diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RtpSessionActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RtpSessionActivity.java
index b91269c25ef54fec6a430a9fa212058608685bf2..a052f8b39063f7767664b55c03451c2834a2fc9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RtpSessionActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/RtpSessionActivity.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class RtpSessionActivity extends XmppActivity
         if (connection == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        return Media.audioOnly(connection.getMedia()) && STATES_CONSIDERED_CONNECTED.contains(connection.getEndUserState());
+        return connection.isSwitchToVideoAvailable();
     }
 
     private void switchToConversation() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/JingleRtpConnection.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/JingleRtpConnection.java
index 2581088ca53ae7a4b860c3b6de0f09ee28d8f159..4c327a31f9a58847f05b41227153198e798a5744 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/JingleRtpConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/xmpp/jingle/JingleRtpConnection.java
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ import eu.siacs.conversations.crypto.axolotl.AxolotlService;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.crypto.axolotl.CryptoFailedException;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.crypto.axolotl.FingerprintStatus;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Account;
+import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Contact;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Conversation;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Conversational;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Message;
+import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Presence;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.RtpSessionStatus;
+import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.ServiceDiscoveryResult;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.services.AppRTCAudioManager;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.utils.IP;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.xml.Element;
@@ -2763,6 +2766,25 @@ public class JingleRtpConnection extends AbstractJingleConnection
                 id.account, id.with, id.sessionId, endUserState);
     }
 
+    public boolean isSwitchToVideoAvailable() {
+        final boolean prerequisite =
+                Media.audioOnly(getMedia())
+                        && Arrays.asList(RtpEndUserState.CONNECTED, RtpEndUserState.RECONNECTING)
+                                .contains(getEndUserState());
+        return prerequisite && remoteHasVideoFeature();
+    }
+
+    private boolean remoteHasVideoFeature() {
+        final Contact contact = id.getContact();
+        final Presence presence =
+                contact.getPresences().get(Strings.nullToEmpty(id.with.getResource()));
+        final ServiceDiscoveryResult serviceDiscoveryResult =
+                presence == null ? null : presence.getServiceDiscoveryResult();
+        final List<String> features =
+                serviceDiscoveryResult == null ? null : serviceDiscoveryResult.getFeatures();
+        return features != null && features.contains(Namespace.JINGLE_FEATURE_VIDEO);
+    }
+
     private interface OnIceServersDiscovered {
         void onIceServersDiscovered(List<PeerConnection.IceServer> iceServers);
     }