diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index b810f464e..5e5507db9 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import {
     EMAIL_COMMAND,
     lockStateChanged,
     p2pStatusChanged,
-    sendLocalParticipant,
-    toggleAudioOnly
+    sendLocalParticipant
 } from './react/features/base/conference';
 import { updateDeviceList } from './react/features/base/devices';
 import {
@@ -554,11 +553,6 @@ export default {
 
         let tryCreateLocalTracks;
 
-        // Enable audio only mode
-        if (config.startAudioOnly) {
-            APP.store.dispatch(toggleAudioOnly());
-        }
-
         // FIXME is there any simpler way to rewrite this spaghetti below ?
         if (options.startScreenSharing) {
             tryCreateLocalTracks = this._createDesktopTrack()
diff --git a/css/modals/video-quality/_video-quality.scss b/css/modals/video-quality/_video-quality.scss
index 736f40648..f7e3c3a0e 100644
--- a/css/modals/video-quality/_video-quality.scss
+++ b/css/modals/video-quality/_video-quality.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .video-quality-dialog {
-
     .hide-warning {
         height: 0;
         visibility: hidden;
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
             @mixin sliderTrackStyles() {
                 height: 15px;
                 border-radius: 10px;
-                background: #0E1624;
+                background: rgb(14, 22, 36);
             }
 
             &::-ms-track {
@@ -110,6 +109,30 @@
             word-spacing: unset;
         }
     }
+
+    &.video-not-supported {
+        .video-quality-dialog-labels {
+            color: gray;
+        }
+
+        .video-quality-dialog-slider {
+            @mixin sliderTrackDisabledStyles() {
+                background: rgba(14, 22, 36, 0.1);
+            }
+
+            &::-ms-track {
+                @include sliderTrackDisabledStyles();
+            }
+
+            &::-moz-range-track {
+                @include sliderTrackDisabledStyles();
+            }
+
+            &::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
+                @include sliderTrackDisabledStyles();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 .video-state-indicator {
diff --git a/lang/main.json b/lang/main.json
index 1b03a106b..a649df3c4 100644
--- a/lang/main.json
+++ b/lang/main.json
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@
         "labelTooltipAudioOnly":  "Audio-only mode enabled",
         "ld": "LD",
         "lowDefinition": "Low definition",
+        "onlyAudioAvailable": "Only audio is available",
+        "onlyAudioSupported": "We only support audio in this browser.",
         "p2pEnabled": "Peer to Peer Enabled",
         "p2pVideoQualityDescription": "In peer to peer mode, received call quality can only be toggled between high and audio only. Other settings will not be honored until peer to peer is exited.",
         "recHighDefinitionOnly": "Will prefer high definition.",
diff --git a/react/features/base/media/middleware.js b/react/features/base/media/middleware.js
index 12fde3019..a77e3685c 100644
--- a/react/features/base/media/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/media/middleware.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { sendAnalyticsEvent } from '../../analytics';
 import { SET_ROOM, setAudioOnly } from '../conference';
 import { parseURLParams } from '../config';
+import JitsiMeetJS from '../lib-jitsi-meet';
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../redux';
 import { setTrackMuted, TRACK_ADDED } from '../tracks';
 
@@ -108,10 +109,19 @@ function _setRoom({ dispatch, getState }, next, action) {
     // because it looks like config.startWithAudioMuted and
     // config.startWithVideoMuted.
     if (room) {
-        let audioOnly = urlParams && urlParams['config.startAudioOnly'];
+        let audioOnly;
+
+        if (JitsiMeetJS.mediaDevices.supportsVideo()) {
+            audioOnly = urlParams && urlParams['config.startAudioOnly'];
+            typeof audioOnly === 'undefined'
+                && (audioOnly = config.startAudioOnly);
+            audioOnly = Boolean(audioOnly);
+        } else {
+            // Always default to being audio only if the current environment
+            // does not support sending or receiving video.
+            audioOnly = true;
+        }
 
-        typeof audioOnly === 'undefined' && (audioOnly = config.startAudioOnly);
-        audioOnly = Boolean(audioOnly);
         sendAnalyticsEvent(
             `startaudioonly.${audioOnly ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}`);
         logger.log(`Start audio only set to ${audioOnly.toString()}`);
diff --git a/react/features/device-selection/components/DeviceSelectionDialogBase.js b/react/features/device-selection/components/DeviceSelectionDialogBase.js
index 51a5fcc1b..f2d199b4c 100644
--- a/react/features/device-selection/components/DeviceSelectionDialogBase.js
+++ b/react/features/device-selection/components/DeviceSelectionDialogBase.js
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ class DeviceSelectionDialogBase extends Component {
             this._disposeVideoPreview()
                 .then(() => createLocalTrack('video', deviceId))
                 .then(jitsiLocalTrack => {
+                    if (!jitsiLocalTrack) {
+                        return Promise.reject();
+                    }
+
                     this.setState({
                         previewVideoTrack: jitsiLocalTrack,
                         previewVideoTrackError: null
diff --git a/react/features/video-quality/components/VideoQualityDialog.web.js b/react/features/video-quality/components/VideoQualityDialog.web.js
index 97cc19f11..91cd12a65 100644
--- a/react/features/video-quality/components/VideoQualityDialog.web.js
+++ b/react/features/video-quality/components/VideoQualityDialog.web.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
     VIDEO_QUALITY_LEVELS
 } from '../../base/conference';
 import { translate } from '../../base/i18n';
+import JitsiMeetJS from '../../base/lib-jitsi-meet';
 
 const logger = require('jitsi-meet-logger').getLogger(__filename);
 
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ class VideoQualityDialog extends Component {
          */
         _receiveVideoQuality: PropTypes.number,
 
+        /**
+         * Whether or not displaying video is supported in the current
+         * environment. If false, the slider will be disabled.
+         */
+        _videoSupported: PropTypes.bool,
+
         /**
          * Invoked to request toggling of audio only mode.
          */
@@ -116,17 +123,26 @@ class VideoQualityDialog extends Component {
      * @returns {ReactElement}
      */
     render() {
-        const { _audioOnly, _p2p, t } = this.props;
+        const { _audioOnly, _p2p, _videoSupported, t } = this.props;
         const activeSliderOption = this._mapCurrentQualityToSliderValue();
-        const showP2PWarning = _p2p && !_audioOnly;
+
+        let classNames = 'video-quality-dialog';
+        let warning = null;
+
+        if (!_videoSupported) {
+            classNames += ' video-not-supported';
+            warning = this._renderAudioOnlyLockedMessage();
+        } else if (_p2p && !_audioOnly) {
+            warning = this._renderP2PMessage();
+        }
 
         return (
-            <div className = 'video-quality-dialog'>
+            <div className = { classNames }>
                 <h3 className = 'video-quality-dialog-title'>
                     { t('videoStatus.callQuality') }
                 </h3>
-                <div className = { showP2PWarning ? '' : 'hide-warning' }>
-                    { this._renderP2PMessage() }
+                <div className = { warning ? '' : 'hide-warning' }>
+                    { warning }
                 </div>
                 <div className = 'video-quality-dialog-contents'>
                     <div className = 'video-quality-dialog-slider-container'>
@@ -136,6 +152,7 @@ class VideoQualityDialog extends Component {
                            */ }
                         <input
                             className = 'video-quality-dialog-slider'
+                            disabled = { !_videoSupported }
                             max = { this._sliderOptions.length - 1 }
                             min = '0'
                             onChange = { this._onSliderChange }
@@ -154,6 +171,24 @@ class VideoQualityDialog extends Component {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a React Element for notifying that the browser is in audio only
+     * and cannot be changed.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @returns {ReactElement}
+     */
+    _renderAudioOnlyLockedMessage() {
+        const { t } = this.props;
+
+        return (
+            <InlineMessage
+                title = { t('videoStatus.onlyAudioAvailable') }>
+                { t('videoStatus.onlyAudioSupported') }
+            </InlineMessage>
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates React Elements for notifying that peer to peer is enabled.
      *
@@ -330,7 +365,8 @@ function _mapStateToProps(state) {
     return {
         _audioOnly: audioOnly,
         _p2p: p2p,
-        _receiveVideoQuality: receiveVideoQuality
+        _receiveVideoQuality: receiveVideoQuality,
+        _videoSupported: JitsiMeetJS.mediaDevices.supportsVideo()
     };
 }