diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/components/ParticipantView.native.js b/react/features/base/participants/components/ParticipantView.native.js
index 7c0dd6f99..8978facee 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/components/ParticipantView.native.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/components/ParticipantView.native.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { translate } from '../../i18n';
 import { JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus } from '../../lib-jitsi-meet';
 import {
     MEDIA_TYPE,
-    shouldRenderVideoTrack,
     VideoTrack
 } from '../../media';
 import { Container, TintedView } from '../../react';
@@ -20,7 +19,8 @@ import Avatar from './Avatar';
 import {
     getAvatarURL,
     getParticipantById,
-    getParticipantDisplayName
+    getParticipantDisplayName,
+    shouldRenderParticipantVideo
 } from '../functions';
 import styles from './styles';
 
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ import styles from './styles';
  */
 type Props = {
 
-    /**
-     * The indicator which determines whether conferencing is in audio-only
-     * mode.
-     *
-     * @private
-     */
-    _audioOnly: boolean,
-
     /**
      * The source (e.g. URI, URL) of the avatar image of the participant with
      * {@link #participantId}.
@@ -61,6 +53,11 @@ type Props = {
      */
     _participantName: string,
 
+    /**
+     * True if the video should be rendered, false otherwise.
+     */
+    _renderVideo: boolean,
+
     /**
      * The video Track of the participant with {@link #participantId}.
      */
@@ -192,23 +189,11 @@ class ParticipantView extends Component<Props> {
             onPress,
             _avatar: avatar,
             _connectionStatus: connectionStatus,
+            _renderVideo: renderVideo,
             _videoTrack: videoTrack
         } = this.props;
 
-        // Is the video to be rendered?
-        // FIXME It's currently impossible to have true as the value of
-        // waitForVideoStarted because videoTrack's state videoStarted will be
-        // updated only after videoTrack is rendered.
-        // XXX Note that, unlike on web, we don't render video when the
-        // connection status is interrupted, this is because the renderer
-        // doesn't retain the last frame forever, so we would end up with a
-        // black screen.
         const waitForVideoStarted = false;
-        const renderVideo
-            = !this.props._audioOnly
-                && (connectionStatus
-                    === JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus.ACTIVE)
-                && shouldRenderVideoTrack(videoTrack, waitForVideoStarted);
 
         // Is the avatar to be rendered?
         const renderAvatar = Boolean(!renderVideo && avatar);
@@ -271,10 +256,10 @@ class ParticipantView extends Component<Props> {
  * associated (instance of) {@code ParticipantView}.
  * @private
  * @returns {{
- *     _audioOnly: boolean,
  *     _avatar: string,
  *     _connectionStatus: string,
  *     _participantName: string,
+ *     _renderVideo: boolean,
  *     _videoTrack: Track
  * }}
  */
@@ -308,12 +293,12 @@ function _mapStateToProps(state, ownProps) {
     }
 
     return {
-        _audioOnly: state['features/base/conference'].audioOnly,
         _avatar: avatar,
         _connectionStatus:
             connectionStatus
                 || JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus.ACTIVE,
         _participantName: participantName,
+        _renderVideo: shouldRenderParticipantVideo(state, participantId),
         _videoTrack:
             getTrackByMediaTypeAndParticipant(
                 state['features/base/tracks'],
diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/functions.js b/react/features/base/participants/functions.js
index c1d2c3764..025bb6bf3 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/functions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/functions.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { getAvatarURL as _getAvatarURL } from 'js-utils/avatar';
 
 import { toState } from '../redux';
 
+import { JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus } from '../lib-jitsi-meet';
+import { MEDIA_TYPE, shouldRenderVideoTrack } from '../media';
+import { getTrackByMediaTypeAndParticipant } from '../tracks';
+
 import {
     DEFAULT_AVATAR_RELATIVE_PATH,
     LOCAL_PARTICIPANT_DEFAULT_ID,
@@ -121,7 +125,8 @@ export function getNormalizedDisplayName(name: string) {
  * @private
  * @returns {(Participant|undefined)}
  */
-export function getParticipantById(stateful: Object | Function, id: string) {
+export function getParticipantById(
+        stateful: Object | Function, id: string): ?Object {
     const participants = _getAllParticipants(stateful);
 
     return participants.find(p => p.id === id);
@@ -276,3 +281,45 @@ export function isLocalParticipantModerator(stateful: Object | Function) {
             && (!state['features/base/config'].enableUserRolesBasedOnToken
                 || !state['features/base/jwt'].isGuest));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the video of the participant should be rendered.
+ *
+ * @param {Object|Function} stateful - Object or function that can be resolved
+ * to the Redux state.
+ * @param {string} id - The ID of the participant.
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function shouldRenderParticipantVideo(
+        stateful: Object | Function, id: string) {
+    const state = toState(stateful);
+    const participant = getParticipantById(state, id);
+
+    if (!participant) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const audioOnly = state['features/base/conference'].audioOnly;
+    const connectionStatus = participant.connectionStatus
+        || JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus.ACTIVE;
+    const videoTrack = getTrackByMediaTypeAndParticipant(
+        state['features/base/tracks'],
+        MEDIA_TYPE.VIDEO,
+        id);
+
+    // Is the video to be rendered?
+    // FIXME It's currently impossible to have true as the value of
+    // waitForVideoStarted because videoTrack's state videoStarted will be
+    // updated only after videoTrack is rendered.
+    // XXX Note that, unlike on web, we don't render video when the
+    // connection status is interrupted, this is because the renderer
+    // doesn't retain the last frame forever, so we would end up with a
+    // black screen.
+    const waitForVideoStarted = false;
+
+    return !audioOnly
+        && (connectionStatus
+            === JitsiParticipantConnectionStatus.ACTIVE)
+        && shouldRenderVideoTrack(videoTrack, waitForVideoStarted);
+
+}