diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 564bdbe63b..078ce361eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Report the generation of the cellular network technology in `device.connection_effective_type` on Android and iOS, for example `4g` or `5g` ([#6827](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6827))
+  - On Android 11 and earlier, the app must have the `READ_PHONE_STATE` permission. The SDK does not request this permission.
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Fix stale `turbo_module.*` tags on Android native crashes ([#6823](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/6823))
diff --git a/packages/core/test/integrations/devicecontext.test.ts b/packages/core/test/integrations/devicecontext.test.ts
index fd5352a143..2388786537 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/integrations/devicecontext.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/integrations/devicecontext.test.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ describe('Device Context Integration', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('adds the native connection type and technology to the device context', async () => {
+    const { processedEvent } = await processEventWith({
+      nativeContexts: {
+        contexts: { device: { connection_type: 'cellular', connection_effective_type: '5g' } },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(processedEvent).toStrictEqual({
+      contexts: {
+        device: { connection_type: 'cellular', connection_effective_type: '5g' },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('merge native tags', async () => {
     const { processedEvent } = await processEventWith({
       nativeContexts: { tags: { duplicate: 'native-tag', native: 'tag' } },
diff --git a/samples/react-native/e2e/tests/captureMessage/captureMessage.test.ios.ts b/samples/react-native/e2e/tests/captureMessage/captureMessage.test.ios.ts
index 7ff741cba1..f0be0fcad3 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/e2e/tests/captureMessage/captureMessage.test.ios.ts
+++ b/samples/react-native/e2e/tests/captureMessage/captureMessage.test.ios.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ describe('Capture message', () => {
         contexts: expect.objectContaining({
           device: expect.objectContaining({
             arch: expect.any(String),
+            connection_type: expect.any(String),
             family: expect.any(String),
             free_memory: expect.any(Number),
             locale: expect.any(String),