diff --git a/src/components/production-line/production-line.tsx b/src/components/production-line/production-line.tsx
index 8ed942fb..6c6062ee 100644
--- a/src/components/production-line/production-line.tsx
+++ b/src/components/production-line/production-line.tsx
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ const ButtonWrapper = styled.span`
 
 export const ProductionLine: FC = () => {
   const { productionId: paramProductionId, lineId: paramLineId } = useParams();
-  const [{ joinProductionOptions, dominantSpeaker }, dispatch] =
-    useGlobalState();
+  const [
+    { joinProductionOptions, dominantSpeaker, audioLevelAboveThreshold },
+    dispatch,
+  ] = useGlobalState();
   const [isInputMuted, setIsInputMuted] = useState(true);
   const [isOutputMuted, setIsOutputMuted] = useState(false);
 
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ export const ProductionLine: FC = () => {
                 sessionid={sessionId}
                 participants={line.participants}
                 dominantSpeaker={dominantSpeaker}
+                audioLevelAboveThreshold={audioLevelAboveThreshold}
               />
             )}
           </DisplayContainer>
diff --git a/src/components/production-line/rtc-stat-interval.ts b/src/components/production-line/rtc-stat-interval.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fe19818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/production-line/rtc-stat-interval.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { Dispatch } from "react";
+import { TGlobalStateAction } from "../../global-state/global-state-actions.ts";
+
+export const startRtcStatInterval = ({
+  rtcPeerConnection,
+  dispatch,
+}: {
+  rtcPeerConnection: RTCPeerConnection;
+  dispatch: Dispatch<TGlobalStateAction>;
+}) => {
+  let ongoingStatsPromise: null | Promise<void | RTCStatsReport> = null;
+
+  const statsInterval = window.setInterval(() => {
+    // Do not request new stats if previously requested has not yet resolved
+    if (ongoingStatsPromise) return;
+
+    const inboundRtpStats: unknown[] = [];
+    const mediaSourceStats: unknown[] = [];
+
+    const audioLevelThreshold = 0.02;
+
+    let isAudioLevelAboveThreshold = false;
+
+    ongoingStatsPromise = rtcPeerConnection.getStats().then((stats) => {
+      ongoingStatsPromise = null;
+
+      stats.forEach((stat) => {
+        if (stat.type === "inbound-rtp") {
+          inboundRtpStats.push(stat);
+        }
+
+        if (stat.type === "media-source") {
+          mediaSourceStats.push(stat);
+        }
+      });
+
+      // Check if we have incoming audio above a threshold
+      if (inboundRtpStats.length) {
+        inboundRtpStats.forEach((inboundStats) => {
+          if (
+            inboundStats &&
+            typeof inboundStats === "object" &&
+            "audioLevel" in inboundStats &&
+            typeof inboundStats.audioLevel === "number"
+          ) {
+            if (inboundStats.audioLevel > audioLevelThreshold) {
+              isAudioLevelAboveThreshold = true;
+            }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      // If no incoming audio, check if we have local audio above a certain threshold
+      if (!isAudioLevelAboveThreshold && mediaSourceStats.length) {
+        mediaSourceStats.forEach((sourceStats) => {
+          if (
+            sourceStats &&
+            typeof sourceStats === "object" &&
+            "audioLevel" in sourceStats &&
+            typeof sourceStats.audioLevel === "number"
+          ) {
+            if (sourceStats.audioLevel > audioLevelThreshold) {
+              isAudioLevelAboveThreshold = true;
+            }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      dispatch({
+        type: "AUDIO_LEVEL_ABOVE_THRESHOLD",
+        payload: isAudioLevelAboveThreshold,
+      });
+    });
+  }, 100);
+
+  return () => {
+    window.clearInterval(statsInterval);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/components/production-line/use-rtc-connection.ts b/src/components/production-line/use-rtc-connection.ts
index 2cf54579..051fe042 100644
--- a/src/components/production-line/use-rtc-connection.ts
+++ b/src/components/production-line/use-rtc-connection.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { TJoinProductionOptions } from "./types.ts";
 import { useGlobalState } from "../../global-state/context-provider.tsx";
 import { TGlobalStateAction } from "../../global-state/global-state-actions.ts";
 import { TUseAudioInputValues } from "./use-audio-input.ts";
+import { startRtcStatInterval } from "./rtc-stat-interval.ts";
 
 type TRtcConnectionOptions = {
   inputAudioStream: TUseAudioInputValues;
@@ -191,11 +192,18 @@ const establishConnection = ({
     });
   });
 
+  const rtcStatIntervalTeardown = startRtcStatInterval({
+    rtcPeerConnection,
+    dispatch,
+  });
+
   return {
     teardown: () => {
       dataChannel.removeEventListener("message", onDataChannelMessage);
 
       rtcPeerConnection.removeEventListener("track", onRtcTrack);
+
+      rtcStatIntervalTeardown();
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/components/production-line/user-list.tsx b/src/components/production-line/user-list.tsx
index 0900da82..01a61437 100644
--- a/src/components/production-line/user-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/production-line/user-list.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ type TUserProps = {
   isYou: boolean;
   isActive: boolean;
   isTalking: boolean;
-  isDominant: boolean;
 };
 
 const User = styled.div<TUserProps>`
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@ const User = styled.div<TUserProps>`
   ${({ isActive }) =>
     `border-left: 1rem solid ${isActive ? "#7be27b;" : "#ebca6a;"}`}
 
-  ${({ isDominant }) =>
-    `border-bottom: 0.5rem solid ${isDominant ? "#7be27b;" : "#353434;"}`}
+  ${({ isTalking }) =>
+    `border-bottom: 0.5rem solid ${isTalking ? "#7be27b;" : "#353434;"}`}
 
   ${({ isTalking }) =>
     isTalking
@@ -42,11 +41,14 @@ type TUserListOptions = {
   participants: TParticipant[];
   sessionid: string | null;
   dominantSpeaker: string | null;
+  audioLevelAboveThreshold: boolean;
 };
+
 export const UserList = ({
   participants,
   sessionid,
   dominantSpeaker,
+  audioLevelAboveThreshold,
 }: TUserListOptions) => {
   if (!participants) return null;
 
@@ -58,9 +60,9 @@ export const UserList = ({
           key={p.sessionid}
           isYou={p.sessionid === sessionid}
           isActive={p.isActive}
-          isDominant={p.endpointid === dominantSpeaker}
-          // TODO connect to rtc data channel to get talking session id
-          isTalking={false}
+          isTalking={
+            audioLevelAboveThreshold && p.endpointid === dominantSpeaker
+          }
         >
           {p.name} {p.isActive ? "" : "(inactive)"}
         </User>