diff --git a/src/components/realtime/channel.ts b/src/components/realtime/channel.ts
index 2d9768ac..1939d930 100644
--- a/src/components/realtime/channel.ts
+++ b/src/components/realtime/channel.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   RealtimeChannelSubscribe,
   Callback,
 } from './types';
+import { RealtimePresence } from './presence';
 
 export class Channel extends Observable {
   private name: string;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export class Channel extends Observable {
     event: string;
     callback: (data: unknown) => void;
   }> = [];
+  public participant: RealtimePresence;
 
   constructor(
     name: string,
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export class Channel extends Observable {
 
     this.subscribeToRealtimeEvents();
     this.logger.log('started');
+    this.participant = new RealtimePresence(this.channel);
   }
 
   public async disconnect(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/components/realtime/index.test.ts b/src/components/realtime/index.test.ts
index e25bf43a..6449e1a8 100644
--- a/src/components/realtime/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/realtime/index.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { RealtimeComponentState } from './types';
 
 import { Realtime } from '.';
 import { LIMITS_MOCK } from '../../../__mocks__/limits.mock';
-import { useGlobalStore } from '../../services/stores';
+import { StoreType } from '../../common/types/stores.types';
 
 jest.mock('lodash/throttle', () => jest.fn((fn) => fn));
 jest.useFakeTimers();
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ describe('realtime component', () => {
     console.error = jest.fn();
     console.debug = jest.fn();
 
-    const { hasJoinedRoom } = useGlobalStore();
-    hasJoinedRoom.value = true;
+    const { hasJoinedRoom } = useStore(StoreType.GLOBAL);
+    hasJoinedRoom.publish(true);
 
     RealtimeComponentInstance = new Realtime();
     RealtimeComponentInstance.attach({
diff --git a/src/components/realtime/index.ts b/src/components/realtime/index.ts
index 0e15b1d5..85a18493 100644
--- a/src/components/realtime/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/realtime/index.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { ComponentLifeCycleEvent } from '../../common/types/events.types';
 import { Participant } from '../../common/types/participant.types';
 import { StoreType } from '../../common/types/stores.types';
 import { Logger } from '../../common/utils';
+import { useGlobalStore } from '../../services/stores';
 import { BaseComponent } from '../base';
 import { ComponentNames } from '../types';
 
 import { Channel } from './channel';
+
 import {
   Callback,
   RealtimeChannelEvent,
@@ -44,6 +46,19 @@ export class Realtime extends BaseComponent {
    * @returns {Channel}
    */
   public connect(name: string): Promise<Channel> {
+    if (!this.channel) {
+      return new Promise<Channel>((resolve) => {
+        const { localParticipant } = useGlobalStore();
+
+        localParticipant.subscribe('connect-after-init', (participant) => {
+          if (!participant.activeComponents.includes(ComponentNames.REALTIME)) return;
+
+          localParticipant.unsubscribe('connect-after-init');
+          resolve(this.connect(name));
+        });
+      });
+    }
+
     let channel: Channel = this.channels.get(name);
     if (channel) return channel as unknown as Promise<Channel>;
 
diff --git a/src/components/realtime/presence.test.ts b/src/components/realtime/presence.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd2d9197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/realtime/presence.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { PresenceEvents, Room } from '../../lib/socket';
+
+import { RealtimePresence } from './presence';
+import { MOCK_IO } from '../../../__mocks__/io.mock';
+
+describe('realtime component', () => {
+  let RealtimePresenceInstance: RealtimePresence;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+
+    const room = new MOCK_IO.Realtime('', '', '');
+    RealtimePresenceInstance = new RealtimePresence(room.connect() as unknown as Room);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  describe('Realtime Participant Presence', () => {
+    test('should update presence', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(RealtimePresenceInstance['room'].presence as any, 'update' as any);
+      const data = {
+        id: '123',
+        name: 'John Doe',
+      };
+
+      RealtimePresenceInstance['update'](data);
+
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(data);
+    });
+
+    test('should subscribe to presence events', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(RealtimePresenceInstance['room'].presence as any, 'on' as any);
+      const event = MOCK_IO.PresenceEvents.UPDATE;
+      const callback = jest.fn();
+
+      RealtimePresenceInstance['subscribe'](event as PresenceEvents, callback);
+
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(event, callback);
+    });
+
+    test('should unsubscribe from presence events', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(RealtimePresenceInstance['room'].presence as any, 'off' as any);
+      const event = MOCK_IO.PresenceEvents.UPDATE;
+
+      RealtimePresenceInstance['unsubscribe'](event as PresenceEvents);
+
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(event);
+    });
+
+    test('should get all presences', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(RealtimePresenceInstance['room'].presence as any, 'get' as any);
+      RealtimePresenceInstance['getAll']();
+
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/realtime/presence.ts b/src/components/realtime/presence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60f6d1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/realtime/presence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Logger } from '../../common/utils';
+import * as Socket from '../../lib/socket';
+import { PresenceEventsArg } from '../../lib/socket/common/types/event.types';
+
+export class RealtimePresence {
+  private logger: Logger;
+
+  constructor(private room: Socket.Room) {
+    this.logger = new Logger('@superviz/sdk/realtime-presence');
+  }
+
+  public update<T = any>(data: T) {
+    this.logger.log('Realtime Presence @ update presence', data);
+    this.room.presence.update(data);
+  }
+
+  public subscribe<T = unknown>(event: PresenceEventsArg, callback: Socket.PresenceCallback<T>) {
+    this.logger.log('Realtime Presence @ subscribe', event);
+    this.room.presence.on(event, callback);
+  }
+
+  public unsubscribe(event: PresenceEventsArg) {
+    this.logger.log('Realtime Presence @ unsubscribe', event);
+    this.room.presence.off(event);
+  }
+
+  public getAll() {
+    this.logger.log('Realtime Presence @ get all');
+    let presences: Socket.PresenceEvent[] = [];
+    this.room.presence.get(
+      (data) => {
+        presences = data;
+      },
+      (error) => {
+        const message = `[SuperViz] ${error.name} - ${error.message}`;
+        this.logger.log(error);
+        console.error(message);
+      },
+    );
+    return presences;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/socket/common/types/event.types.ts b/src/lib/socket/common/types/event.types.ts
index 96dbc206..2db2c012 100644
--- a/src/lib/socket/common/types/event.types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/socket/common/types/event.types.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export enum PresenceEvents {
   UPDATE = 'presence.update',
 }
 
+export type PresenceEventsArg = PresenceEvents | `${PresenceEvents}`;
+
 /**
  * @enum InternalPresenceEvents
  * @description events that the server listens to in the presence module
diff --git a/src/lib/socket/presence/index.ts b/src/lib/socket/presence/index.ts
index d633afcc..d82fc66f 100644
--- a/src/lib/socket/presence/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/socket/presence/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import type { Socket } from 'socket.io-client';
 
 import { ErrorCallback } from '../common/types/callbacks.types';
-import { InternalPresenceEvents, PresenceEvents } from '../common/types/event.types';
+import {
+  InternalPresenceEvents,
+  PresenceEvents,
+  PresenceEventsArg,
+} from '../common/types/event.types';
 import type { Presence } from '../common/types/presence.types';
 
 import { PresenceCallback, PresenceEvent, PresenceEventFromServer } from './types';
@@ -11,12 +15,12 @@ import { Logger } from '../../../common/utils';
 export class PresenceRoom {
   private logger: Logger;
   private presences: Set<PresenceEvent> = new Set();
-  private observers: Map<PresenceEvents, Subject<PresenceEvent>> = new Map();
+  private observers: Map<PresenceEventsArg, Subject<PresenceEvent>> = new Map();
 
   constructor(private io: Socket, private presence: Presence, private roomId: string) {
     this.logger = new Logger('@superviz/sdk/socket-client/presence');
 
-    this.registerSubsjects();
+    this.registerSubjects();
     this.subscribeToPresenceEvents();
   }
 
@@ -90,11 +94,11 @@ export class PresenceRoom {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @function registerSubsjects
+   * @function registerSubjects
    * @description Register the subjects for the presence events
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  private registerSubsjects(): void {
+  private registerSubjects(): void {
     this.observers.set(PresenceEvents.JOINED_ROOM, new Subject());
     this.observers.set(PresenceEvents.LEAVE, new Subject());
     this.observers.set(PresenceEvents.UPDATE, new Subject());
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ export class PresenceRoom {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   public on<T extends unknown>(
-    event: PresenceEvents,
+    event: PresenceEventsArg,
     callback: PresenceCallback<T>,
     error?: ErrorCallback,
   ): void {
@@ -125,8 +129,10 @@ export class PresenceRoom {
    * @param callback - The callback to remove from the event
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  public off(event: PresenceEvents): void {
+  public off(event: PresenceEventsArg): void {
     this.observers.get(event).unsubscribe();
+    this.observers.delete(event);
+    this.observers.set(event, new Subject());
   }
 
   /**