diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 7c8395980..db2ac2cab 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { AmplitudeSessionPlugin } from '@segment/analytics-react-native-plugin-a
 const segmentClient = createClient({
   writeKey: 'WRITE KEY',
   trackAppLifecycleEvents: true,
+  collectDeviceId: true,
 });
 
 const LoggerPlugin = new Logger();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/analytics.ts b/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
index 31c623ec6..b615b6f23 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/analytics.ts
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ export class SegmentClient {
    * Application Opened - the previously detected version is same as the current version
    */
   private async checkInstalledVersion() {
-    const context = await getContext(undefined);
+    const context = await getContext(undefined, this.config);
+
     const previousContext = this.store.context.get();
 
     this.store.context.set(context);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context.ts b/packages/core/src/context.ts
index dc03f26ae..ca9fe1c65 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ import type {
   UserTraits,
 } from './types';
 
+interface GetContextConfig {
+  collectDeviceId?: boolean;
+}
 export const getContext = async (
-  userTraits: UserTraits = {}
+  userTraits: UserTraits = {},
+  config: GetContextConfig = {}
 ): Promise<Context> => {
   const { AnalyticsReactNative } = NativeModules;
 
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ export const getContext = async (
     deviceId,
     deviceType,
     screenDensity,
-  }: NativeContextInfo = await AnalyticsReactNative.getContextInfo({});
+  }: NativeContextInfo = await AnalyticsReactNative.getContextInfo(config);
 
   const device: ContextDevice = {
     id: deviceId,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index 649b3031a..ed7ae4561 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ export type Config = {
   maxEventsToRetry?: number;
   defaultSettings?: SegmentAPISettings;
   autoAddSegmentDestination?: boolean;
+  collectDeviceId?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type ClientMethods = {