diff --git a/docs/pages/component/events.mdx b/docs/pages/component/events.mdx
index 654cca67df..a9c418de31 100644
--- a/docs/pages/component/events.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/component/events.mdx
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Payload:
 | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | currentTime | number | Time in seconds where the media will start                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | duration    | number | Length of the media in seconds                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
-| naturalSize | object | Properties:<br/> _ width - Width in pixels that the video was encoded at<br/> _ height - Height in pixels that the video was encoded at<br/> \* orientation - "portrait" or "landscape"                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| naturalSize | object | Properties:<br/> _ width - Width in pixels that the video was encoded at<br/> _ height - Height in pixels that the video was encoded at<br/> \* orientation - "portrait", "landscape" or "square"                                                                                                                                                                  |
 | audioTracks | array  | An array of audio track info objects with the following properties:<br/> _ index - Index number<br/> _ title - Description of the track<br/> _ language - 2 letter [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) or 3 letter [ISO639-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes) language code<br/> _ type - Mime type of track |
 | textTracks  | array  | An array of text track info objects with the following properties:<br/> _ index - Index number<br/> _ title - Description of the track<br/> _ language - 2 letter [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) or 3 letter [ISO 639-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes) language code<br/> _ type - Mime type of track |
 | videoTracks | array  | An array of video track info objects with the following properties:<br/> _ trackId - ID for the track<br/> _ bitrate - Bit rate in bits per second<br/> _ codecs - Comma separated list of codecs<br/> _ height - Height of the video<br/> \* width - Width of the video                                                                                           |
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
index e437b2b19e..806fed1282 100644
--- a/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/examples/basic/src/VideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@ class VideoPlayer extends Component {
 
   srcAllPlatformList = [
     {
-      description: 'local file',
+      description: 'local file landscape',
       uri: require('./broadchurch.mp4'),
     },
+    {
+      description: 'local file portrait',
+      uri: require('./portrait.mp4'),
+    },
     {
       description: '(hls|live) red bull tv',
       uri: 'https://rbmn-live.akamaized.net/hls/live/590964/BoRB-AT/master_928.m3u8',
diff --git a/examples/basic/src/portrait.mp4 b/examples/basic/src/portrait.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4414c6f8
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/basic/src/portrait.mp4 differ
diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index d8f7f2a125..cf73fb5b9b 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -1290,8 +1290,8 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
             }
         }
 
-        var width: Float?
-        var height: Float?
+        var width: Float = 0
+        var height: Float = 0
         var orientation = "undefined"
 
         Task {
@@ -1299,20 +1299,11 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
             if let videoTrack = tracks?.first {
                 width = Float(videoTrack.naturalSize.width)
                 height = Float(videoTrack.naturalSize.height)
-                let preferredTransform = videoTrack.preferredTransform
-
-                if (videoTrack.naturalSize.width == preferredTransform.tx
-                    && videoTrack.naturalSize.height == preferredTransform.ty)
-                    || (preferredTransform.tx == 0 && preferredTransform.ty == 0) {
-                    orientation = "landscape"
-                } else {
-                    orientation = "portrait"
-                }
             } else if _playerItem.presentationSize.height != 0.0 {
                 width = Float(_playerItem.presentationSize.width)
                 height = Float(_playerItem.presentationSize.height)
-                orientation = _playerItem.presentationSize.width > _playerItem.presentationSize.height ? "landscape" : "portrait"
             }
+            orientation = width > height ? "landscape" : width == height ? "square" : "portrait"
 
             if self._pendingSeek {
                 self.setSeek([
@@ -1342,8 +1333,8 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
                                    "canStepBackward": NSNumber(value: _playerItem.canStepBackward),
                                    "canStepForward": NSNumber(value: _playerItem.canStepForward),
                                    "naturalSize": [
-                                       "width": width != nil ? NSNumber(value: width!) : "undefinded",
-                                       "height": width != nil ? NSNumber(value: height!) : "undefinded",
+                                       "width": width,
+                                       "height": height,
                                        "orientation": orientation,
                                    ],
                                    "audioTracks": audioTracks,