diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e14d6a3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "react-native",
+    "react-native-stage-0"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ios/app/watchos/app/Base.lproj/Interface.storyboard b/ios/app/watchos/app/Base.lproj/Interface.storyboard
index 0f0f677d9..485997460 100644
--- a/ios/app/watchos/app/Base.lproj/Interface.storyboard
+++ b/ios/app/watchos/app/Base.lproj/Interface.storyboard
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
                 <controller id="AgC-eL-Hgc" customClass="InterfaceController" customModule="JitsiMeetCompanion" customModuleProvider="target">
                     <items>
                         <label alignment="center" verticalAlignment="center" text="Hello Jitser!" id="fxp-ol-Hnn"/>
+                        <button width="1" alignment="left" verticalAlignment="bottom" title="Test" id="oL4-qG-LPp">
+                            <connections>
+                                <action selector="testClicked" destination="AgC-eL-Hgc" id="xgt-e4-JKG"/>
+                            </connections>
+                        </button>
                     </items>
                 </controller>
             </objects>
diff --git a/ios/app/watchos/extension/ExtensionDelegate.swift b/ios/app/watchos/extension/ExtensionDelegate.swift
index d25ffc208..dda52aae8 100644
--- a/ios/app/watchos/extension/ExtensionDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/app/watchos/extension/ExtensionDelegate.swift
@@ -1,17 +1,31 @@
-//
-//  ExtensionDelegate.swift
-//  JitsiMeetCompanion Extension
-//
-//  Created by Saul Corretge on 9/27/17.
-//  Copyright © 2017 Facebook. All rights reserved.
-//
+/*
+ * Copyright @ 2017-present Atlassian Pty Ltd
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 
+import WatchConnectivity
 import WatchKit
 
-class ExtensionDelegate: NSObject, WKExtensionDelegate {
+class ExtensionDelegate: NSObject, WCSessionDelegate, WKExtensionDelegate {
 
     func applicationDidFinishLaunching() {
-        // Perform any final initialization of your application.
+      // Start Watch Connectivity
+      if WCSession.isSupported() {
+        let session  = WCSession.default
+        session.delegate = self
+        session.activate()
+      }
     }
 
     func applicationDidBecomeActive() {
@@ -46,5 +60,14 @@ class ExtensionDelegate: NSObject, WKExtensionDelegate {
             }
         }
     }
+  
+    func session(_ session: WCSession, activationDidCompleteWith
+      activationState: WCSessionActivationState, error: Error?) {
+      if let error = error {
+        print("WC Session activation failed with error: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+        return
+      }
+      print("WC Session activated with state: \(activationState.rawValue)")
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/ios/app/watchos/extension/InterfaceController.swift b/ios/app/watchos/extension/InterfaceController.swift
index fe581a199..4f6b6b9a9 100644
--- a/ios/app/watchos/extension/InterfaceController.swift
+++ b/ios/app/watchos/extension/InterfaceController.swift
@@ -6,12 +6,19 @@
 //  Copyright © 2017 Facebook. All rights reserved.
 //
 
+import WatchConnectivity
 import WatchKit
 import Foundation
 
 
 class InterfaceController: WKInterfaceController {
-
+    @IBAction func testClicked() {
+        if WCSession.isSupported() {
+          let session = WCSession.default
+          session.sendMessage(["conference": "https://meet.jit.si/WatchyMcWatchFace"], replyHandler: nil, errorHandler: nil)
+        }
+    }
+    
     override func awake(withContext context: Any?) {
         super.awake(withContext: context)
         
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf1f24182..514b41679 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
     "babel-polyfill": "6.26.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-react": "6.24.1",
+    "babel-preset-react-native": "4.0.0",
+    "babel-preset-react-native-stage-0": "1.0.1",
     "babel-preset-stage-1": "6.24.1",
     "clean-css": "3.4.25",
     "css-loader": "0.28.5",
diff --git a/react/features/app/components/App.native.js b/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
index 4dd9101cf..f1c755a00 100644
--- a/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
+++ b/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import '../../mobile/full-screen';
 import '../../mobile/permissions';
 import '../../mobile/proximity';
 import '../../mobile/wake-lock';
+import '../../mobile/watchos';
+
 
 import { AbstractApp } from './AbstractApp';
 
diff --git a/react/features/mobile/watchos/middleware.js b/react/features/mobile/watchos/middleware.js
index a42cfc4a8..8eecef79c 100644
--- a/react/features/mobile/watchos/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/mobile/watchos/middleware.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import * as watch from 'react-native-watch-connectivity';
 
-import { APP_WILL_MOUNT, APP_WILL_UNMOUNT } from '../../app';
+import { APP_WILL_MOUNT, APP_WILL_UNMOUNT, appNavigate } from '../../app';
 import {
     CONFERENCE_FAILED,
     CONFERENCE_LEFT,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../../base/redux';
  * @param {Store} store - The redux store.
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ getState }) => next => action => {
+MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
     const result = next(action);
 
     if (Platform.OS !== 'ios') {
@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ getState }) => next => action => {
                 console.log('ERROR getting watchState');
             }
         });
+
+        watch.subscribeToMessages((err, message, reply) => {
+            if (!err) {
+                if (message.conference) {
+                    dispatch(appNavigate(message.conference));
+                }
+                //reply({text: "message received!"});
+            } else {
+                console.log('ERROR getting watch message');
+            }
+        });
         break;
     }
     case APP_WILL_UNMOUNT: