diff --git a/native/android/app/src/cpp/PlatformSpecificTools.cpp b/native/android/app/src/cpp/PlatformSpecificTools.cpp
--- a/native/android/app/src/cpp/PlatformSpecificTools.cpp
+++ b/native/android/app/src/cpp/PlatformSpecificTools.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
         cls->getStaticMethod<JString()>("getNotificationsCryptoAccountPath");
     return method(cls)->toStdString();
   }
+
+  static bool isStaffRelease() {
+    static const auto cls = javaClassStatic();
+    static auto method = cls->getStaticMethod<jboolean()>("isStaffRelease");
+    return method(cls);
+  }
 };
 
 namespace comm {
@@ -55,4 +61,12 @@
   return path;
 }
 
+bool PlatformSpecificTools::isStaffRelease() {
+  bool staffRelease;
+  NativeAndroidAccessProvider::runTask([&staffRelease]() {
+    staffRelease = PlatformSpecificToolsJavaClass::isStaffRelease();
+  });
+  return staffRelease;
+}
+
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/PlatformSpecificTools.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/PlatformSpecificTools.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/PlatformSpecificTools.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/fbjni/PlatformSpecificTools.java
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@
         .getFileStreamPath("comm_notifications_crypto_account")
         .getPath();
   }
+
+  public static boolean isStaffRelease() {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
--- a/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
+++ b/native/cpp/CommonCpp/Tools/PlatformSpecificTools.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   static void generateSecureRandomBytes(crypto::OlmBuffer &buffer, size_t size);
   static std::string getDeviceOS();
   static std::string getNotificationsCryptoAccountPath();
+  static bool isStaffRelease();
 };
 
 } // namespace comm
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm/PlatformSpecificTools.mm b/native/ios/Comm/PlatformSpecificTools.mm
--- a/native/ios/Comm/PlatformSpecificTools.mm
+++ b/native/ios/Comm/PlatformSpecificTools.mm
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@
               .path UTF8String]);
 }
 
+bool PlatformSpecificTools::isStaffRelease() {
+  return false;
+}
+
 }; // namespace comm