diff --git a/example/src/ParticipantView.tsx b/example/src/ParticipantView.tsx
index dbb1dc13..2ee147f0 100644
--- a/example/src/ParticipantView.tsx
+++ b/example/src/ParticipantView.tsx
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export const ParticipantView = forwardRef<Component, Props>(
             enabled: useIOSPIP,
             startAutomatically: true,
             preferredSize: {
-              width: 800,
-              height: 800,
+              width: 1,
+              height: 1,
             },
           }}
         />
diff --git a/src/components/VideoTrack.tsx b/src/components/VideoTrack.tsx
index a9d0a4f7..b966651d 100644
--- a/src/components/VideoTrack.tsx
+++ b/src/components/VideoTrack.tsx
@@ -81,10 +81,14 @@ export type VideoTrackProps = {
    *
    * iOS only. Requires iOS 15.0 or above, and the PIP background mode capability.
    *
-   * If `iosPIP.enabled` is true, startIOSPIP and stopIOSPIP can be used to manually
-   * trigger the PIP mode. `iosPIP.startAutomatically` can be used to automatically
+   * If `iosPIP.enabled` is true, the methods `startIOSPIP` and `stopIOSPIP`
+   * can be used to manually trigger the PIP mode.
+   *
+   * `iosPIP.startAutomatically` can be used to automatically
    * enter PIP when backgrounding the app.
    *
+   * `iosPIP.preferredSize` is used to provide a suggested aspect ratio.
+   *
    * @example
    * ```tsx
    * import { startIOSPIP, stopIOSPIP } from '@livekit/react-native-webrtc';
@@ -98,8 +102,8 @@ export type VideoTrackProps = {
    *        enabled: true,
    *        startAutomatically: true,
    *        preferredSize: {
-   *          width: 800,
-   *          height: 800,
+   *          width: 9,
+   *          height: 16,
    *        },
    *      }}
    *      ...
@@ -151,9 +155,12 @@ export const VideoTrack = forwardRef<Component, VideoTrackProps>(
       (event: LayoutChangeEvent) => elementInfo.onLayout(event),
       [elementInfo]
     );
+
+    const iosPIPEnabled = iosPIP?.enabled ?? false;
     const visibilityOnChange = useCallback(
-      (isVisible: boolean) => elementInfo.onVisibility(isVisible),
-      [elementInfo]
+      (isVisible: boolean) =>
+        elementInfo.onVisibility(isVisible || iosPIPEnabled),
+      [elementInfo, iosPIPEnabled]
     );
 
     const videoTrack = trackRef?.publication.track;