diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView+Events.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView+Events.kt
index 1b20748c1c..4b18754cf0 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView+Events.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView+Events.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ fun CameraView.invokeOnInitialized() {
   reactContext.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter::class.java).receiveEvent(id, "cameraInitialized", null)
 }
 
+fun CameraView.invokeOnStarted() {
+  Log.i(CameraView.TAG, "invokeOnStarted()")
+
+  val reactContext = context as ReactContext
+  reactContext.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter::class.java).receiveEvent(id, "cameraStarted", null)
+}
+
+fun CameraView.invokeOnStopped() {
+  Log.i(CameraView.TAG, "invokeOnStopped()")
+
+  val reactContext = context as ReactContext
+  reactContext.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter::class.java).receiveEvent(id, "cameraStopped", null)
+}
+
 fun CameraView.invokeOnError(error: Throwable) {
   Log.e(CameraView.TAG, "invokeOnError(...):")
   error.printStackTrace()
diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView.kt
index 0aa893252f..8337831200 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraView.kt
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ class CameraView(context: Context) :
     invokeOnInitialized()
   }
 
+  override fun onStarted() {
+    invokeOnStarted()
+  }
+
+  override fun onStopped() {
+    invokeOnStopped()
+  }
+
   override fun onCodeScanned(codes: List<Barcode>, scannerFrame: CodeScannerFrame) {
     invokeOnCodeScanned(codes, scannerFrame)
   }
diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraViewManager.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraViewManager.kt
index e6e013b69f..9c990d4b34 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraViewManager.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/CameraViewManager.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class CameraViewManager : ViewGroupManager<CameraView>() {
     MapBuilder.builder<String, Any>()
       .put("cameraViewReady", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onViewReady"))
       .put("cameraInitialized", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onInitialized"))
+      .put("cameraStarted", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onStarted"))
+      .put("cameraStopped", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onStopped"))
       .put("cameraError", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onError"))
       .put("cameraCodeScanned", MapBuilder.of("registrationName", "onCodeScanned"))
       .build()
diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraConfiguration.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraConfiguration.kt
index 8b275086c8..3504f25974 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraConfiguration.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraConfiguration.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ data class CameraConfiguration(
     // Outputs & Session (Photo, Video, CodeScanner, HDR, Format)
     val outputsChanged: Boolean,
     // Side-Props for CaptureRequest (fps, low-light-boost, torch, zoom, videoStabilization)
-    val sidePropsChanged: Boolean
+    val sidePropsChanged: Boolean,
+    // (isActive) changed
+    val isActiveChanged: Boolean
   ) {
     val hasAnyDifference: Boolean
       get() = sidePropsChanged || outputsChanged || deviceChanged
@@ -98,10 +100,13 @@ data class CameraConfiguration(
         left.zoom != right.zoom || left.videoStabilizationMode != right.videoStabilizationMode || left.isActive != right.isActive ||
         left.exposure != right.exposure
 
+      val isActiveChanged = left?.isActive != right.isActive
+
       return Difference(
         deviceChanged,
         outputsChanged,
-        sidePropsChanged
+        sidePropsChanged,
+        isActiveChanged
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraSession.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraSession.kt
index a5a51d6b9e..5e1d5046d0 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraSession.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/core/CameraSession.kt
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ class CameraSession(private val context: Context, private val cameraManager: Cam
         if (diff.deviceChanged) {
           callback.onInitialized()
         }
+
+        // Notify about Camera start/stop
+        if (diff.isActiveChanged) {
+          // TODO: Move that into the CaptureRequest callback to get actual first-frame arrive time?
+          if (config.isActive) {
+            callback.onStarted()
+          } else {
+            callback.onStopped()
+          }
+        }
       } catch (error: Throwable) {
         Log.e(TAG, "Failed to configure CameraSession! Error: ${error.message}, Config-Diff: $diff", error)
         callback.onError(error)
@@ -367,6 +377,7 @@ class CameraSession(private val context: Context, private val cameraManager: Cam
       // TODO: Do we want to do stopRepeating() or entirely destroy the session?
       // If the Camera is not active, we don't do anything.
       captureSession?.stopRepeating()
+      isRunning = false
       return
     }
 
@@ -621,6 +632,8 @@ class CameraSession(private val context: Context, private val cameraManager: Cam
   interface CameraSessionCallback {
     fun onError(error: Throwable)
     fun onInitialized()
+    fun onStarted()
+    fun onStopped()
     fun onCodeScanned(codes: List<Barcode>, scannerFrame: CodeScannerFrame)
   }
 }
diff --git a/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index 219a6db123..0f91454ed2 100644
--- a/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/package/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ PODS:
   - libwebp/sharpyuv (1.3.2)
   - libwebp/webp (1.3.2):
     - libwebp/sharpyuv
-  - MMKV (1.3.1):
-    - MMKVCore (~> 1.3.1)
-  - MMKVCore (1.3.1)
+  - MMKV (1.3.2):
+    - MMKVCore (~> 1.3.2)
+  - MMKVCore (1.3.2)
   - RCT-Folly (2021.07.22.00):
     - boost
     - DoubleConversion
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ PODS:
     - libwebp (~> 1.0)
     - SDWebImage/Core (~> 5.10)
   - SocketRocket (0.6.1)
-  - VisionCamera (3.6.11):
+  - VisionCamera (3.6.14):
     - React
     - React-callinvoker
     - React-Core
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   hermes-engine: 10fbd3f62405c41ea07e71973ea61e1878d07322
   libevent: 4049cae6c81cdb3654a443be001fb9bdceff7913
   libwebp: 1786c9f4ff8a279e4dac1e8f385004d5fc253009
-  MMKV: 5a07930c70c70b86cd87761a42c8f3836fb681d7
-  MMKVCore: e50135dbd33235b6ab390635991bab437ab873c0
+  MMKV: f21593c0af4b3f2a0ceb8f820f28bb639ea22bb7
+  MMKVCore: 31b4cb83f8266467eef20a35b6d78e409a11060d
   RCT-Folly: 424b8c9a7a0b9ab2886ffe9c3b041ef628fd4fb1
   RCTRequired: a2faf4bad4e438ca37b2040cb8f7799baa065c18
   RCTTypeSafety: cb09f3e4747b6d18331a15eb05271de7441ca0b3
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SDWebImage: a7f831e1a65eb5e285e3fb046a23fcfbf08e696d
   SDWebImageWebPCoder: 908b83b6adda48effe7667cd2b7f78c897e5111d
   SocketRocket: f32cd54efbe0f095c4d7594881e52619cfe80b17
-  VisionCamera: b35fc51a521ce0a9b9da41d8b13127e3d414d195
+  VisionCamera: 3cf177fa91fa9fe04622071415032c5af618a5ac
   Yoga: 8796b55dba14d7004f980b54bcc9833ee45b28ce
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 27f53791141a3303d814e09b55770336416ff4eb
diff --git a/package/ios/CameraView.swift b/package/ios/CameraView.swift
index 789acc088c..1b99f27f39 100644
--- a/package/ios/CameraView.swift
+++ b/package/ios/CameraView.swift
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate {
   // events
   @objc var onInitialized: RCTDirectEventBlock?
   @objc var onError: RCTDirectEventBlock?
+  @objc var onStarted: RCTDirectEventBlock?
+  @objc var onStopped: RCTDirectEventBlock?
   @objc var onViewReady: RCTDirectEventBlock?
   @objc var onCodeScanned: RCTDirectEventBlock?
   // zoom
@@ -283,7 +285,23 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate {
     guard let onInitialized = onInitialized else {
       return
     }
-    onInitialized([String: Any]())
+    onInitialized([:])
+  }
+
+  func onCameraStarted() {
+    ReactLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Camera started!")
+    guard let onStarted = onStarted else {
+      return
+    }
+    onStarted([:])
+  }
+
+  func onCameraStopped() {
+    ReactLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Camera stopped!")
+    guard let onStopped = onStopped else {
+      return
+    }
+    onStopped([:])
   }
 
   func onFrame(sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer) {
diff --git a/package/ios/CameraViewManager.m b/package/ios/CameraViewManager.m
index 4fc8983c6e..d11c0a8817 100644
--- a/package/ios/CameraViewManager.m
+++ b/package/ios/CameraViewManager.m
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ @interface RCT_EXTERN_REMAP_MODULE (CameraView, CameraViewManager, RCTViewManage
 // Camera View Events
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onError, RCTDirectEventBlock);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onInitialized, RCTDirectEventBlock);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onStarted, RCTDirectEventBlock);
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onStopped, RCTDirectEventBlock);
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onViewReady, RCTDirectEventBlock);
 // Code Scanner
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(codeScannerOptions, NSDictionary);
diff --git a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
index c9395fad5f..63386bd90a 100644
--- a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
+++ b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
@@ -249,8 +249,10 @@ class CameraSession: NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate, AVC
     // Start/Stop session
     if configuration.isActive {
       captureSession.startRunning()
+      delegate?.onCameraStarted()
     } else {
       captureSession.stopRunning()
+      delegate?.onCameraStopped()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/package/ios/Core/CameraSessionDelegate.swift b/package/ios/Core/CameraSessionDelegate.swift
index f9d5e7e93a..2c1a0b25fd 100644
--- a/package/ios/Core/CameraSessionDelegate.swift
+++ b/package/ios/Core/CameraSessionDelegate.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ protocol CameraSessionDelegate: AnyObject {
    Called when the [CameraSession] successfully initializes
    */
   func onSessionInitialized()
+  /**
+   Called when the [CameraSession] starts streaming frames. (isActive=true)
+   */
+  func onCameraStarted()
+  /**
+   Called when the [CameraSession] stopped streaming frames. (isActive=false)
+   */
+  func onCameraStopped()
   /**
    Called for every frame (if video or frameProcessor is enabled)
    */
diff --git a/package/src/Camera.tsx b/package/src/Camera.tsx
index d219c0e164..6f8864c960 100644
--- a/package/src/Camera.tsx
+++ b/package/src/Camera.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ type NativeCameraViewProps = Omit<CameraProps, 'device' | 'onInitialized' | 'onE
   onInitialized?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<void>) => void
   onError?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<OnErrorEvent>) => void
   onCodeScanned?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<OnCodeScannedEvent>) => void
+  onStarted?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<void>) => void
+  onStopped?: (event: NativeSyntheticEvent<void>) => void
   onViewReady: () => void
 }
 type NativeRecordVideoOptions = Omit<RecordVideoOptions, 'onRecordingError' | 'onRecordingFinished' | 'videoBitRate'> & {
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ export class Camera extends React.PureComponent<CameraProps, CameraState> {
     super(props)
     this.onViewReady = this.onViewReady.bind(this)
     this.onInitialized = this.onInitialized.bind(this)
+    this.onStarted = this.onStarted.bind(this)
+    this.onStopped = this.onStopped.bind(this)
     this.onError = this.onError.bind(this)
     this.onCodeScanned = this.onCodeScanned.bind(this)
     this.ref = React.createRef<RefType>()
@@ -416,6 +420,14 @@ export class Camera extends React.PureComponent<CameraProps, CameraState> {
   private onInitialized(): void {
     this.props.onInitialized?.()
   }
+
+  private onStarted(): void {
+    this.props.onStarted?.()
+  }
+
+  private onStopped(): void {
+    this.props.onStopped?.()
+  }
   //#endregion
 
   private onCodeScanned(event: NativeSyntheticEvent<OnCodeScannedEvent>): void {
@@ -481,6 +493,8 @@ export class Camera extends React.PureComponent<CameraProps, CameraState> {
         onViewReady={this.onViewReady}
         onInitialized={this.onInitialized}
         onCodeScanned={this.onCodeScanned}
+        onStarted={this.onStarted}
+        onStopped={this.onStopped}
         onError={this.onError}
         codeScannerOptions={codeScanner}
         enableFrameProcessor={frameProcessor != null}
diff --git a/package/src/CameraProps.ts b/package/src/CameraProps.ts
index 73bb8eb5de..ed2b77f149 100644
--- a/package/src/CameraProps.ts
+++ b/package/src/CameraProps.ts
@@ -246,9 +246,17 @@ export interface CameraProps extends ViewProps {
    */
   onError?: (error: CameraRuntimeError) => void
   /**
-   * Called when the camera was successfully initialized.
+   * Called when the camera session was successfully initialized. This will get called everytime a new device is set.
    */
   onInitialized?: () => void
+  /**
+   * Called when the camera started the session (`isActive={true}`)
+   */
+  onStarted?: () => void
+  /**
+   * Called when the camera stopped the session (`isActive={false}`)
+   */
+  onStopped?: () => void
   /**
    * A worklet which will be called for every frame the Camera "sees".
    *