diff --git a/.changeset/android-volume-byte-order.md b/.changeset/android-volume-byte-order.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..942f7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/android-volume-byte-order.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/react-native': patch
+---
+
+android: Fix useTrackVolume reading audio samples in the wrong byte order
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/livekit/reactnative/audio/processing/VolumeProcessor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/livekit/reactnative/audio/processing/VolumeProcessor.kt
index df73fe6..4663850 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/livekit/reactnative/audio/processing/VolumeProcessor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/livekit/reactnative/audio/processing/VolumeProcessor.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule
 import com.livekit.reactnative.audio.events.Events
 import livekit.org.webrtc.AudioTrackSink
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+import java.nio.ByteOrder
 import kotlin.math.round
 import kotlin.math.sqrt
 
@@ -34,17 +35,20 @@ abstract class BaseVolumeProcessor : AudioTrackSink {
         numberOfFrames: Int,
         absoluteCaptureTimestampMs: Long
     ) {
-        audioData.mark()
-        audioData.position(0)
+        // WebRTC hands us a JNI direct buffer, which Java defaults to big-endian,
+        // while the PCM samples are native (little-endian). Read through a view
+        // in native order so the sink's buffer is left untouched.
+        val samples = audioData.duplicate().order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder())
+        samples.position(0)
         var average = 0L
         val bytesPerSample = bitsPerSample / 8
 
         // RMS average calculation
         for (i in 0 until numberOfFrames) {
             val value = when (bytesPerSample) {
-                1 -> audioData.get().toLong()
-                2 -> audioData.getShort().toLong()
-                4 -> audioData.getInt().toLong()
+                1 -> samples.get().toLong()
+                2 -> samples.getShort().toLong()
+                4 -> samples.getInt().toLong()
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException()
             }
 
@@ -60,7 +64,6 @@ abstract class BaseVolumeProcessor : AudioTrackSink {
             4 -> volume / Int.MAX_VALUE
             else -> throw IllegalArgumentException()
         }
-        audioData.reset()
 
         onVolumeCalculated(volumeNormalized)
     }