInput
-                  room={room}
-                  editor={editor}
+            <RoomViewTyping room={room} />
+          </Box>
+          <Box shrink="No" direction="Column">
+            <div style={{ padding: `0 ${config.space.S400}` }}>
+              {tombstoneEvent ? (
+                <RoomTombstone
                   roomId={roomId}
-                  fileDropContainerRef={roomViewRef}
-                  ref={roomInputRef}
+                  body={tombstoneEvent.getContent().body}
+                  replacementRoomId={tombstoneEvent.getContent().replacement_room}
                 />
+              ) : (
+                <>
+                  {canMessage && (
+                    <RoomInput
+                      room={room}
+                      editor={editor}
+                      roomId={roomId}
+                      fileDropContainerRef={roomViewRef}
+                      ref={roomInputRef}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                  {!canMessage && (
+                    <RoomInputPlaceholder
+                      style={{ padding: config.space.S200 }}
+                      alignItems="Center"
+                      justifyContent="Center"
+                    >
+                      <Text align="Center">You do not have permission to post in this room</Text>
+                    </RoomInputPlaceholder>
+                  )}
+                </>
               )}
-              {!canMessage && (
-                <RoomInputPlaceholder
-                  style={{ padding: config.space.S200 }}
-                  alignItems="Center"
-                  justifyContent="Center"
-                >
-                  <Text align="Center">You do not have permission to post in this room</Text>
-                </RoomInputPlaceholder>
-              )}
-            </>
-          )}
-        </div>
-        {hideActivity ? <RoomViewFollowingPlaceholder /> : <RoomViewFollowing room={room} />}
+            </div>
+            {hideActivity ? <RoomViewFollowingPlaceholder /> : <RoomViewFollowing room={room} />}
+          </Box>
+        </Box>
       </Box>
     </Page>
   );
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomViewHeader.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomViewHeader.tsx
index 9b4bfd23..aa237e78 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomViewHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomViewHeader.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import { useRoomNavigate } from '../../hooks/useRoomNavigate';
 import { useRoomCreators } from '../../hooks/useRoomCreators';
 import { useRoomPermissions } from '../../hooks/useRoomPermissions';
 import { InviteUserPrompt } from '../../components/invite-user-prompt';
+import { useCallOngoing } from '../../hooks/useCallOngoing';
 
 type RoomMenuProps = {
   room: Room;
@@ -253,8 +254,11 @@ const RoomMenu = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, RoomMenuProps>(({ room, requestClose
     </Menu>
   );
 });
-
-export function RoomViewHeader() {
+interface RoomViewHeaderProps {
+  onCallClick?: () => void;
+  callJoined?: boolean;
+}
+export function RoomViewHeader({ onCallClick, callJoined }: RoomViewHeaderProps) {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
@@ -274,6 +278,7 @@ export function RoomViewHeader() {
   const avatarUrl = avatarMxc
     ? mxcUrlToHttp(mx, avatarMxc, useAuthentication, 96, 96, 'crop') ?? undefined
     : undefined;
+  const callOngoing = useCallOngoing(room);
 
   const [peopleDrawer, setPeopleDrawer] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'isPeopleDrawer');
 
@@ -295,6 +300,9 @@ export function RoomViewHeader() {
     setPinMenuAnchor(evt.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect());
   };
 
+  const notParticipatingState = callOngoing ? 'join' : 'start';
+  const buttonState = callJoined ? 'participating' : notParticipatingState;
+
   return (
     <PageHeader balance={screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile}>
       <Box grow="Yes" gap="300">
@@ -387,6 +395,33 @@ export function RoomViewHeader() {
               )}
             </TooltipProvider>
           )}
+
+          <TooltipProvider
+            position="Bottom"
+            offset={4}
+            tooltip={
+              <Tooltip>
+                {buttonState === 'start' && <Text>Start Call</Text>}
+                {buttonState === 'join' && <Text>Join Call</Text>}
+                {buttonState === 'participating' && <Text>Call Ongoing</Text>}
+              </Tooltip>
+            }
+          >
+            {(triggerRef) => (
+              <IconButton
+                variant={buttonState === 'join' ? 'Primary' : undefined}
+                style={{ position: 'relative' }}
+                onClick={onCallClick}
+                ref={triggerRef}
+                disabled={buttonState === 'participating'}
+                aria-pressed={!!pinMenuAnchor}
+              >
+                {buttonState === 'join' && <Text size="B400">Join</Text>}
+                <Icon size="400" src={Icons.Phone} filled={buttonState === 'participating'} />
+              </IconButton>
+            )}
+          </TooltipProvider>
+
           <TooltipProvider
             position="Bottom"
             offset={4}
diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useCallOngoing.ts b/src/app/hooks/useCallOngoing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb729003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useCallOngoing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Room } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/matrixrtc/MatrixRTCSessionManager';
+
+export const useCallOngoing = (room: Room) => {
+  const [callOngoing, setCallOngoing] = useState(
+    room.client.matrixRTC.getRoomSession(room).memberships.length > 0
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const start = (roomId: string) => {
+      if (roomId !== room.roomId) return;
+      setCallOngoing(true);
+    };
+    const end = (roomId: string) => {
+      if (roomId !== room.roomId) return;
+      setCallOngoing(false);
+    };
+    room.client.matrixRTC.on(MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents.SessionStarted, start);
+    room.client.matrixRTC.on(MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents.SessionEnded, end);
+    return () => {
+      room.client.matrixRTC.off(MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents.SessionStarted, start);
+      room.client.matrixRTC.off(MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents.SessionEnded, end);
+    };
+  }, [room]);
+
+  return callOngoing;
+};
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index dfa02fc4..10da247b 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ const copyFiles = {
       src: 'public/locales',
       dest: 'public/',
     },
+    {
+      src: 'node_modules/@element-hq/element-call-embedded/dist/*',
+      dest: 'widgets/element-call/',
+    },
   ],
 };
 
@@ -47,7 +51,10 @@ function serverMatrixSdkCryptoWasm(wasmFilePath) {
     configureServer(server) {
       server.middlewares.use((req, res, next) => {
         if (req.url === wasmFilePath) {
-          const resolvedPath = path.join(path.resolve(), "/node_modules/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/pkg/matrix_sdk_crypto_wasm_bg.wasm");
+          const resolvedPath = path.join(
+            path.resolve(),
+            '/node_modules/@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm/pkg/matrix_sdk_crypto_wasm_bg.wasm'
+          );
 
           if (fs.existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
             res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/wasm');
@@ -102,8 +109,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
       },
       devOptions: {
         enabled: true,
-        type: 'module'
-      }
+        type: 'module',
+      },
     }),
   ],
   optimizeDeps: {