diff --git a/src/UrlParams.ts b/src/UrlParams.ts
index 27b99cce..3ce5ab29 100644
--- a/src/UrlParams.ts
+++ b/src/UrlParams.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ export interface UrlParams {
    * user's homeserver doesn't provide any.
    */
   allowIceFallback: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether the app is allowed screen share only mode
+   */
+  allowVoipWithNoMedia: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ export const getUrlParams = (
     fontScale: Number.isNaN(fontScale) ? null : fontScale,
     analyticsID: getParam("analyticsID"),
     allowIceFallback: hasParam("allowIceFallback"),
+    allowVoipWithNoMedia: hasParam("allowVoipWithNoMedia"),
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx b/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
index b0c93b7e..ac858a19 100644
--- a/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
+++ b/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
@@ -102,12 +102,17 @@ export function GroupCallView({
         // Get the available devices so we can match the selected device
         // to its ID. This involves getting a media stream (see docs on
         // the function) so we only do it once and re-use the result.
-        const devices = await getNamedDevices();
+        //
+        // But we only want to preload the devices if we get audio or video devices included in the widget request!
+        // By default, the device list is null!
+        let devices: MediaDeviceInfo[] | null = null;
 
         const { audioInput, videoInput } = ev.detail
           .data as unknown as JoinCallData;
 
         if (audioInput !== null) {
+          // we load the devices because w have an audio device in the widget request
+          devices = await getNamedDevices();
           const deviceId = await findDeviceByName(
             audioInput,
             "audioinput",
@@ -124,6 +129,11 @@ export function GroupCallView({
         }
 
         if (videoInput !== null) {
+          // we only need to load the devices once time
+          if (devices === null) {
+            // we load the devices because w have a video device in the widget request
+            devices = await getNamedDevices();
+          }
           const deviceId = await findDeviceByName(
             videoInput,
             "videoinput",
diff --git a/src/widget.ts b/src/widget.ts
index 0bee23f0..64822839 100644
--- a/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/widget.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export const widget: WidgetHelpers | null = (() => {
         baseUrl,
         e2eEnabled,
         allowIceFallback,
+        allowVoipWithNoMedia,
       } = getUrlParams();
       if (!roomId) throw new Error("Room ID must be supplied");
       if (!userId) throw new Error("User ID must be supplied");
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ export const widget: WidgetHelpers | null = (() => {
           timelineSupport: true,
           useE2eForGroupCall: e2eEnabled,
           fallbackICEServerAllowed: allowIceFallback,
+          isVoipWithNoMediaAllowed: allowVoipWithNoMedia,
         }
       );
       const clientPromise = client.startClient().then(() => client);