diff --git a/stream-video-android-core/api/stream-video-android-core.api b/stream-video-android-core/api/stream-video-android-core.api
index 2b05f0c989..edaf857959 100644
--- a/stream-video-android-core/api/stream-video-android-core.api
+++ b/stream-video-android-core/api/stream-video-android-core.api
@@ -869,10 +869,7 @@ public abstract interface class io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandl
 public final class io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioSwitchHandler : io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandler {
 	public static final field Companion Lio/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioSwitchHandler$Companion;
 	public fun <init> (Landroid/content/Context;ZLkotlin/jvm/functions/Function2;)V
-	public final fun getAudioDeviceChangeListener ()Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function2;
-	public final fun getPreferSpeakerphone ()Z
 	public final fun selectDevice (Lcom/twilio/audioswitch/AudioDevice;)V
-	public final fun setAudioDeviceChangeListener (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function2;)V
 	public fun start ()V
 	public fun stop ()V
 }
diff --git a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/Call.kt b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/Call.kt
index 18e16145af..e984318a90 100644
--- a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/Call.kt
+++ b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/Call.kt
@@ -900,17 +900,10 @@ public class Call(
 
     private fun updateMediaManagerFromSettings(callSettings: CallSettingsResponse) {
         // Speaker
-        if (speaker.status.value is DeviceStatus.NotSelected) {
-            val enableSpeaker =
-                if (callSettings.video.cameraDefaultOn || camera.status.value is DeviceStatus.Enabled) {
-                    // if camera is enabled then enable speaker. Eventually this should
-                    // be a new audio.defaultDevice setting returned from backend
-                    true
-                } else {
-                    callSettings.audio.defaultDevice == AudioSettingsResponse.DefaultDevice.Speaker
-                }
-            speaker.setEnabled(enableSpeaker)
-        }
+        speaker.setEnabled(
+            enabled = callSettings.audio.defaultDevice == AudioSettingsResponse.DefaultDevice.Speaker ||
+                callSettings.audio.speakerDefaultOn,
+        )
 
         // Camera
         if (camera.status.value is DeviceStatus.NotSelected) {
diff --git a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/MediaManager.kt b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/MediaManager.kt
index 5ddb342db3..14cdd5c424 100644
--- a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/MediaManager.kt
+++ b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/MediaManager.kt
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ class MediaManagerImpl(
     )
 
     internal val camera = CameraManager(this, eglBaseContext)
-    internal val microphone = MicrophoneManager(this, preferSpeakerphone = true, audioUsage)
+    internal val microphone = MicrophoneManager(this, preferSpeakerphone = false, audioUsage)
     internal val speaker = SpeakerManager(this, microphone)
     internal val screenShare = ScreenShareManager(this, eglBaseContext)
 
diff --git a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandler.kt b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandler.kt
index b2c9268aa6..d665110846 100644
--- a/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandler.kt
+++ b/stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/audio/AudioHandler.kt
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public interface AudioHandler {
  */
 public class AudioSwitchHandler constructor(
     private val context: Context,
-    val preferSpeakerphone: Boolean,
-    var audioDeviceChangeListener: AudioDeviceChangeListener,
+    private val preferSpeakerphone: Boolean,
+    private var audioDeviceChangeListener: AudioDeviceChangeListener,
 ) :
     AudioHandler {