diff --git a/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/MediaRecorderController.ts b/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/MediaRecorderController.ts
index 7b7c804db9..684e5687d6 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/MediaRecorderController.ts
+++ b/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/MediaRecorderController.ts
@@ -17,25 +17,18 @@ import {
 } from '../../ReactFileUtilities';
 import { TranslationContextValue } from '../../../context';
 import { defaultTranslatorFunction } from '../../../i18n';
-import { isSafari } from '../../../utils/browsers';
 import { mergeDeepUndefined } from '../../../utils/mergeDeep';
 
 import type { LocalVoiceRecordingAttachment } from '../../MessageInput';
 import type { DefaultStreamChatGenerics } from '../../../types';
 
-const RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER = {
+export const RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER = {
   audio: {
     others: 'audio/webm',
     safari: 'audio/mp4;codecs=mp4a.40.2',
   },
 } as const;
 
-export const DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECORDER_CONFIG: MediaRecorderConfig = {
-  mimeType: isSafari()
-    ? RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.safari
-    : RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.others,
-} as const;
-
 export const DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG: TranscoderConfig = {
   sampleRate: 16000,
 } as const;
@@ -120,7 +113,11 @@ export class MediaRecorderController<
 
     this.mediaRecorderConfig = mergeDeepUndefined(
       { ...config?.mediaRecorderConfig },
-      DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECORDER_CONFIG,
+      {
+        mimeType: MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported('audio/webm')
+          ? RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.others
+          : RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.safari,
+      },
     );
 
     this.transcoderConfig = mergeDeepUndefined(
diff --git a/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/__tests__/MediaRecorderController.test.js b/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/__tests__/MediaRecorderController.test.js
index 7d20432acd..27cafb2ca2 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/__tests__/MediaRecorderController.test.js
+++ b/src/components/MediaRecorder/classes/__tests__/MediaRecorderController.test.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import * as transcoder from '../../transcode';
 import * as wavTranscoder from '../../transcode/wav';
 import {
   DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG,
-  DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECORDER_CONFIG,
   MediaRecorderController,
   MediaRecordingState,
+  RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER,
   RecordingAttachmentType,
 } from '../MediaRecorderController';
 import {
@@ -92,10 +92,27 @@ describe('MediaRecorderController', () => {
   });
   afterEach(jest.clearAllMocks);
 
-  it('provides defaults on initiation', () => {
+  it('provides defaults on initiation (non-Safari)', () => {
     const controller = new MediaRecorderController();
     expect(controller.mediaRecorderConfig).toStrictEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECORDER_CONFIG),
+      expect.objectContaining({ mimeType: RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.others }),
+    );
+    expect(controller.transcoderConfig).toStrictEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG),
+    );
+    expect(controller.amplitudeRecorderConfig).toStrictEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE_RECORDER_CONFIG),
+    );
+    expect(controller.t).toStrictEqual(defaultTranslatorFunction);
+    expect(controller.mediaType).toStrictEqual('audio');
+    expect(controller.customGenerateRecordingTitle).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('provides defaults on initiation (Safari)', () => {
+    MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported.mockReturnValueOnce(false);
+    const controller = new MediaRecorderController();
+    expect(controller.mediaRecorderConfig).toStrictEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ mimeType: RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.safari }),
     );
     expect(controller.transcoderConfig).toStrictEqual(
       expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG),
@@ -151,7 +168,7 @@ describe('MediaRecorderController', () => {
     const controller = new MediaRecorderController({ generateRecordingTitle });
     expect(controller.customGenerateRecordingTitle).toStrictEqual(generateRecordingTitle);
     expect(controller.mediaRecorderConfig).toStrictEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_MEDIA_RECORDER_CONFIG),
+      expect.objectContaining({ mimeType: RECORDED_MIME_TYPE_BY_BROWSER.audio.others }),
     );
     expect(controller.transcoderConfig).toStrictEqual(
       expect.objectContaining(DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG),
diff --git a/src/components/MediaRecorder/hooks/__tests__/useMediaRecorder.test.js b/src/components/MediaRecorder/hooks/__tests__/useMediaRecorder.test.js
index 4cfbfba97b..b68849e3a0 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaRecorder/hooks/__tests__/useMediaRecorder.test.js
+++ b/src/components/MediaRecorder/hooks/__tests__/useMediaRecorder.test.js
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import { TranslationProvider } from '../../../../context';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useMediaRecorder } from '../useMediaRecorder';
-import { EventEmitterMock } from '../../../../mock-builders/browser';
+import { EventEmitterMock, MediaRecorderMock } from '../../../../mock-builders/browser';
 import { act } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE_RECORDER_CONFIG } from '../../classes/AmplitudeRecorder';
 import { DEFAULT_AUDIO_TRANSCODER_CONFIG } from '../../classes';
 import { generateVoiceRecordingAttachment } from '../../../../mock-builders';
 
+window.MediaRecorder = MediaRecorderMock;
+
 const handleSubmit = jest.fn();
 const uploadAttachment = jest.fn();
 
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ const render = async (params = {}) => {
     <TranslationProvider value={translationContext}>{children}</TranslationProvider>
   );
   let result;
-  await act(() => {
-    result = renderHook(() => useMediaRecorder({ enabled: true, ...params }), {
+  await act(async () => {
+    result = await renderHook(() => useMediaRecorder({ enabled: true, ...params }), {
       wrapper,
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/mock-builders/browser/MediaRecorder.js b/src/mock-builders/browser/MediaRecorder.js
index 95906b3c75..55167da41b 100644
--- a/src/mock-builders/browser/MediaRecorder.js
+++ b/src/mock-builders/browser/MediaRecorder.js
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { EventEmitterMock } from './EventEmitter';
 export class MediaRecorderMock extends EventEmitterMock {
   constructor() {
     super();
+    this.start = jest.fn();
+    this.pause = jest.fn();
+    this.resume = jest.fn();
+    this.stop = jest.fn();
   }
 
-  start = jest.fn();
-  pause = jest.fn();
-  resume = jest.fn();
-  stop = jest.fn();
+  static isTypeSupported = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true);
 }