diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type {
   NativeMediaSelection,
+  PhotoCapture,
   MediaLibrarySelection,
   MediaMissionFailure,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
@@ -464,8 +465,119 @@
   );
 }
 
+function useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar(): {
+  +updateUserAvatar: (selection: PhotoCapture) => Promise<void>,
+  +isCameraAvatarUpdateLoading: boolean,
+} {
+  const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
+  const updateUserAvatarCall = useServerCall(updateUserAvatar);
+
+  const processSelectedMedia = useProcessSelectedMedia();
+  const uploadProcessedMedia = useUploadProcessedMedia();
+
+  const [processingOrUploadInProgress, setProcessingOrUploadInProgress] =
+    React.useState(false);
+
+  const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
+    updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector,
+  );
+
+  const inProgress = React.useMemo(
+    () =>
+      processingOrUploadInProgress ||
+      updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus === 'loading',
+    [processingOrUploadInProgress, updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus],
+  );
+
+  const selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (selection: PhotoCapture) => {
+      if (!selection) {
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Media selection failed',
+          'Unable to select media from Media Library.',
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(true);
+      let processedMedia;
+      try {
+        processedMedia = await processSelectedMedia(selection);
+      } catch (e) {
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Media processing failed',
+          'Unable to process selected media.',
+        );
+        setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!processedMedia || !processedMedia.success) {
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Media processing failed',
+          'Unable to process selected media.',
+        );
+        setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      let uploadedMedia: ?UploadMultimediaResult;
+      try {
+        uploadedMedia = await uploadProcessedMedia(processedMedia);
+      } catch {
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Media upload failed',
+          'Unable to upload selected media. Please try again.',
+        );
+        setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!uploadedMedia) {
+        Alert.alert(
+          'Media upload failed',
+          'Unable to upload selected media. Please try again.',
+        );
+        setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const imageAvatarUpdateRequest: ImageAvatarDBContent = {
+        type: 'image',
+        uploadID: uploadedMedia.id,
+      };
+
+      dispatchActionPromise(
+        updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
+        (async () => {
+          try {
+            return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
+          } catch {
+            Alert.alert('Avatar update failed', 'Unable to update avatar.');
+          }
+        })(),
+      );
+      setProcessingOrUploadInProgress(false);
+    },
+    [
+      dispatchActionPromise,
+      processSelectedMedia,
+      updateUserAvatarCall,
+      uploadProcessedMedia,
+    ],
+  );
+
+  return React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      updateUserAvatar: selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+      isCameraAvatarUpdateLoading: inProgress,
+    }),
+    [selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar, inProgress],
+  );
+}
+
 type ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions = {
-  +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
+  +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'camera' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
   +onPress?: () => mixed,
 };
 function useShowAvatarActionSheet(
@@ -483,6 +595,8 @@
         return 'Use Emoji';
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return 'Select image';
+      } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
+        return 'Camera';
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return 'Use ENS Avatar';
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
@@ -517,6 +631,14 @@
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
+      } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
+        return (
+          <SWMansionIcon
+            name="camera"
+            size={22}
+            style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
+          />
+        );
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return (
           <CommIcon
@@ -586,4 +708,5 @@
   useRemoveUserAvatar,
   useRemoveThreadAvatar,
   useENSUserAvatar,
+  useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ActivityIndicator, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
   useENSUserAvatar,
   useRemoveUserAvatar,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+  useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
 } from './avatar-hooks.js';
 import EditAvatarBadge from './edit-avatar-badge.react.js';
@@ -36,11 +38,19 @@
   const [selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar, isGalleryAvatarUpdateLoading] =
     useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar();
 
+  const { isCameraAvatarUpdateLoading } =
+    useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar();
+  const navigation = useNavigation();
+  const navigateToCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
+    navigation.navigate('UserAvatarCameraModal');
+  }, [navigation]);
+
   const [saveENSUserAvatar, isENSAvatarUpdateLoading] = useENSUserAvatar();
   const [removeUserAvatar, isRemoveAvatarUpdateLoading] = useRemoveUserAvatar();
 
   const isAvatarUpdateInProgress =
     isGalleryAvatarUpdateLoading ||
+    isCameraAvatarUpdateLoading ||
     isRemoveAvatarUpdateLoading ||
     isENSAvatarUpdateLoading;
 
@@ -48,6 +58,7 @@
     const configOptions = [
       { id: 'emoji', onPress: onPressEmojiAvatarFlow },
       { id: 'image', onPress: selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar },
+      { id: 'camera', onPress: navigateToCamera },
     ];
 
     if (ensAvatarURI) {
@@ -59,6 +70,7 @@
     return configOptions;
   }, [
     ensAvatarURI,
+    navigateToCamera,
     onPressEmojiAvatarFlow,
     removeUserAvatar,
     saveENSUserAvatar,
diff --git a/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { PhotoCapture } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+
+import { useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
+import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
+import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
+import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+
+type Props = {
+  +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'UserAvatarCameraModal'>,
+  +route: NavigationRoute<'UserAvatarCameraModal'>,
+};
+
+function UserAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { navigation } = props;
+
+  const { updateUserAvatar } = useSelectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar();
+
+  const sendPhoto = React.useCallback(
+    (capture: PhotoCapture) => {
+      updateUserAvatar(capture);
+    },
+    [updateUserAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return <CameraModal handlePhotoCapture={sendPhoto} navigation={navigation} />;
+}
+
+export default UserAvatarCameraModal;
diff --git a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 } from './overlay-navigator.react.js';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from './root-navigator.react.js';
 import {
+  UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
   ImageModalRouteName,
   MultimediaMessageTooltipModalRouteName,
   ActionResultModalRouteName,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import KeyboardStateContainer from '../keyboard/keyboard-state-container.react.js';
 import ChatCameraModal from '../media/chat-camera-modal.react.js';
 import ImageModal from '../media/image-modal.react.js';
+import UserAvatarCameraModal from '../media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js';
 import VideoPlaybackModal from '../media/video-playback-modal.react.js';
 import RelationshipListItemTooltipModal from '../profile/relationship-list-item-tooltip-modal.react.js';
 import PushHandler from '../push/push-handler.react.js';
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@
           name={ChatCameraModalRouteName}
           component={ChatCameraModal}
         />
+        <App.Screen
+          name={UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName}
+          component={UserAvatarCameraModal}
+        />
         <App.Screen
           name={VideoPlaybackModalRouteName}
           component={VideoPlaybackModal}
diff --git a/native/navigation/route-names.js b/native/navigation/route-names.js
--- a/native/navigation/route-names.js
+++ b/native/navigation/route-names.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 export const ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModalRouteName =
   'ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModal';
 export const ThreadSettingsRouteName = 'ThreadSettings';
+export const UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName = 'UserAvatarCameraModal';
 export const VideoPlaybackModalRouteName = 'VideoPlaybackModal';
 export const TermsAndPrivacyRouteName = 'TermsAndPrivacyModal';
 export const RegistrationRouteName = 'Registration';
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
   +ImageModal: ImageModalParams,
   +ActionResultModal: ActionResultModalParams,
   +ChatCameraModal: ChatCameraModalParams,
+  +UserAvatarCameraModal: void,
   +VideoPlaybackModal: VideoPlaybackModalParams,
   ...TooltipModalParamList,
 };