diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ba6add779..2c14bcae2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15059,10 +15059,11 @@
       }
     },
     "rtcstats": {
-      "version": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#0597c6a928f321d3cdec947d877012b7e8c2f1dc",
-      "from": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#v6.2.0",
+      "version": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#7593044b35b46881fb88af9b20db0f9b660f5752",
+      "from": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#v8.0.1",
       "requires": {
-        "@jitsi/js-utils": "1.0.0"
+        "@jitsi/js-utils": "1.0.0",
+        "uuid": "3.1.0"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "@jitsi/js-utils": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d118d2100..9c098cece 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "redux": "4.0.4",
     "redux-thunk": "2.2.0",
     "rnnoise-wasm": "github:jitsi/rnnoise-wasm#566a16885897704d6e6d67a1d5ac5d39781db2af",
-    "rtcstats": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#v6.2.0",
+    "rtcstats": "github:jitsi/rtcstats#v8.0.1",
     "styled-components": "3.4.9",
     "util": "0.12.1",
     "uuid": "3.1.0",
diff --git a/react/features/rtcstats/RTCStats.js b/react/features/rtcstats/RTCStats.js
index 14c915c00..714bde54b 100644
--- a/react/features/rtcstats/RTCStats.js
+++ b/react/features/rtcstats/RTCStats.js
@@ -37,14 +37,30 @@ class RTCStats {
      * loaded before it does.
      *
      * @param {Object} options -.
-     * @param {string} options.rtcstatsEndpoint - The Amplitude app key required.
-     * @param {number} options.rtcstatsPollInterval - The getstats poll interval in ms.
+     * @param {string} options.endpoint - The Amplitude app key required.
+     * @param {string} options.useLegacy - Switch to legacy chrome webrtc statistics. Parameter will only have
+     * an effect on chrome based applications.
+     * @param {number} options.pollInterval - The getstats poll interval in ms.
      * @returns {void}
      */
     init(options) {
-        this.handleTraceWSClose = this.handleTraceWSClose.bind(this);
-        this.trace = traceInit(options.rtcstatsEndpoint, this.handleTraceWSClose);
-        rtcstatsInit(this.trace, options.rtcstatsPollInterval, [ '' ], connectionFilter);
+
+        const { endpoint, useLegacy, pollInterval } = options;
+
+        const traceOptions = {
+            endpoint,
+            onCloseCallback: this.handleTraceWSClose.bind(this),
+            useLegacy
+        };
+
+        const rtcstatsOptions = {
+            connectionFilter,
+            pollInterval,
+            useLegacy
+        };
+
+        this.trace = traceInit(traceOptions);
+        rtcstatsInit(this.trace, rtcstatsOptions);
         this.initialized = true;
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +82,7 @@ class RTCStats {
      * @returns {void}
      */
     sendIdentityData(identityData) {
-        this.trace && this.trace('identity', null, identityData);
+        this.trace && this.trace.identity('identity', null, identityData);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/react/features/rtcstats/middleware.js b/react/features/rtcstats/middleware.js
index 8623c13bf..9b269bce0 100644
--- a/react/features/rtcstats/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/rtcstats/middleware.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { getAmplitudeIdentity } from '../analytics';
-import { CONFERENCE_UNIQUE_ID_SET } from '../base/conference';
+import { CONFERENCE_UNIQUE_ID_SET, getRoomName } from '../base/conference';
 import { LIB_WILL_INIT } from '../base/lib-jitsi-meet';
 import { getLocalParticipant } from '../base/participants';
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../base/redux';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     const config = state['features/base/config'];
     const { analytics } = config;
 
+
     switch (action.type) {
     case LIB_WILL_INIT: {
         if (isRtcstatsEnabled(state)) {
@@ -30,14 +31,17 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
             // init, we need to add these proxies before it initializes, otherwise lib-jitsi-meet will use the
             // original non proxy versions of these functions.
             try {
-                // Default poll interval is 1000ms if not provided in the config.
+                // Default poll interval is 1000ms and standard stats will be used, if not provided in the config.
                 const pollInterval = analytics.rtcstatsPollInterval || 1000;
+                const useLegacy = analytics.rtcstatsUseLegacy || false;
+
 
                 // Initialize but don't connect to the rtcstats server wss, as it will start sending data for all
                 // media calls made even before the conference started.
                 RTCStats.init({
-                    rtcstatsEndpoint: analytics.rtcstatsEndpoint,
-                    rtcstatsPollInterval: pollInterval
+                    endpoint: analytics.rtcstatsEndpoint,
+                    useLegacy,
+                    pollInterval
                 });
             } catch (error) {
                 logger.error('Failed to initialize RTCStats: ', error);
@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
                 RTCStats.sendIdentityData({
                     ...getAmplitudeIdentity(),
                     ...config,
+                    confName: getRoomName(state),
                     displayName: localParticipant?.name,
                     meetingUniqueId
                 });