diff --git a/src/components/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerControls/VolumeButton/index.js b/src/components/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerControls/VolumeButton/index.js
index 1c1d042d3893..45f47eb87c36 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerControls/VolumeButton/index.js
+++ b/src/components/VideoPlayer/VideoPlayerControls/VolumeButton/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import React, {memo, useState} from 'react';
+import React, {memo, useCallback, useState} from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import {Gesture, GestureDetector} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, {runOnJS, useAnimatedStyle, useDerivedValue} from 'react-native-reanimated';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import IconButton from '@components/VideoPlayer/IconButton';
 import {useVolumeContext} from '@components/VideoPlayerContexts/VolumeContext';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
+import * as NumberUtils from '@libs/NumberUtils';
 import stylePropTypes from '@styles/stylePropTypes';
 
 const propTypes = {
@@ -38,27 +39,35 @@ function VolumeButton({style, small}) {
     const [volumeIcon, setVolumeIcon] = useState({icon: getVolumeIcon(volume.value)});
     const [isSliderBeingUsed, setIsSliderBeingUsed] = useState(false);
 
-    const onSliderLayout = (e) => {
+    const onSliderLayout = useCallback((e) => {
         setSliderHeight(e.nativeEvent.layout.height);
-    };
+    }, []);
+
+    const changeVolumeOnPan = useCallback(
+        (event) => {
+            const val = NumberUtils.roundToTwoDecimalPlaces(1 - event.y / sliderHeight);
+            volume.value = NumberUtils.clamp(val, 0, 1);
+        },
+        [sliderHeight, volume],
+    );
 
     const pan = Gesture.Pan()
-        .onBegin(() => {
+        .onBegin((event) => {
             runOnJS(setIsSliderBeingUsed)(true);
+            changeVolumeOnPan(event);
         })
         .onChange((event) => {
-            const val = Math.floor((1 - event.y / sliderHeight) * 100) / 100;
-            volume.value = Math.min(Math.max(val, 0), 1);
+            changeVolumeOnPan(event);
         })
-        .onEnd(() => {
+        .onFinalize(() => {
             runOnJS(setIsSliderBeingUsed)(false);
         });
 
     const progressBarStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({height: `${volume.value * 100}%`}));
 
-    const updateIcon = (vol) => {
+    const updateIcon = useCallback((vol) => {
         setVolumeIcon({icon: getVolumeIcon(vol)});
-    };
+    }, []);
 
     useDerivedValue(() => {
         runOnJS(updateVolume)(volume.value);
diff --git a/src/components/VideoPlayerContexts/VolumeContext.js b/src/components/VideoPlayerContexts/VolumeContext.js
index 2df463654075..a0b972d37a0d 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoPlayerContexts/VolumeContext.js
+++ b/src/components/VideoPlayerContexts/VolumeContext.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function VolumeContextProvider({children}) {
             if (!currentVideoPlayerRef.current) {
                 return;
             }
-            currentVideoPlayerRef.current.setStatusAsync({volume: newVolume});
+            currentVideoPlayerRef.current.setStatusAsync({volume: newVolume, isMuted: newVolume === 0});
             volume.value = newVolume;
         },
         [currentVideoPlayerRef, volume],
diff --git a/src/libs/NumberUtils.ts b/src/libs/NumberUtils.ts
index 60e5246f5ed2..62d6fa00906a 100644
--- a/src/libs/NumberUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/NumberUtils.ts
@@ -76,4 +76,20 @@ function roundDownToLargestMultiple(p: number, q: number) {
     return Math.floor(p / q) * q;
 }
 
-export {rand64, generateHexadecimalValue, generateRandomInt, parseFloatAnyLocale, roundDownToLargestMultiple};
+/**
+ * Rounds a number to two decimal places.
+ * @returns the rounded value
+ */
+function roundToTwoDecimalPlaces(value: number): number {
+    return Math.round(value * 100) / 100;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clamps a value between a minimum and maximum value.
+ * @returns the clamped value
+ */
+function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
+    return Math.min(Math.max(value, min), max);
+}
+
+export {rand64, generateHexadecimalValue, generateRandomInt, parseFloatAnyLocale, roundDownToLargestMultiple, roundToTwoDecimalPlaces, clamp};