diff --git a/lib/media/media-utils.js b/lib/media/media-utils.js
--- a/lib/media/media-utils.js
+++ b/lib/media/media-utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   MultimediaMessageInfo,
   RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
 } from '../types/message-types.js';
+import { isBlobServiceURI } from '../utils/blob-service.js';
 
 const maxDimensions = Object.freeze({ width: 1920, height: 1920 });
 
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@
   return `some ${firstType}s`;
 }
 
+function isMediaBlobServiceHosted(media: Media): boolean {
+  return (
+    (!!media.uri && isBlobServiceURI(media.uri)) ||
+    (!!media.holder && isBlobServiceURI(media.holder)) ||
+    (!!media.thumbnailURI && isBlobServiceURI(media.thumbnailURI)) ||
+    (!!media.thumbnailHolder && isBlobServiceURI(media.thumbnailHolder))
+  );
+}
+
 function multimediaMessagePreview(
   messageInfo: MultimediaMessageInfo | RawMultimediaMessageInfo,
 ): string {
@@ -59,5 +69,6 @@
   contentStringForMediaArray,
   multimediaMessagePreview,
   isLocalUploadID,
+  isMediaBlobServiceHosted,
   getNextLocalUploadID,
 };
diff --git a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
--- a/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages/multimedia-message-spec.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 } from './message-spec.js';
 import { joinResult } from './utils.js';
 import {
+  isMediaBlobServiceHosted,
   contentStringForMediaArray,
   multimediaMessagePreview,
 } from '../../media/media-utils.js';
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
 } from '../../utils/message-ops-utils.js';
 import { createMediaMessageInfo } from '../message-utils.js';
 import { threadIsGroupChat } from '../thread-utils.js';
-import { hasMinCodeVersion } from '../version-utils.js';
+import { FUTURE_CODE_VERSION, hasMinCodeVersion } from '../version-utils.js';
 
 export const multimediaMessageSpec: MessageSpec<
   MediaMessageData | ImagesMessageData,
@@ -213,14 +214,24 @@
       return rawMessageInfo;
     }
 
+    const containsBlobServiceMedia = rawMessageInfo.media.some(
+      isMediaBlobServiceHosted,
+    );
     const containsEncryptedMedia = rawMessageInfo.media.some(
       media =>
         media.type === 'encrypted_photo' || media.type === 'encrypted_video',
     );
-    if (!containsEncryptedMedia && hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, 158)) {
+    if (
+      !containsBlobServiceMedia &&
+      !containsEncryptedMedia &&
+      hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, 158)
+    ) {
+      return rawMessageInfo;
+    }
+    if (!containsBlobServiceMedia && hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, 205)) {
       return rawMessageInfo;
     }
-    if (hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, 205)) {
+    if (hasMinCodeVersion(platformDetails, FUTURE_CODE_VERSION)) {
       return rawMessageInfo;
     }
 
@@ -258,7 +269,11 @@
         }),
       };
     } else if (unwrapped.type === messageTypes.MULTIMEDIA) {
-      for (const { type } of unwrapped.media) {
+      for (const media of unwrapped.media) {
+        if (isMediaBlobServiceHosted(media)) {
+          return messageInfo;
+        }
+        const { type } = media;
         if (
           type !== 'photo' &&
           type !== 'video' &&
diff --git a/lib/shared/version-utils.js b/lib/shared/version-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/version-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/version-utils.js
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 import { type PlatformDetails, isWebPlatform } from '../types/device-types.js';
 
+/**
+ * A code version used for features that are waiting to be released
+ * and we're not sure in which version they will be available.
+ */
+const FUTURE_CODE_VERSION = 1000000;
+
 function hasMinCodeVersion(
   platformDetails: ?PlatformDetails,
   minCodeVersion: number,
@@ -16,4 +22,4 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-export { hasMinCodeVersion };
+export { FUTURE_CODE_VERSION, hasMinCodeVersion };