diff --git a/img/COPYING b/img/COPYING
index 864f9dcc290..3342a3be628 100644
--- a/img/COPYING
+++ b/img/COPYING
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@
 ## leave_call.ogg
 @author Marco Ambrosini (marcoambrosini@icloud.com) 
 @license CC0-1.0
+
+## join_call.flac
+@author Marco Ambrosini (marcoambrosini@icloud.com) 
+@license CC0-1.0
+
+## leave_call.flac
+@author Marco Ambrosini (marcoambrosini@icloud.com) 
+@license CC0-1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/img/LibremPhoneCall.flac b/img/LibremPhoneCall.flac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be9310431d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/LibremPhoneCall.flac differ
diff --git a/img/join_call.flac b/img/join_call.flac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd09fb9c45a
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/join_call.flac differ
diff --git a/img/leave_call.flac b/img/leave_call.flac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0efdd194849
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/leave_call.flac differ
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialog.vue b/src/components/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialog.vue
index 5e8ed454fde..e83fc111876 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialog.vue
+++ b/src/components/SettingsDialog/SettingsDialog.vue
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 				@update:checked="togglePlaySounds">
 				{{ t('spreed', 'Play sounds when participants join or leave a call') }}
 			</NcCheckboxRadioSwitch>
-			<em>{{ t('spreed', 'Sounds can currently not be played in Safari browser and iPad and iPhone devices due to technical restrictions by the manufacturer.') }}</em>
+			<em>{{ t('spreed', 'Sounds can currently not be played on iPad and iPhone devices due to technical restrictions by the manufacturer.') }}</em>
 
 			<a :href="settingsUrl"
 				target="_blank"
diff --git a/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue b/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
index 82fa94d4f5c..22b3efb2fd4 100644
--- a/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
+++ b/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ export default {
 		},
 
 		handleClick() {
+			// Create audio objects as a result of a user interaction to allow playing sounds in Safari
+			this.$store.dispatch('createAudioObjects')
+
 			const shouldShowMediaSettingsScreen = (BrowserStorage.getItem('showMediaSettings' + this.token) === null
 				|| BrowserStorage.getItem('showMediaSettings' + this.token) === 'true') && !this.forceJoinCall
 			console.debug(shouldShowMediaSettingsScreen)
diff --git a/src/store/soundsStore.js b/src/store/soundsStore.js
index c67a27171bf..75dbf9b1789 100644
--- a/src/store/soundsStore.js
+++ b/src/store/soundsStore.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
+import { generateFilePath } from '@nextcloud/router'
 
 import BrowserStorage from '../services/BrowserStorage.js'
 import { setPlaySounds } from '../services/settingsService.js'
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ const state = {
 	userId: undefined,
 	playSoundsUser: loadState('spreed', 'play_sounds', false),
 	playSoundsGuest: BrowserStorage.getItem('play_sounds') !== 'no',
+	audioObjectsCreated: false,
+	joinAudioObject: null,
+	leaveAudioObject: null,
+	waitAudioObject: null,
 }
 
 const getters = {
@@ -55,6 +60,76 @@ const mutations = {
 	setUserId(state, userId) {
 		state.userId = userId
 	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the join audio object
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} state current store state
+	 * @param {HTMLAudioElement} audioObject new audio object
+	 */
+	setJoinAudioObject(state, audioObject) {
+		state.joinAudioObject = audioObject
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the leave audio object
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} state current store state
+	 * @param {HTMLAudioElement} audioObject new audio object
+	 */
+	setLeaveAudioObject(state, audioObject) {
+		state.leaveAudioObject = audioObject
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the wait audio object
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} state current store state
+	 * @param {HTMLAudioElement} audioObject new audio object
+	 */
+	setWaitAudioObject(state, audioObject) {
+		state.waitAudioObject = audioObject
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets a flag that all audio objects were created
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} state current store state
+	 */
+	setAudioObjectsCreated(state) {
+		state.audioObjectsCreated = true
+	},
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper method to get the full file path of an audio file in spreed/img.
+ * Example: getFullAudioFilepath('myAudio') => spreed/img/myAudio.ogg
+ *
+ * @param {string} fileName The name of the file without extension
+ * @return {string} The full path to the file in the spreed/img directory and adds .ogg/.flac depending on supported codecs
+ */
+const getFullAudioFilepath = function(fileName) {
+	const tempAudio = new Audio()
+
+	// Prefer the .ogg version of sounds, but fall back to .flac in case .ogg is not supported (Safari)
+	if (tempAudio.canPlayType('audio/ogg')) {
+		return generateFilePath('spreed', 'img', fileName + '.ogg')
+	} else {
+		return generateFilePath('spreed', 'img', fileName + '.flac')
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a HTMLAudioElement with the specified filePath and loads it
+ *
+ * @param {string} filePath Path to the file
+ * @return {HTMLAudioElement} The created and loaded HTMLAudioElement
+ */
+const createAudioObject = function(filePath) {
+	const audio = new Audio(filePath)
+	audio.load()
+
+	return audio
 }
 
 const actions = {
@@ -78,6 +153,85 @@ const actions = {
 		await setPlaySounds(!context.state.userId, enabled)
 		context.commit('setPlaySounds', enabled)
 	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Plays the join audio file with a volume of 0.75
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} context default store context
+	 */
+	playJoinAudio(context) {
+		// Make sure the audio objects are really created before playing it
+		context.dispatch('createAudioObjects')
+
+		const audio = context.state.joinAudioObject
+		audio.load()
+		audio.volume = 0.75
+		audio.play()
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Plays the leave audio file with a volume of 0.75
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} context default store context
+	 */
+	playLeaveAudio(context) {
+		// Make sure the audio objects are really created before playing it
+		context.dispatch('createAudioObjects')
+
+		const audio = context.state.leaveAudioObject
+		audio.load()
+		audio.volume = 0.75
+		audio.play()
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Plays the wait audio file with a volume of 0.5
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} context default store context
+	 */
+	playWaitAudio(context) {
+		// Make sure the audio objects are really created before playing it
+		context.dispatch('createAudioObjects')
+
+		const audio = context.state.waitAudioObject
+		audio.load()
+		audio.volume = 0.5
+		audio.play()
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Pauses the wait audio playback
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} context default store context
+	 */
+	pauseWaitAudio(context) {
+		const audio = context.state.waitAudioObject
+		audio.pause()
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * If not already created, this creates audio objects for join, leave and wait sounds
+	 *
+	 * @param {object} context default store context
+	 */
+	createAudioObjects(context) {
+		// No need to create the audio objects, if they were created already
+		if (context.state.audioObjectsCreated) {
+			return
+		}
+
+		const joinFilepath = getFullAudioFilepath('join_call')
+		const joinAudio = createAudioObject(joinFilepath)
+		context.commit('setJoinAudioObject', joinAudio)
+
+		const leaveFilepath = getFullAudioFilepath('leave_call')
+		const leaveAudio = createAudioObject(leaveFilepath)
+		context.commit('setLeaveAudioObject', leaveAudio)
+
+		const waitFilepath = getFullAudioFilepath('LibremPhoneCall')
+		const waitAudio = createAudioObject(waitFilepath)
+		context.commit('setWaitAudioObject', waitAudio)
+	},
 }
 
 export default { state, mutations, getters, actions }
diff --git a/src/utils/sounds.js b/src/utils/sounds.js
index 35563d67000..e712b286688 100644
--- a/src/utils/sounds.js
+++ b/src/utils/sounds.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-import { generateFilePath } from '@nextcloud/router'
-
 import store from '../store/index.js'
 
 export const Sounds = {
@@ -29,22 +27,11 @@ export const Sounds = {
 	lastPlayedJoin: 0,
 	lastPlayedLeave: 0,
 	playedWaiting: 0,
-	backgroundAudio: null,
 	backgroundInterval: null,
 
-	_playSoundOnce(soundFile) {
-		const file = generateFilePath('spreed', 'img', soundFile)
-		const audio = new Audio(file)
-		audio.volume = 0.75
-		audio.play()
-	},
-
 	_stopWaiting() {
 		console.debug('Stop waiting sound')
-		if (this.backgroundAudio) {
-			this.backgroundAudio.pause()
-			this.backgroundAudio = null
-		}
+		store.dispatch('pauseWaitAudio')
 		clearInterval(this.backgroundInterval)
 	},
 
@@ -53,15 +40,8 @@ export const Sounds = {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if (!this.backgroundAudio) {
-			console.debug('Loading waiting sound')
-			const file = generateFilePath('spreed', 'img', 'LibremPhoneCall.ogg')
-			this.backgroundAudio = new Audio(file)
-			this.backgroundAudio.volume = 0.5
-		}
-
 		console.debug('Playing waiting sound')
-		this.backgroundAudio.play()
+		store.dispatch('playWaitAudio')
 
 		this.playedWaiting = 0
 		this.backgroundInterval = setInterval(() => {
@@ -77,7 +57,7 @@ export const Sounds = {
 			}
 
 			console.debug('Playing waiting sound')
-			this.backgroundAudio.play()
+			store.dispatch('playWaitAudio')
 			this.playedWaiting++
 
 		}, 15000)
@@ -114,7 +94,7 @@ export const Sounds = {
 		if (playWaitingSound) {
 			await this.playWaiting()
 		} else {
-			this._playSoundOnce('join_call.ogg')
+			store.dispatch('playJoinAudio')
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -145,7 +125,7 @@ export const Sounds = {
 		}
 		this.lastPlayedLeave = currentTime
 
-		this._playSoundOnce('leave_call.ogg')
+		store.dispatch('playLeaveAudio')
 
 		if (playWaitingSound) {
 			this.playWaiting()