diff --git a/src/components/calls/group/GroupCallParticipantVideo.tsx b/src/components/calls/group/GroupCallParticipantVideo.tsx
index 8314c619e..f8415480c 100644
--- a/src/components/calls/group/GroupCallParticipantVideo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/calls/group/GroupCallParticipantVideo.tsx
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import { withGlobal } from '../../../global';
 
 import type { ApiChat, ApiUser } from '../../../api/types';
 
+import { GROUP_CALL_THUMB_VIDEO_DISABLED } from '../../../config';
 import buildClassName from '../../../util/buildClassName';
 import { selectChat, selectUser } from '../../../global/selectors';
 import useLang from '../../../hooks/useLang';
-import { ENABLE_THUMBNAIL_VIDEO } from '../../../config';
 
 import Avatar from '../../common/Avatar';
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const GroupCallParticipantVideo: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
         </button>
       )}
       <Avatar user={user} chat={chat} className="thumbnail-avatar" />
-      {ENABLE_THUMBNAIL_VIDEO && (
+      {!GROUP_CALL_THUMB_VIDEO_DISABLED && (
         <div className="thumbnail-wrapper">
           <video className="thumbnail" muted autoPlay playsInline srcObject={streams?.[type]} />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/common/Avatar.tsx b/src/components/common/Avatar.tsx
index f6a42a93c..b6cd23256 100644
--- a/src/components/common/Avatar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/common/Avatar.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { AnimationLevel } from '../../types';
 import { ApiMediaFormat } from '../../api/types';
 
 import { ANIMATION_LEVEL_MAX, IS_TEST } from '../../config';
+import { VIDEO_AVATARS_DISABLED } from '../../util/environment';
 import {
   getChatAvatarHash,
   getChatTitle,
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ const Avatar: FC<OwnProps> = ({
   let imageHash: string | undefined;
   let videoHash: string | undefined;
 
-  const shouldShowVideo = isIntersecting && animationLevel === ANIMATION_LEVEL_MAX && withVideo && user?.isPremium
-    && user?.hasVideoAvatar;
+  const shouldShowVideo = (
+    !VIDEO_AVATARS_DISABLED && animationLevel === ANIMATION_LEVEL_MAX
+    && isIntersecting && withVideo && user?.isPremium && user?.hasVideoAvatar
+  );
   const profilePhoto = user?.fullInfo?.profilePhoto;
   const shouldLoadVideo = shouldShowVideo && profilePhoto?.isVideo;
 
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index bac96c712..f90a0ed6f 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ export const MAX_UPLOAD_FILEPART_SIZE = 524288;
 // Group calls
 export const GROUP_CALL_VOLUME_MULTIPLIER = 100;
 export const GROUP_CALL_DEFAULT_VOLUME = 100 * GROUP_CALL_VOLUME_MULTIPLIER;
-export const ENABLE_THUMBNAIL_VIDEO = false;
+export const GROUP_CALL_THUMB_VIDEO_DISABLED = true;
 
 export const DEFAULT_LIMITS: Record<ApiLimitType, readonly [number, number]> = {
   uploadMaxFileparts: [4000, 8000],
diff --git a/src/util/environment.ts b/src/util/environment.ts
index de8842886..226a8767e 100644
--- a/src/util/environment.ts
+++ b/src/util/environment.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ export const MESSAGE_LIST_SENSITIVE_AREA = IS_SCROLL_PATCH_NEEDED ? 300 : 750;
 
 export const MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = (IS_ANDROID || IS_IOS ? 512 : 2000) * 1024 ** 2; // 512 OR 2000 MB
 
+// TODO Turn on later as `!IS_IOS && !IS_ANDROID`
+export const VIDEO_AVATARS_DISABLED = true;
+
 function isLastEmojiVersionSupported() {
   const ALLOWABLE_CALCULATION_ERROR_SIZE = 5;
   const inlineEl = document.createElement('span');