diff --git a/locales/en/app.json b/locales/en/app.json
index 33f8f921..a47e5beb 100644
--- a/locales/en/app.json
+++ b/locales/en/app.json
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@
     "audio": "Audio",
     "avatar": "Avatar",
     "back": "Back",
-    "camera": "Camera",
     "display_name": "Display name",
     "encrypted": "Encrypted",
     "error": "Error",
     "home": "Home",
     "loading": "Loading…",
-    "microphone": "Microphone",
     "next": "Next",
     "options": "Options",
     "password": "Password",
@@ -153,6 +151,16 @@
       "effect_volume_label": "Sound effect volume"
     },
     "developer_tab_title": "Developer",
+    "devices": {
+      "camera": "Camera",
+      "camera_numbered": "Camera {{n}}",
+      "default": "Default",
+      "default_named": "Default <2>({{name}})</2>",
+      "microphone": "Microphone",
+      "microphone_numbered": "Microphone {{n}}",
+      "speaker": "Speaker",
+      "speaker_numbered": "Speaker {{n}}"
+    },
     "feedback_tab_body": "If you are experiencing issues or simply would like to provide some feedback, please send us a short description below.",
     "feedback_tab_description_label": "Your feedback",
     "feedback_tab_h4": "Submit feedback",
@@ -170,8 +178,7 @@
       "reactions_show_label": "Show reactions",
       "show_hand_raised_timer_description": "Show a timer when a participant raises their hand",
       "show_hand_raised_timer_label": "Show hand raise duration"
-    },
-    "speaker_device_selection_label": "Speaker"
+    }
   },
   "star_rating_input_label_one": "{{count}} star",
   "star_rating_input_label_other": "{{count}} stars",
diff --git a/src/livekit/MediaDevicesContext.tsx b/src/livekit/MediaDevicesContext.tsx
index f25761f9..9edbb884 100644
--- a/src/livekit/MediaDevicesContext.tsx
+++ b/src/livekit/MediaDevicesContext.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from "react";
 import { createMediaDeviceObserver } from "@livekit/components-core";
-import { type Observable } from "rxjs";
+import { map, startWith } from "rxjs";
+import { useObservableEagerState } from "observable-hooks";
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 
 import {
@@ -26,11 +27,25 @@ import {
   videoInput as videoInputSetting,
   type Setting,
 } from "../settings/settings";
-import { isFirefox } from "../Platform";
+
+export type DeviceLabel =
+  | { type: "name"; name: string }
+  | { type: "number"; number: number }
+  | { type: "default"; name: string | null };
 
 export interface MediaDevice {
-  available: MediaDeviceInfo[];
+  /**
+   * A map from available device IDs to labels.
+   */
+  available: Map<string, DeviceLabel>;
   selectedId: string | undefined;
+  /**
+   * The group ID of the selected device.
+   */
+  // This is exposed sort of ad-hoc because it's only needed for knowing when to
+  // restart the tracks of default input devices, and ideally this behavior
+  // would be encapsulated somehow…
+  selectedGroupId: string | undefined;
   select: (deviceId: string) => void;
 }
 
@@ -42,26 +57,10 @@ export interface MediaDevices {
   stopUsingDeviceNames: () => void;
 }
 
-// Cargo-culted from @livekit/components-react
-function useObservableState<T>(
-  observable: Observable<T> | undefined,
-  startWith: T,
-): T {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<T>(startWith);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // observable state doesn't run in SSR
-    if (typeof window === "undefined" || !observable) return;
-    const subscription = observable.subscribe(setState);
-    return (): void => subscription.unsubscribe();
-  }, [observable]);
-  return state;
-}
-
 function useMediaDevice(
   kind: MediaDeviceKind,
   setting: Setting<string | undefined>,
   usingNames: boolean,
-  alwaysDefault: boolean = false,
 ): MediaDevice {
   // Make sure we don't needlessly reset to a device observer without names,
   // once permissions are already given
@@ -81,43 +80,91 @@ function useMediaDevice(
         kind,
         () => logger.error("Error creating MediaDeviceObserver"),
         requestPermissions,
-      ),
+      ).pipe(startWith([])),
     [kind, requestPermissions],
   );
-  const available = useObservableState(deviceObserver, []);
-  const [preferredId, select] = useSetting(setting);
+  const available = useObservableEagerState(
+    useMemo(
+      () =>
+        deviceObserver.pipe(
+          map((availableRaw) => {
+            // Sometimes browsers (particularly Firefox) can return multiple device
+            // entries for the exact same device ID; using a map deduplicates them
+            let available = new Map<string, DeviceLabel>(
+              availableRaw.map((d, i) => [
+                d.deviceId,
+                d.label
+                  ? { type: "name", name: d.label }
+                  : { type: "number", number: i + 1 },
+              ]),
+            );
+            // Create a virtual default audio output for browsers that don't have one.
+            // Its device ID must be the empty string because that's what setSinkId
+            // recognizes.
+            if (
+              kind === "audiooutput" &&
+              available.size &&
+              !available.has("") &&
+              !available.has("default")
+            )
+              available = new Map([
+                ["", { type: "default", name: availableRaw[0]?.label || null }],
+                ...available,
+              ]);
+            // Note: creating virtual default input devices would be another problem
+            // entirely, because requesting a media stream from deviceId "" won't
+            // automatically track the default device.
+            return available;
+          }),
+        ),
+      [kind, deviceObserver],
+    ),
+  );
 
-  return useMemo(() => {
-    let selectedId: string | undefined = undefined;
-    if (!alwaysDefault && available) {
+  const [preferredId, select] = useSetting(setting);
+  const selectedId = useMemo(() => {
+    if (available.size) {
       // If the preferred device is available, use it. Or if every available
       // device ID is falsy, the browser is probably just being paranoid about
       // fingerprinting and we should still try using the preferred device.
       // Worst case it is not available and the browser will gracefully fall
       // back to some other device for us when requesting the media stream.
       // Otherwise, select the first available device.
-      selectedId =
-        available.some((d) => d.deviceId === preferredId) ||
-        available.every((d) => d.deviceId === "")
-          ? preferredId
-          : available.at(0)?.deviceId;
+      return (preferredId !== undefined && available.has(preferredId)) ||
+        (available.size === 1 && available.has(""))
+        ? preferredId
+        : available.keys().next().value;
     }
+    return undefined;
+  }, [available, preferredId]);
+  const selectedGroupId = useObservableEagerState(
+    useMemo(
+      () =>
+        deviceObserver.pipe(
+          map(
+            (availableRaw) =>
+              availableRaw.find((d) => d.deviceId === selectedId)?.groupId,
+          ),
+        ),
+      [deviceObserver, selectedId],
+    ),
+  );
 
-    return {
-      available: available
-        ? // Sometimes browsers (particularly Firefox) can return multiple
-          // device entries for the exact same device ID; deduplicate them
-          [...new Map(available.map((d) => [d.deviceId, d])).values()]
-        : [],
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      available,
       selectedId,
+      selectedGroupId,
       select,
-    };
-  }, [available, preferredId, select, alwaysDefault]);
+    }),
+    [available, selectedId, selectedGroupId, select],
+  );
 }
 
 export const deviceStub: MediaDevice = {
-  available: [],
+  available: new Map(),
   selectedId: undefined,
+  selectedGroupId: undefined,
   select: () => {},
 };
 export const devicesStub: MediaDevices = {
@@ -139,15 +186,6 @@ export const MediaDevicesProvider: FC<Props> = ({ children }) => {
   const [numCallersUsingNames, setNumCallersUsingNames] = useState(0);
   const usingNames = numCallersUsingNames > 0;
 
-  // Setting the audio device to something other than 'undefined' breaks echo-cancellation
-  // and even can introduce multiple different output devices for one call.
-  const alwaysUseDefaultAudio = isFirefox();
-
-  // On FF we dont need to query the names
-  // (call enumerateDevices + create meadia stream to trigger permissions)
-  // for ouput devices because the selector wont be shown on FF.
-  const useOutputNames = usingNames && !isFirefox();
-
   const audioInput = useMediaDevice(
     "audioinput",
     audioInputSetting,
@@ -156,8 +194,7 @@ export const MediaDevicesProvider: FC<Props> = ({ children }) => {
   const audioOutput = useMediaDevice(
     "audiooutput",
     audioOutputSetting,
-    useOutputNames,
-    alwaysUseDefaultAudio,
+    usingNames,
   );
   const videoInput = useMediaDevice(
     "videoinput",
diff --git a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
index 3cae96fd..41b305e5 100644
--- a/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/useLiveKit.ts
@@ -290,18 +290,14 @@ export function useLiveKit(
             room.localParticipant.audioTrackPublications.values(),
           ).find((d) => d.source === Track.Source.Microphone)?.track;
 
-          const defaultDevice = device.available.find(
-            (d) => d.deviceId === "default",
-          );
           if (
-            defaultDevice &&
             activeMicTrack &&
             // only restart if the stream is still running: LiveKit will detect
             // when a track stops & restart appropriately, so this is not our job.
             // Plus, we need to avoid restarting again if the track is already in
             // the process of being restarted.
             activeMicTrack.mediaStreamTrack.readyState !== "ended" &&
-            defaultDevice.groupId !==
+            device.selectedGroupId !==
               activeMicTrack.mediaStreamTrack.getSettings().groupId
           ) {
             // It's different, so restart the track, ie. cause Livekit to do another
diff --git a/src/room/MuteStates.test.tsx b/src/room/MuteStates.test.tsx
index 0db95a53..719315e8 100644
--- a/src/room/MuteStates.test.tsx
+++ b/src/room/MuteStates.test.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { MemoryRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import { useMuteStates } from "./MuteStates";
 import {
+  type DeviceLabel,
   type MediaDevice,
   type MediaDevices,
   MediaDevicesContext,
@@ -62,10 +63,11 @@ const mockCamera: MediaDeviceInfo = {
   },
 };
 
-function mockDevices(available: MediaDeviceInfo[]): MediaDevice {
+function mockDevices(available: Map<string, DeviceLabel>): MediaDevice {
   return {
     available,
     selectedId: "",
+    selectedGroupId: "",
     select: (): void => {},
   };
 }
@@ -82,9 +84,17 @@ function mockMediaDevices(
   } = { microphone: true, speaker: true, camera: true },
 ): MediaDevices {
   return {
-    audioInput: mockDevices(microphone ? [mockMicrophone] : []),
-    audioOutput: mockDevices(speaker ? [mockSpeaker] : []),
-    videoInput: mockDevices(camera ? [mockCamera] : []),
+    audioInput: mockDevices(
+      microphone
+        ? new Map([[mockMicrophone.deviceId, mockMicrophone]])
+        : new Map(),
+    ),
+    audioOutput: mockDevices(
+      speaker ? new Map([[mockSpeaker.deviceId, mockSpeaker]]) : new Map(),
+    ),
+    videoInput: mockDevices(
+      camera ? new Map([[mockCamera.deviceId, mockCamera]]) : new Map(),
+    ),
     startUsingDeviceNames: (): void => {},
     stopUsingDeviceNames: (): void => {},
   };
diff --git a/src/room/MuteStates.ts b/src/room/MuteStates.ts
index b4f2b43e..4a8aa9dd 100644
--- a/src/room/MuteStates.ts
+++ b/src/room/MuteStates.ts
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ function useMuteState(
 ): MuteState {
   const [enabled, setEnabled] = useReactiveState<boolean | undefined>(
     (prev) =>
-      device.available.length > 0 ? (prev ?? enabledByDefault()) : undefined,
+      device.available.size > 0 ? (prev ?? enabledByDefault()) : undefined,
     [device],
   );
   return useMemo(
     () =>
-      device.available.length === 0
+      device.available.size === 0
         ? deviceUnavailable
         : {
             enabled: enabled ?? false,
diff --git a/src/settings/DeviceSelection.module.css b/src/settings/DeviceSelection.module.css
index daa4510e..6686702f 100644
--- a/src/settings/DeviceSelection.module.css
+++ b/src/settings/DeviceSelection.module.css
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: var(--cpd-space-4x);
 }
+
+.secondary {
+  color: var(--cpd-color-text-secondary);
+}
diff --git a/src/settings/DeviceSelection.tsx b/src/settings/DeviceSelection.tsx
index da4fe11a..aebe0aac 100644
--- a/src/settings/DeviceSelection.tsx
+++ b/src/settings/DeviceSelection.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
-import { type ChangeEvent, type FC, useCallback, useId } from "react";
+import {
+  type ChangeEvent,
+  type FC,
+  type ReactElement,
+  type ReactNode,
+  useCallback,
+  useId,
+} from "react";
 import {
   Heading,
   InlineField,
@@ -13,16 +20,23 @@ import {
   RadioControl,
   Separator,
 } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
+import { Trans, useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
 import { type MediaDevice } from "../livekit/MediaDevicesContext";
 import styles from "./DeviceSelection.module.css";
 
 interface Props {
   devices: MediaDevice;
-  caption: string;
+  title: string;
+  numberedLabel: (number: number) => string;
 }
 
-export const DeviceSelection: FC<Props> = ({ devices, caption }) => {
+export const DeviceSelection: FC<Props> = ({
+  devices,
+  title,
+  numberedLabel,
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
   const groupId = useId();
   const onChange = useCallback(
     (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
@@ -31,7 +45,7 @@ export const DeviceSelection: FC<Props> = ({ devices, caption }) => {
     [devices],
   );
 
-  if (devices.available.length == 0) return null;
+  if (devices.available.size == 0) return null;
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.selection}>
@@ -42,29 +56,53 @@ export const DeviceSelection: FC<Props> = ({ devices, caption }) => {
         as="h4"
         className={styles.title}
       >
-        {caption}
+        {title}
       </Heading>
       <Separator className={styles.separator} />
       <div className={styles.options}>
-        {devices.available.map(({ deviceId, label }, index) => (
-          <InlineField
-            key={deviceId}
-            name={groupId}
-            control={
-              <RadioControl
-                checked={deviceId === devices.selectedId}
-                onChange={onChange}
-                value={deviceId}
-              />
-            }
-          >
-            <Label>
-              {!!label && label.trim().length > 0
-                ? label
-                : `${caption} ${index + 1}`}
-            </Label>
-          </InlineField>
-        ))}
+        {[...devices.available].map(([id, label]) => {
+          let labelText: ReactNode;
+          switch (label.type) {
+            case "name":
+              labelText = label.name;
+              break;
+            case "number":
+              labelText = numberedLabel(label.number);
+              break;
+            case "default":
+              labelText =
+                label.name === null ? (
+                  t("settings.devices.default")
+                ) : (
+                  <Trans
+                    i18nKey="settings.devices.default_named"
+                    name={label.name}
+                  >
+                    Default{" "}
+                    <span className={styles.secondary}>
+                      ({{ name: label.name } as unknown as ReactElement})
+                    </span>
+                  </Trans>
+                );
+              break;
+          }
+
+          return (
+            <InlineField
+              key={id}
+              name={groupId}
+              control={
+                <RadioControl
+                  checked={id === devices.selectedId}
+                  onChange={onChange}
+                  value={id}
+                />
+              }
+            >
+              <Label>{labelText}</Label>
+            </InlineField>
+          );
+        })}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/settings/SettingsModal.tsx b/src/settings/SettingsModal.tsx
index c1466e8a..b7066095 100644
--- a/src/settings/SettingsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/settings/SettingsModal.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
   soundEffectVolumeSetting,
   developerMode,
 } from "./settings";
-import { isFirefox } from "../Platform";
 import { PreferencesSettingsTab } from "./PreferencesSettingsTab";
 import { Slider } from "../Slider";
 import { DeviceSelection } from "./DeviceSelection";
@@ -76,14 +75,16 @@ export const SettingsModal: FC<Props> = ({
         <Form>
           <DeviceSelection
             devices={devices.audioInput}
-            caption={t("common.microphone")}
+            title={t("settings.devices.microphone")}
+            numberedLabel={(n) =>
+              t("settings.devices.microphone_numbered", { n })
+            }
+          />
+          <DeviceSelection
+            devices={devices.audioOutput}
+            title={t("settings.devices.speaker")}
+            numberedLabel={(n) => t("settings.devices.speaker_numbered", { n })}
           />
-          {!isFirefox() && (
-            <DeviceSelection
-              devices={devices.audioOutput}
-              caption={t("settings.speaker_device_selection_label")}
-            />
-          )}
           <div className={styles.volumeSlider}>
             <label>{t("settings.audio_tab.effect_volume_label")}</label>
             <p>{t("settings.audio_tab.effect_volume_description")}</p>
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ export const SettingsModal: FC<Props> = ({
       <Form>
         <DeviceSelection
           devices={devices.videoInput}
-          caption={t("common.camera")}
+          title={t("settings.devices.camera")}
+          numberedLabel={(n) => t("settings.devices.camera_numbered", { n })}
         />
       </Form>
     ),
diff --git a/src/useAudioContext.test.tsx b/src/useAudioContext.test.tsx
index 565208b1..2fda4add 100644
--- a/src/useAudioContext.test.tsx
+++ b/src/useAudioContext.test.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ test("will use the correct device", () => {
         audioInput: deviceStub,
         audioOutput: {
           selectedId: "chosen-device",
-          available: [],
+          selectedGroupId: "",
+          available: new Map(),
           select: () => {},
         },
         videoInput: deviceStub,