diff --git a/src/core/engines/webjs/WebjsClientCore.ts b/src/core/engines/webjs/WebjsClientCore.ts
index 5874839c..b4cb5577 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/webjs/WebjsClientCore.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/webjs/WebjsClientCore.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { WebJSPresence } from '@waha/core/engines/webjs/types';
+import {
+  WebJSPresence,
+  WebJSPresenceUpdate,
+} from '@waha/core/engines/webjs/types';
 import { GetSerialized } from '@waha/core/utils/serialized';
 import { GetChatMessagesFilter } from '@waha/structures/chats.dto';
 import { Label } from '@waha/structures/labels.dto';
@@ -198,11 +201,111 @@ export class WebjsClientCore extends Client {
         return;
       },
     );
+    await exposeFunctionIfAbsent(
+      this.pupPage,
+      'onPresenceUpdate',
+      (data: WebJSPresenceUpdate) => {
+        this.events.emit('presence.update', data);
+        return;
+      },
+    );
+    await this.attachPresenceEvents();
     if (this.tags) {
       await this.attachTagsEvents();
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Presence lands in PresenceCollection on the main thread even when WhatsApp runs comms in a worker,
+   * so listen to the models instead of raw stanzas
+   */
+  async attachPresenceEvents() {
+    await this.pupPage.evaluate(() => {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      if (window.presenceEventsOn) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // @ts-ignore
+      window.presenceEventsOn = true;
+
+      const d = require;
+      const PresenceCollection = d(
+        'WAWebPresenceCollection',
+      ).PresenceCollection;
+      const WAWebApiContact = d('WAWebApiContact');
+
+      // Prefer the phone number id when the LID mapping is known
+      const toId = (wid) => {
+        let id = wid;
+        if (wid.isLid()) {
+          id = WAWebApiContact.getPhoneNumber(wid) ?? wid;
+        }
+        // @ts-ignore
+        return window.WWebJS.GetSerialized(id);
+      };
+
+      const toPresences = (presence) => {
+        if (!presence.isGroup) {
+          return [
+            {
+              participant: toId(presence.id),
+              lastSeen: presence.chatstate.t,
+              state: presence.chatstate.type,
+            },
+          ];
+        }
+        return presence.chatstates
+          .getModelsArray()
+          .filter((chatstate) => !!chatstate.type)
+          .map((chatstate) => {
+            return {
+              participant: toId(chatstate.id),
+              lastSeen: chatstate.t,
+              state: chatstate.type,
+            };
+          });
+      };
+
+      // type and t change in one set() - coalesce into a single event per presence
+      const pending = new Set<any>();
+      const flush = () => {
+        for (const presence of pending) {
+          // @ts-ignore
+          window.onPresenceUpdate({
+            id: toId(presence.id),
+            presences: toPresences(presence),
+          });
+        }
+        pending.clear();
+      };
+
+      const findPresence = (chatstate) => {
+        const presence = PresenceCollection.get(chatstate.id);
+        if (presence && presence.chatstate === chatstate) {
+          return presence;
+        }
+        // Group chatstate id is the participant, not the group
+        return PresenceCollection.getModelsArray().find(
+          (model) => model.chatstate === chatstate,
+        );
+      };
+
+      PresenceCollection.on(
+        'change:chatstate.type change:chatstate.t',
+        (chatstate) => {
+          const presence = findPresence(chatstate);
+          if (!presence || !presence.hasData) {
+            return;
+          }
+          if (pending.size === 0) {
+            queueMicrotask(flush);
+          }
+          pending.add(presence);
+        },
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
   async attachTagsEvents() {
     await this.pupPage.evaluate(() => {
       // @ts-ignore
@@ -210,7 +313,7 @@ export class WebjsClientCore extends Client {
         return;
       }
 
-      const tags = ['receipt', 'presence', 'chatstate'];
+      const tags = ['receipt'];
       const WAWap = window.require('WAWap');
       // @ts-ignore
       window.decodeStanzaBack = WAWap.decodeStanza;
diff --git a/src/core/engines/webjs/presence.ts b/src/core/engines/webjs/presence.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c2da2d5a..00000000
--- a/src/core/engines/webjs/presence.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import type { BinaryNode, WAPresence } from '@adiwajshing/baileys';
-import { WAHAPresenceStatus } from '@waha/structures/enums.dto';
-import { WAHAChatPresences } from '@waha/structures/presence.dto';
-
-import { jid } from './ack.webjs';
-import { toCusFormat } from '@waha/core/utils/jids';
-
-export function TagPresenceToPresence(node: BinaryNode): WAHAChatPresences {
-  const { attrs } = node;
-  const id = jid(attrs.from);
-  const state =
-    attrs.type === 'unavailable'
-      ? WAHAPresenceStatus.OFFLINE
-      : WAHAPresenceStatus.ONLINE;
-  const lastSeen = attrs.last && attrs.last !== 'deny' ? +attrs.last : null;
-  return {
-    id: toCusFormat(id),
-    presences: [
-      {
-        participant: toCusFormat(id),
-        lastKnownPresence: state,
-        lastSeen: lastSeen,
-      },
-    ],
-  };
-}
-
-export function TagChatstateToPresence(node: BinaryNode): WAHAChatPresences {
-  const { attrs, content } = node;
-  const id = jid(attrs.from);
-  const participant = jid(attrs.participant) || jid(attrs.from);
-
-  const firstChild = content[0] as BinaryNode;
-
-  const type = firstChild.tag as WAPresence;
-  let status = WAHAPresenceStatus.OFFLINE;
-
-  switch (type) {
-    case 'unavailable':
-      status = WAHAPresenceStatus.OFFLINE;
-      break;
-    case 'available':
-      status = WAHAPresenceStatus.ONLINE;
-      break;
-    case 'paused':
-      status = WAHAPresenceStatus.PAUSED;
-      break;
-    case 'composing':
-      status = WAHAPresenceStatus.TYPING;
-      break;
-  }
-
-  if (firstChild.attrs?.media === 'audio') {
-    status = WAHAPresenceStatus.RECORDING;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    id: toCusFormat(id),
-    presences: [
-      {
-        participant: toCusFormat(participant),
-        lastKnownPresence: status,
-        lastSeen: null,
-      },
-    ],
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/core/engines/webjs/session.webjs.core.ts b/src/core/engines/webjs/session.webjs.core.ts
index df26f3af..f8942372 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/webjs/session.webjs.core.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/webjs/session.webjs.core.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ import {
   ToGroupV2ParticipantsEvent,
   ToGroupV2UpdateEvent,
 } from '@waha/core/engines/webjs/groups.webjs';
-import {
-  TagChatstateToPresence,
-  TagPresenceToPresence,
-} from '@waha/core/engines/webjs/presence';
 import {
   WebjsChannelMessage,
   WebjsClientCore,
@@ -208,7 +204,11 @@ import {
 } from 'whatsapp-web.js/src/structures';
 import { GetSerialized } from '@waha/core/utils/serialized';
 
-import { WAJSPresenceChatStateType, WebJSPresence } from './types';
+import {
+  WAJSPresenceChatStateType,
+  WebJSPresence,
+  WebJSPresenceUpdate,
+} from './types';
 import { WebJSAuthFactory } from './WebJSAuthFactory';
 import {
   isJidCus,
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export class WhatsappSessionWebJSCore extends WhatsappSession {
 
   protected getWebjsTagsFlag() {
     // Emit 'tag:*' events only when explicitly enabled in session config.
-    // This flag is required for presence.update and message.ack events.
+    // This flag is required for message.ack events.
     // Disabled by default for performance and stability reasons.
     return !!this.sessionConfig?.webjs?.tagsEventsOn;
   }
@@ -2504,19 +2504,15 @@ export class WhatsappSessionWebJSCore extends WhatsappSession {
     //
     // Presence
     //
-    const tagPresenceNode$ = fromEvent(this.whatsapp, Events.TAG_PRESENCE);
-    const presences$ = tagPresenceNode$.pipe(
-      map(TagPresenceToPresence),
-      filter(Boolean),
-      filter((presence: any) => this.jids.include(presence.id)),
+    const presenceUpdate$ = fromEvent(
+      this.whatsapp.events,
+      'presence.update',
+    ).pipe(
+      map((data: WebJSPresenceUpdate) =>
+        this.toWahaPresences(data.id, data.presences),
+      ),
+      filter((presence) => this.jids.include(presence.id)),
     );
-    const tagChatstateNode$ = fromEvent(this.whatsapp, 'tag:chatstate');
-    const chatstatePresences$ = tagChatstateNode$.pipe(
-      map(TagChatstateToPresence),
-      filter(Boolean),
-      filter((presence: any) => this.jids.include(presence.id)),
-    );
-    const presenceUpdate$ = merge(presences$, chatstatePresences$);
     this.events2.get(WAHAEvents.PRESENCE_UPDATE).switch(presenceUpdate$);
 
     //
diff --git a/src/core/engines/webjs/types.ts b/src/core/engines/webjs/types.ts
index 32da159f..e15c5a68 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/webjs/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/webjs/types.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ export interface WebJSPresence {
   lastSeen?: number;
   state: WAJSPresenceChatStateType;
 }
+
+export interface WebJSPresenceUpdate {
+  id: string;
+  presences: WebJSPresence[];
+}