diff --git a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/App.tsx b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/App.tsx
index d9978ef..c8ecb23 100644
--- a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/App.tsx
+++ b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/App.tsx
@@ -110,13 +110,15 @@ const App = () => {
       // system audio to linear 16 PCM, a standard format recognized by EVI. For linear16 PCM
       // you must send a `session_settings` message to EVI to inform EVI of the
       // correct sampling rate.
-      chatSocket.sendSessionSettings({
-        audio: {
-          encoding: "linear16",
-          channels: 1,
-          sampleRate: NativeAudio.sampleRate,
-        },
-      });
+      if (NativeAudio.isLinear16PCM) {
+        chatSocket.sendSessionSettings({
+          audio: {
+            encoding: "linear16",
+            channels: 1,
+            sampleRate: NativeAudio.sampleRate,
+          },
+        });
+      }
     });
     chatSocket.on("message", handleIncomingMessage);
 
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ const App = () => {
         if (chatSocket.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
           return;
         }
+        console.log(typeof base64EncodedAudio)
         chatSocket.sendAudioInput({ data: base64EncodedAudio });
       }
     );
diff --git a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/index.ts b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/index.ts
index 8bf8dfe..5e5410c 100644
--- a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/index.ts
+++ b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/index.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export async function unmute(): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 export const sampleRate = AudioModule.sampleRate
+export const isLinear16PCM = AudioModule.isLinear16PCM
 
 const emitter = new EventEmitter(AudioModule ?? NativeModulesProxy.Audio);
 export async function stopRecording(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/ios/AudioModule.swift b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/ios/AudioModule.swift
index 12c546f..42df0c6 100644
--- a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/ios/AudioModule.swift
+++ b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/ios/AudioModule.swift
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class AudioModule: Module {
     public func definition() -> ModuleDefinition {
         Name("Audio")
         
-        Constants(["sampleRate": Microphone.sampleRate])
+        Constants(["sampleRate": Microphone.sampleRate, "isLinear16PCM": Microphone.isLinear16PCM])
         
         Events("onAudioInput", "onError")
         
diff --git a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/src/AudioModule.web.ts b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/src/AudioModule.web.ts
index 24d3de5..1d10054 100644
--- a/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/src/AudioModule.web.ts
+++ b/evi-react-native-example/EVIExample/modules/audio/src/AudioModule.web.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,77 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'expo-modules-core';
+import { convertBlobToBase64, convertBase64ToBlob, getAudioStream, ensureSingleValidAudioTrack, getBrowserSupportedMimeType, MimeType } from 'hume';
 
 const emitter = new EventEmitter({} as any);
 
+let recorder: MediaRecorder | null = null;
+let audioStream: MediaStream | null = null;
+let currentAudio: HTMLAudioElement | null = null;
+let isMuted = false; 
+
+const mimeType: MimeType = (() => {
+  const result = getBrowserSupportedMimeType();
+  return result.success ? result.mimeType : MimeType.WEBM;
+})();
 export default {
   async getPermissions() {
-    console.log('Pretending to get permissions...')
+    console.log('Requesting microphone permissions...');
+    await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true });
+    console.log('Microphone permissions granted.');
   },
+
   async startRecording(): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('Pretending to start recording...')
+    console.log('Starting audio recording...');
+
+    audioStream = await getAudioStream();
+    ensureSingleValidAudioTrack(audioStream);
+
+    recorder = new MediaRecorder(audioStream, { mimeType });
+    console.log(recorder)
+
+    recorder.ondataavailable = async ({ data }) => {
+      if (isMuted) return;
+      if (data.size < 1) return;
+
+      const base64EncodedAudio = await convertBlobToBase64(data);
+      emitter.emit('onAudioInput', {base64EncodedAudio});
+    };
+
+    recorder.start(100); // Record audio in 100ms slices
+    console.log('Audio recording started.');
   },
+
   async stopRecording(): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('Pretending to stop recording...')
-    //emitter.removeAllListeners('onAudioInput');
+    console.log('Stopping audio recording...');
+    recorder?.stop();
+    recorder = null;
+    audioStream?.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop());
+    audioStream = null;
+    console.log('Audio recording stopped.');
   },
+
   async playAudio(base64EncodedAudio: string): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('Pretending to play audio...')
+    console.log('Playing audio...');
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const audioBlob = convertBase64ToBlob(base64EncodedAudio, mimeType!);
+      const audioUrl = URL.createObjectURL(audioBlob);
+      currentAudio = new Audio(audioUrl);
+      currentAudio.onended = () => resolve()
+      currentAudio.play();
+    })
   },
+
   async mute(): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('Pretending to mute...')
+    isMuted = true;
   },
+
   async unmute(): Promise<void> {
-    console.log('Pretending to unmute...')
-  }
+    isMuted = false;
+  },
+
+  async stopPlayback(): Promise<void> {
+    currentAudio?.pause();
+    currentAudio = null;
+  },
+
+  isLinear16PCM: false,
 };