diff --git a/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm b/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
index 5436d2fbf..90fe1c0ba 100644
--- a/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -1,294 +1,296 @@
 #import "AppDelegate.h"
 
 #import "Orientation.h"
 #import "RNNotifications.h"
 #import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import <React/RCTBundleURLProvider.h>
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTRootView.h>
 
 #import <React/RCTBridge+Private.h>
 #import <React/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h>
 #import <React/RCTJSIExecutorRuntimeInstaller.h>
 #import <cxxreact/JSExecutor.h>
 #import <jsireact/JSIExecutor.h>
 #import <reacthermes/HermesExecutorFactory.h>
 
 #import "CommCoreModule.h"
 #import "GlobalDBSingleton.h"
 #import "Logger.h"
 #import "MessageOperationsUtilities.h"
 #import "SQLiteQueryExecutor.h"
 #import "TemporaryMessageStorage.h"
 #import "ThreadOperations.h"
 #import "Tools.h"
 #import <cstdio>
 #import <stdexcept>
 #import <string>
 
 #ifdef FB_SONARKIT_ENABLED
 #import <FlipperKit/FlipperClient.h>
 #import <FlipperKitLayoutPlugin/FlipperKitLayoutPlugin.h>
 #import <FlipperKitNetworkPlugin/FlipperKitNetworkPlugin.h>
 #import <FlipperKitReactPlugin/FlipperKitReactPlugin.h>
 #import <FlipperKitUserDefaultsPlugin/FKUserDefaultsPlugin.h>
 #import <SKIOSNetworkPlugin/SKIOSNetworkAdapter.h>
 static void InitializeFlipper(UIApplication *application) {
   FlipperClient *client = [FlipperClient sharedClient];
   SKDescriptorMapper *layoutDescriptorMapper =
       [[SKDescriptorMapper alloc] initWithDefaults];
   [client addPlugin:[[FlipperKitLayoutPlugin alloc]
                             initWithRootNode:application
                         withDescriptorMapper:layoutDescriptorMapper]];
   [client addPlugin:[[FKUserDefaultsPlugin alloc] initWithSuiteName:nil]];
   [client addPlugin:[FlipperKitReactPlugin new]];
   [client addPlugin:[[FlipperKitNetworkPlugin alloc]
                         initWithNetworkAdapter:[SKIOSNetworkAdapter new]]];
   [client start];
 }
 #endif
 
 #import <ReactCommon/RCTTurboModuleManager.h>
 
 #import <RNReanimated/REAInitializer.h>
 
 #import <UserNotifications/UserNotifications.h>
 
 NSString *const backgroundNotificationTypeKey = @"backgroundNotifType";
 NSString *const setUnreadStatusKey = @"setUnreadStatus";
 
 @interface AppDelegate () <
     RCTCxxBridgeDelegate,
     RCTTurboModuleManagerDelegate> {
 }
 @end
 
 @implementation AppDelegate
 
 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
     willFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
   [self attemptDatabaseInitialization];
   return YES;
 }
 
 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
     didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
 #ifdef FB_SONARKIT_ENABLED
   InitializeFlipper(application);
 #endif
   [self moveMessagesToDatabase];
+  [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient
+                                         error:nil];
   RCTBridge *bridge = [[RCTBridge alloc] initWithDelegate:self
                                             launchOptions:launchOptions];
   RCTRootView *rootView = [[RCTRootView alloc] initWithBridge:bridge
                                                    moduleName:@"Comm"
                                             initialProperties:nil];
   if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
     rootView.backgroundColor = [UIColor systemBackgroundColor];
   } else {
     rootView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
   }
 
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
   UIViewController *rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
   rootViewController.view = rootView;
   self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
   [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
   [super application:application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:launchOptions];
 
   // This prevents a very small flicker from occurring before expo-splash-screen
   // is able to display
   UIView *launchScreenView =
       [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"SplashScreen"
                                  bundle:nil] instantiateInitialViewController]
           .view;
   launchScreenView.frame = self.window.bounds;
   rootView.loadingView = launchScreenView;
   rootView.loadingViewFadeDelay = 0;
   rootView.loadingViewFadeDuration = 0.001;
 
   return YES;
 }
 
 - (NSArray<id<RCTBridgeModule>> *)extraModulesForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge {
   // If you'd like to export some custom RCTBridgeModules that are not Expo
   // modules, add them here!
   return @[];
 }
 
 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
     didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData *)deviceToken {
   [RNNotifications
       didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:deviceToken];
 }
 
 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
     didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:(NSError *)error {
   [RNNotifications didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError:error];
 }
 
 // Required for the notification event. You must call the completion handler
 // after handling the remote notification.
 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
     didReceiveRemoteNotification:(NSDictionary *)notification
           fetchCompletionHandler:
               (void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler {
   BOOL handled = NO;
   if (notification[@"aps"][@"content-available"] &&
       notification[backgroundNotificationTypeKey]) {
     handled = [self handleBackgroundNotification:notification
                           fetchCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
   }
 
   if (handled) {
     return;
   }
 
   [RNNotifications didReceiveRemoteNotification:notification
                          fetchCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
 }
 
 - (BOOL)handleBackgroundNotification:(NSDictionary *)notification
               fetchCompletionHandler:
                   (void (^)(UIBackgroundFetchResult))completionHandler {
   if ([notification[backgroundNotificationTypeKey] isEqualToString:@"CLEAR"]) {
     if (notification[setUnreadStatusKey] && notification[@"threadID"]) {
       std::string threadID =
           std::string([notification[@"threadID"] UTF8String]);
       // this callback may be called from inactive state so we need
       // to initialize the database
       [self attemptDatabaseInitialization];
       comm::GlobalDBSingleton::instance.scheduleOrRun([threadID]() mutable {
         comm::ThreadOperations::updateSQLiteUnreadStatus(threadID, false);
       });
     }
     [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter]
         getDeliveredNotificationsWithCompletionHandler:^(
             NSArray<UNNotification *> *notifications) {
           for (UNNotification *notif in notifications) {
             if ([notification[@"notificationId"]
                     isEqual:notif.request.content.userInfo[@"id"]]) {
               NSArray *identifiers =
                   [NSArray arrayWithObjects:notif.request.identifier, nil];
               [[UNUserNotificationCenter currentNotificationCenter]
                   removeDeliveredNotificationsWithIdentifiers:identifiers];
             }
           }
           dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
             completionHandler(UIBackgroundFetchResultNewData);
           });
         }];
     return YES;
   }
   return NO;
 }
 
 // Required for the localNotification event.
 - (void)application:(UIApplication *)application
     didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification {
   [RNNotifications didReceiveLocalNotification:notification];
 }
 
 - (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)application:(UIApplication *)application
     supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window {
   return [Orientation getOrientation];
 }
 
 - (NSURL *)sourceURLForBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge {
 #if DEBUG
   return
       [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index"
                                                      fallbackResource:nil];
 #else
   return [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main"
                                  withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
 #endif
 }
 
 using JSExecutorFactory = facebook::react::JSExecutorFactory;
 using HermesExecutorFactory = facebook::react::HermesExecutorFactory;
 using Runtime = facebook::jsi::Runtime;
 
 - (std::unique_ptr<JSExecutorFactory>)jsExecutorFactoryForBridge:
     (RCTBridge *)bridge {
   __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
 
   const auto commRuntimeInstaller = [weakSelf,
                                      bridge](facebook::jsi::Runtime &rt) {
     if (!bridge) {
       return;
     }
     __typeof(self) strongSelf = weakSelf;
     if (strongSelf) {
       std::shared_ptr<comm::CommCoreModule> nativeModule =
           std::make_shared<comm::CommCoreModule>(bridge.jsCallInvoker);
 
       rt.global().setProperty(
           rt,
           facebook::jsi::PropNameID::forAscii(rt, "CommCoreModule"),
           facebook::jsi::Object::createFromHostObject(rt, nativeModule));
     }
   };
   const auto installer =
       reanimated::REAJSIExecutorRuntimeInstaller(bridge, commRuntimeInstaller);
 
   return std::make_unique<HermesExecutorFactory>(
       facebook::react::RCTJSIExecutorRuntimeInstaller(installer),
       JSIExecutor::defaultTimeoutInvoker,
       makeRuntimeConfig(3072));
 }
 
 - (void)attemptDatabaseInitialization {
   std::string sqliteFilePath =
       std::string([[Tools getSQLiteFilePath] UTF8String]);
   // Previous Comm versions used app group location for SQLite
   // database, so that NotificationService was able to acces it directly.
   // Unfortunately it caused errores related to system locks. The code
   // below re-migrates SQLite from app group to app specific location
   // on devices where previous Comm version was installed.
   NSString *appGroupSQLiteFilePath = [Tools getAppGroupSQLiteFilePath];
   if ([NSFileManager.defaultManager fileExistsAtPath:appGroupSQLiteFilePath] &&
       std::rename(
           std::string([appGroupSQLiteFilePath UTF8String]).c_str(),
           sqliteFilePath.c_str())) {
     throw std::runtime_error(
         "Failed to move SQLite database from app group to default location");
   }
   comm::SQLiteQueryExecutor::initialize(sqliteFilePath);
 }
 
 - (void)moveMessagesToDatabase {
   TemporaryMessageStorage *temporaryStorage =
       [[TemporaryMessageStorage alloc] init];
   NSArray<NSString *> *messages = [temporaryStorage readAndClearMessages];
   for (NSString *message in messages) {
     std::string messageInfos = std::string([message UTF8String]);
     comm::GlobalDBSingleton::instance.scheduleOrRun([messageInfos]() mutable {
       comm::MessageOperationsUtilities::storeMessageInfos(messageInfos);
     });
   }
 }
 
 // Copied from
 // ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/OnLoad.cpp
 static ::hermes::vm::RuntimeConfig
 makeRuntimeConfig(::hermes::vm::gcheapsize_t heapSizeMB) {
   namespace vm = ::hermes::vm;
   auto gcConfigBuilder =
       vm::GCConfig::Builder()
           .withName("RN")
           // For the next two arguments: avoid GC before TTI by initializing the
           // runtime to allocate directly in the old generation, but revert to
           // normal operation when we reach the (first) TTI point.
           .withAllocInYoung(false)
           .withRevertToYGAtTTI(true);
 
   if (heapSizeMB > 0) {
     gcConfigBuilder.withMaxHeapSize(heapSizeMB << 20);
   }
 
   return vm::RuntimeConfig::Builder()
       .withGCConfig(gcConfigBuilder.build())
       .build();
 }
 
 @end