diff --git a/lib/src/participant/local_participant.dart b/lib/src/participant/local_participant.dart
index 4b52e97..5be92d9 100644
--- a/lib/src/participant/local_participant.dart
+++ b/lib/src/participant/local_participant.dart
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class LocalParticipant extends Participant {
 
     var pub = new LocalTrackPublication(trackInfo, track, this);
     addTrackPublication(pub);
+    notifyListeners();
 
     return pub;
   }
@@ -83,15 +84,17 @@ class LocalParticipant extends Participant {
 
     var pub = new LocalTrackPublication(trackInfo, track, this);
     addTrackPublication(pub);
+    notifyListeners();
 
     return pub;
   }
 
   unpublishTrack(Track track) {
-    var pub = tracks.values.firstWhere((element) => element.track == track);
-    if (pub == null) {
+    var existing = tracks.values.where((element) => element.track == track);
+    if (existing.isEmpty) {
       return;
     }
+    var pub = existing.first;
 
     track.stop();
     var sender = track.transceiver?.sender;
diff --git a/lib/src/participant/participant.dart b/lib/src/participant/participant.dart
index 1b77b7f..fdba451 100644
--- a/lib/src/participant/participant.dart
+++ b/lib/src/participant/participant.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+
 import 'remote_participant.dart';
 import '../proto/livekit_models.pb.dart';
 import '../track/remote_track_publication.dart';
@@ -22,7 +24,14 @@ mixin ParticipantDelegate {
       RemoteParticipant participant, String sid, String? message) {}
 }
 
-class Participant {
+/// Represents a Participant in the room, notifies changes via delegates as
+/// well as ChangeNotifier/providers.
+/// A change notification is triggered when
+/// - speaking status changed
+/// - mute status changed
+/// - added/removed subscribed tracks
+/// - metadata changed
+class Participant extends ChangeNotifier {
   Map<String, TrackPublication> audioTracks = {};
   Map<String, TrackPublication> videoTracks = {};
 
@@ -45,11 +54,14 @@ class Participant {
   DateTime? lastSpokeAt;
 
   ParticipantDelegate? roomDelegate;
+
+  /// delegate to receive participant callbacks
   ParticipantDelegate? delegate;
 
   ParticipantInfo? _participantInfo;
   bool _isSpeaking = false;
 
+  /// when the participant joined the room
   DateTime get joinedAt {
     var pi = _participantInfo;
     if (pi != null) {
@@ -62,6 +74,30 @@ class Participant {
   /// if participant is currently speaking
   bool get isSpeaking => _isSpeaking;
 
+  /// true if participant is publishing an audio track and is muted
+  bool get isMuted {
+    if (audioTracks.values.isEmpty) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return audioTracks.values.first.muted;
+  }
+
+  bool get hasAudio => audioTracks.length > 0;
+
+  bool get hasVideo => videoTracks.length > 0;
+
+  /// tracks that are subscribed to
+  List<TrackPublication> get subscribedTracks {
+    List<TrackPublication> result = [];
+    for (var track in tracks.values) {
+      if (track.subscribed) {
+        result.add(track);
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  /// internal use
   bool get hasInfo => _participantInfo != null;
 
   Participant(this.sid, this.identity);
@@ -76,6 +112,7 @@ class Participant {
     }
     delegate?.onSpeakingChanged(this, speaking);
     roomDelegate?.onSpeakingChanged(this, speaking);
+    notifyListeners();
   }
 
   _setMetadata(String md) {
@@ -84,6 +121,7 @@ class Participant {
     if (changed) {
       delegate?.onMetadataChanged(this);
       roomDelegate?.onMetadataChanged(this);
+      notifyListeners();
     }
   }
 
@@ -96,6 +134,10 @@ class Participant {
     this._participantInfo = info;
   }
 
+  muteChanged() {
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
   addTrackPublication(TrackPublication pub) {
     pub.track?.sid = pub.sid;
     tracks[pub.sid] = pub;
diff --git a/lib/src/participant/remote_participant.dart b/lib/src/participant/remote_participant.dart
index 87ea531..fd0ad94 100644
--- a/lib/src/participant/remote_participant.dart
+++ b/lib/src/participant/remote_participant.dart
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class RemoteParticipant extends Participant {
 
     delegate?.onTrackSubscribed(this, track, pub);
     roomDelegate?.onTrackSubscribed(this, track, pub);
+    notifyListeners();
   }
 
   @override
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ class RemoteParticipant extends Participant {
         delegate?.onTrackPublished(this, pub);
         roomDelegate?.onTrackPublished(this, pub);
       }
-      return;
     }
 
     // remove tracks
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class RemoteParticipant extends Participant {
       track.stop();
       delegate?.onTrackUnsubscribed(this, track, pub);
       roomDelegate?.onTrackUnsubscribed(this, track, pub);
+      notifyListeners();
     }
     if (sendUnpublish) {
       delegate?.onTrackUnpublished(this, pub);
diff --git a/lib/src/room.dart b/lib/src/room.dart
index 263ee66..b4f3f4d 100644
--- a/lib/src/room.dart
+++ b/lib/src/room.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:collection';
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
-import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_webrtc/flutter_webrtc.dart';
 import 'package:tuple/tuple.dart';
 
diff --git a/lib/src/track/local_track_publication.dart b/lib/src/track/local_track_publication.dart
index a47d2c1..6b469ed 100644
--- a/lib/src/track/local_track_publication.dart
+++ b/lib/src/track/local_track_publication.dart
@@ -10,4 +10,22 @@ class LocalTrackPublication extends TrackPublication {
       : super.fromInfo(info) {
     this.track = track;
   }
+
+  set muted(bool val) {
+    if (val == muted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    super.muted = val;
+    track?.mediaTrack.enabled = !val;
+    _participant.engine.client.sendMuteTrack(sid, val);
+
+    if (val) {
+      _participant.delegate?.onTrackMuted(_participant, this);
+      _participant.roomDelegate?.onTrackMuted(_participant, this);
+    } else {
+      _participant.delegate?.onTrackUnmuted(_participant, this);
+      _participant.roomDelegate?.onTrackUnmuted(_participant, this);
+    }
+    _participant.muteChanged();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/track/remote_track_publication.dart b/lib/src/track/remote_track_publication.dart
index a640de0..ce18436 100644
--- a/lib/src/track/remote_track_publication.dart
+++ b/lib/src/track/remote_track_publication.dart
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class RemoteTrackPublication extends TrackPublication {
       _participant.delegate?.onTrackUnmuted(_participant, this);
       _participant.roomDelegate?.onTrackUnmuted(_participant, this);
     }
+    _participant.muteChanged();
   }
 
   RemoteTrackPublication(TrackInfo info, this._participant, [Track? track])