diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37f5c6e2..0967aebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🐛(helm) render periodSeconds and failureThreshold on probes
 - 🐛(backend) report the app release to Sentry instead of "NA"
 - 🐛(frontend) play the waiting room notification sound on every arrival
+- 🐛(frontend) apply the saved reception resolution when joining a meeting #1714
 - 🐛(backend) acknowledge unknown LiveKit webhook events instead of 422
 - 🔒️(backend) enforce display name setting on rename API
 - 🔒️(backend) reject inactive users in resource server backend
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/VideoResolutionSubscription.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/VideoResolutionSubscription.tsx
index b045140a..d1d907a0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/VideoResolutionSubscription.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/VideoResolutionSubscription.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useRoomContext } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import {
-  type RemoteParticipant,
+  type RemoteTrack,
   type RemoteTrackPublication,
   RoomEvent,
   Track,
-  VideoQuality,
 } from 'livekit-client'
 import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
 import { userChoicesStore } from '@/stores/userChoices'
 
 /**
- * Sets initial video quality for new participants as they join.
+ * Applies the saved reception quality to every remote camera.
  * LiveKit doesn't allow handling video quality preferences at the room level.
  */
 export const VideoResolutionSubscription = () => {
@@ -19,30 +18,40 @@ export const VideoResolutionSubscription = () => {
   const room = useRoomContext()
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!room) return
+    if (!room || videoSubscribeQuality === undefined) return
 
-    const handleTrackPublished = (
-      publication: RemoteTrackPublication,
-      _participant: RemoteParticipant
-    ) => {
-      // By default, the maximum quality is set to high
+    const applyQuality = (publication: RemoteTrackPublication) => {
       if (
-        videoSubscribeQuality === undefined ||
-        videoSubscribeQuality === VideoQuality.HIGH
-      )
-        return
-
-      if (
-        publication.kind === Track.Kind.Video &&
-        publication.source !== Track.Source.ScreenShare
+        publication.kind !== Track.Kind.Video ||
+        publication.source === Track.Source.ScreenShare ||
+        publication.videoQuality === videoSubscribeQuality
       ) {
-        publication.setVideoQuality(videoSubscribeQuality)
+        return
       }
+      publication.setVideoQuality(videoSubscribeQuality)
     }
 
+    // Cameras we are already receiving: those published before this effect ran,
+    // and all of them again whenever the preference changes mid-call.
+    room.remoteParticipants.forEach((participant) =>
+      participant.videoTrackPublications.forEach(applyQuality)
+    )
+
+    const handleTrackPublished = (publication: RemoteTrackPublication) =>
+      applyQuality(publication)
+
+    // TrackPublished is not raised for cameras that were already sending when we
+    // joined, but it is the earliest point for the ones that start after us.
+    const handleTrackSubscribed = (
+      _track: RemoteTrack,
+      publication: RemoteTrackPublication
+    ) => applyQuality(publication)
+
     room.on(RoomEvent.TrackPublished, handleTrackPublished)
+    room.on(RoomEvent.TrackSubscribed, handleTrackSubscribed)
     return () => {
       room.off(RoomEvent.TrackPublished, handleTrackPublished)
+      room.off(RoomEvent.TrackSubscribed, handleTrackSubscribed)
     }
   }, [room, videoSubscribeQuality])
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/tabs/VideoTab.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/tabs/VideoTab.tsx
index 7b307031..39f24411 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/tabs/VideoTab.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/tabs/VideoTab.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const EMPTY_PROPS = {}
 export const VideoTab = ({ id }: VideoTabProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('settings', { keyPrefix: 'video' })
   const room = useRoomContext()
-  const { localParticipant, remoteParticipants } = room
+  const { localParticipant } = room
 
   const {
     videoDeviceId,
@@ -88,22 +88,6 @@ export const VideoTab = ({ id }: VideoTabProps) => {
     })
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Updates video quality for all existing remote video tracks when user preference changes.
-   * LiveKit doesn't support setting video quality preferences at the room level for remote participants,
-   * so this function applies the selected quality to all existing remote video tracks.
-   * Hook useVideoResolutionSubscription updates quality preferences of new participants joining.
-   */
-  const updateExistingRemoteVideoQuality = (selectedQuality: VideoQuality) => {
-    remoteParticipants.forEach((participant) => {
-      participant.videoTrackPublications.forEach((publication) => {
-        if (publication.videoQuality !== selectedQuality) {
-          publication.setVideoQuality(selectedQuality)
-        }
-      })
-    })
-  }
-
   useEffect(() => {
     let videoTrack: LocalVideoTrack | null = null
 
@@ -231,9 +215,7 @@ export const VideoTab = ({ id }: VideoTabProps) => {
           selectedKey={videoSubscribeQuality?.toString()}
           onSelectionChange={(key) => {
             if (key == undefined) return
-            const selectedQuality = Number(String(key))
-            saveVideoSubscribeQuality(selectedQuality)
-            updateExistingRemoteVideoQuality(selectedQuality)
+            saveVideoSubscribeQuality(Number(String(key)))
           }}
           style={{
             width: '100%',