diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/package.json b/packages/react-native-audio-api/package.json
index f6ef5e51b..f12024be0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "types": "lib/typescript/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
     "src/",
+    "unstable/react/",
     "lib/",
     "common/",
     "android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml",
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.tsx b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed1986d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import type { AudioProps } from './types';
+import { useStableAudioProps } from './utils';
+
+const Audio: React.FC<AudioProps> = (inProps) => {
+  const {
+    autoPlay,
+    controls,
+    loop,
+    muted,
+    preload,
+    source,
+    playbackRate,
+    preservesPitch,
+    volume,
+  } = useStableAudioProps(inProps);
+
+  return null;
+};
+
+export default Audio;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.web.tsx b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.web.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e67bf7418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/Audio.web.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import type { AudioProps } from './types';
+
+const Audio: React.FC<AudioProps> = (props) => {
+  return null;
+};
+
+export default Audio;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/index.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7789950e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { default } from './Audio';
+
+export type { AudioProps, AudioSource, TimeRanges } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/types.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7c6b1512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+export interface AudioURISource {
+  uri?: string | undefined;
+  // bundle?: string | undefined;
+  method?: string | undefined;
+  headers?: { [key: string]: string } | undefined;
+  // cache?: 'default' | 'reload' | 'force-cache' | 'only-if-cached' | undefined;
+  body?: string | undefined;
+}
+
+export type AudioRequireSource = number;
+
+export interface TimeRanges {
+  length: number;
+  start(index: number): number;
+  end(index: number): number;
+}
+
+export type AudioSource =
+  | AudioURISource
+  | AudioRequireSource
+  | ReadonlyArray<AudioURISource>;
+
+export type PreloadType = 'auto' | 'metadata' | 'none';
+
+interface AudioControlProps {
+  autoPlay: boolean;
+  controls: boolean; // TBD: should we support control display at all?
+  loop: boolean;
+  muted: boolean;
+  preload: PreloadType;
+  source: AudioSource;
+  playbackRate: number;
+  preservesPitch: boolean;
+  volume: number;
+}
+
+interface AudioReadonlyProps {
+  // TODO: decide if we want to expose them this way
+  // duration: number;
+  // currentTime: number;
+  // ended: boolean;
+  // paused: boolean;
+  // buffered: TimeRanges;
+}
+
+type TMPEmptyEventHandler = () => void;
+
+interface AudioEventProps {
+  onLoadStart?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onLoad?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onError?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onProgress?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onSeeked?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onEnded?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onPlay?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+  onPause?: TMPEmptyEventHandler;
+}
+
+export interface AudioPropsBase
+  extends AudioControlProps,
+    AudioReadonlyProps,
+    AudioEventProps {}
+
+export type AudioProps = Partial<AudioPropsBase> & { source: AudioSource };
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/utils.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28741d93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/Audio/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { AudioProps, AudioPropsBase } from './types';
+
+export function withPropsDefaults(props: AudioProps): AudioPropsBase {
+  return {
+    ...props,
+    autoPlay: props.autoPlay ?? false,
+    controls: props.controls ?? false,
+    loop: props.loop ?? false,
+    muted: props.muted ?? false,
+    preload: props.preload ?? 'auto',
+    source: props.source ?? [],
+    playbackRate: props.playbackRate ?? 1.0,
+    preservesPitch: props.preservesPitch ?? true,
+    volume: props.volume ?? 1.0,
+  };
+}
+
+export function useStableAudioProps(props: AudioProps): AudioPropsBase {
+  const {
+    // Control Props
+    autoPlay,
+    controls,
+    loop,
+    muted,
+    preload,
+    source,
+    playbackRate,
+    preservesPitch,
+    volume,
+
+    // Event Props
+    onLoadStart,
+    onLoad,
+    onError,
+    onProgress,
+    onSeeked,
+    onEnded,
+    onPlay,
+    onPause,
+  } = withPropsDefaults(props);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      // Control Props
+      autoPlay,
+      controls,
+      loop,
+      muted,
+      preload,
+      source,
+      playbackRate,
+      preservesPitch,
+      volume,
+
+      // Event Props
+      onLoadStart,
+      onLoad,
+      onError,
+      onProgress,
+      onSeeked,
+      onEnded,
+      onPlay,
+      onPause,
+    }),
+    [
+      autoPlay,
+      controls,
+      loop,
+      muted,
+      preload,
+      source,
+      playbackRate,
+      preservesPitch,
+      volume,
+      onLoadStart,
+      onLoad,
+      onError,
+      onProgress,
+      onSeeked,
+      onEnded,
+      onPlay,
+      onPause,
+    ]
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/index.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36f82cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/unstable/react/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './Audio';
+export { default as Audio } from './Audio';
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/unstable/react/package.json b/packages/react-native-audio-api/unstable/react/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb9e81a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/unstable/react/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "main": "../../lib/module/unstable/react/index",
+  "module": "../../lib/module/unstable/react/index",
+  "react-native": "../../src/unstable/react/index",
+  "types": "../../lib/typescript/unstable/react/index.d.ts"
+}