diff --git a/android/constants.gradle b/android/constants.gradle
index 2b7800f..dc0d520 100644
--- a/android/constants.gradle
+++ b/android/constants.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project.ext {
     BRIGHTCOVE_VERSION = '6.17.3'
-    PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION = '19.2.0'
+    PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION = '20.3.0'
     GOOGLE_IMA_SDK_VERSION = '3.19.4'
     ANDROIDX_LEGACY_SUPPORT_V4 = '1.0.0'
     ANDROIDX_MEDIA = '1.1.0'
diff --git a/example/android/build.gradle b/example/android/build.gradle
index 18b0313..4eed942 100644
--- a/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.3')
+        classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.4')
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index a571c3b..83be479 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -30,38 +30,54 @@ PODS:
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
   - glog (0.3.5)
-  - Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK (7.55.1):
-    - GoogleAppMeasurement (~> 6.0)
+  - Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK (8.11.0):
+    - GoogleAppMeasurement (< 9.0, >= 7.0)
+    - GoogleUserMessagingPlatform (>= 1.1)
   - GoogleAds-IMA-iOS-SDK (3.14.4)
-  - GoogleAppMeasurement (6.9.0):
-    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 6.7)
-    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 6.7)
-    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 6.7)
-    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 6.7)"
-    - nanopb (~> 1.30906.0)
-  - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (6.7.2):
+  - GoogleAppMeasurement (8.12.0):
+    - GoogleAppMeasurement/AdIdSupport (= 8.12.0)
+    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
+    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
+    - nanopb (~> 2.30908.0)
+  - GoogleAppMeasurement/AdIdSupport (8.12.0):
+    - GoogleAppMeasurement/WithoutAdIdSupport (= 8.12.0)
+    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
+    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
+    - nanopb (~> 2.30908.0)
+  - GoogleAppMeasurement/WithoutAdIdSupport (8.12.0):
+    - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (~> 7.7)
+    - GoogleUtilities/Network (~> 7.7)
+    - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (~> 7.7)"
+    - nanopb (~> 2.30908.0)
+  - GoogleUserMessagingPlatform (2.0.0)
+  - GoogleUtilities/AppDelegateSwizzler (7.7.0):
     - GoogleUtilities/Environment
     - GoogleUtilities/Logger
     - GoogleUtilities/Network
-  - GoogleUtilities/Environment (6.7.2):
-    - PromisesObjC (~> 1.2)
-  - GoogleUtilities/Logger (6.7.2):
+  - GoogleUtilities/Environment (7.7.0):
+    - PromisesObjC (< 3.0, >= 1.2)
+  - GoogleUtilities/Logger (7.7.0):
     - GoogleUtilities/Environment
-  - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (6.7.2):
+  - GoogleUtilities/MethodSwizzler (7.7.0):
     - GoogleUtilities/Logger
-  - GoogleUtilities/Network (6.7.2):
+  - GoogleUtilities/Network (7.7.0):
     - GoogleUtilities/Logger
     - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib"
     - GoogleUtilities/Reachability
-  - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (6.7.2)"
-  - GoogleUtilities/Reachability (6.7.2):
+  - "GoogleUtilities/NSData+zlib (7.7.0)"
+  - GoogleUtilities/Reachability (7.7.0):
     - GoogleUtilities/Logger
-  - nanopb (1.30906.0):
-    - nanopb/decode (= 1.30906.0)
-    - nanopb/encode (= 1.30906.0)
-  - nanopb/decode (1.30906.0)
-  - nanopb/encode (1.30906.0)
-  - PromisesObjC (1.2.12)
+  - nanopb (2.30908.0):
+    - nanopb/decode (= 2.30908.0)
+    - nanopb/encode (= 2.30908.0)
+  - nanopb/decode (2.30908.0)
+  - nanopb/encode (2.30908.0)
+  - PromisesObjC (2.0.0)
   - RCTRequired (0.63.4)
   - RCTTypeSafety (0.63.4):
     - FBLazyVector (= 0.63.4)
@@ -228,9 +244,9 @@ PODS:
     - React-cxxreact (= 0.63.4)
     - React-jsi (= 0.63.4)
   - React-jsinspector (0.63.4)
-  - react-native-brightcove-ima-player (2.0.0):
+  - react-native-brightcove-ima-player (2.1.1):
     - Brightcove-Player-IMA (= 6.10.2)
-    - Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK (~> 7.55.0)
+    - Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK (~> 8.11.0)
     - React-Core
   - React-RCTActionSheet (0.63.4):
     - React-Core/RCTActionSheetHeaders (= 0.63.4)
@@ -334,6 +350,7 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK
     - GoogleAds-IMA-iOS-SDK
     - GoogleAppMeasurement
+    - GoogleUserMessagingPlatform
     - GoogleUtilities
     - nanopb
     - PromisesObjC
@@ -403,12 +420,13 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   FBReactNativeSpec: f2c97f2529dd79c083355182cc158c9f98f4bd6e
   Folly: b73c3869541e86821df3c387eb0af5f65addfab4
   glog: 40a13f7840415b9a77023fbcae0f1e6f43192af3
-  Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK: f206aff290f26fde422495c6cd187e50efbed57e
+  Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK: be2192b51b74d74a6ed70590c2e8275412f1b71e
   GoogleAds-IMA-iOS-SDK: c190284044e9a28b3e7422ba9886db015c71a84f
-  GoogleAppMeasurement: a6a3a066369828db64eda428cb2856dc1cdc7c4e
-  GoogleUtilities: 7f2f5a07f888cdb145101d6042bc4422f57e70b3
-  nanopb: 59317e09cf1f1a0af72f12af412d54edf52603fc
-  PromisesObjC: 3113f7f76903778cf4a0586bd1ab89329a0b7b97
+  GoogleAppMeasurement: ae033c3aad67e68294369373056b4d74cc8ae0d6
+  GoogleUserMessagingPlatform: ab890ce5f6620f293a21b6bdd82e416a2c73aeca
+  GoogleUtilities: e0913149f6b0625b553d70dae12b49fc62914fd1
+  nanopb: a0ba3315591a9ae0a16a309ee504766e90db0c96
+  PromisesObjC: 68159ce6952d93e17b2dfe273b8c40907db5ba58
   RCTRequired: 082f10cd3f905d6c124597fd1c14f6f2655ff65e
   RCTTypeSafety: 8c9c544ecbf20337d069e4ae7fd9a377aadf504b
   React: b0a957a2c44da4113b0c4c9853d8387f8e64e615
@@ -419,7 +437,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsi: a0418934cf48f25b485631deb27c64dc40fb4c31
   React-jsiexecutor: 93bd528844ad21dc07aab1c67cb10abae6df6949
   React-jsinspector: 58aef7155bc9a9683f5b60b35eccea8722a4f53a
-  react-native-brightcove-ima-player: 2af8b65ce3d07d20f622978aab38ccb37f59e38c
+  react-native-brightcove-ima-player: 0c6c39b1a1d8d5e9c9be6ec73f4a4940a86e4725
   React-RCTActionSheet: 89a0ca9f4a06c1f93c26067af074ccdce0f40336
   React-RCTAnimation: 1bde3ecc0c104c55df246eda516e0deb03c4e49b
   React-RCTBlob: a97d378b527740cc667e03ebfa183a75231ab0f0
diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 0ab063f..5055fbb 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { StyleSheet, View, Text } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet, View, Text, Button } from 'react-native';
 import {
   BrightcoveIMAPlayer,
   BrightcoveIMAPlayerPoster,
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ const gam_video_url =
   'https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/124319096/external/ad_rule_samples&ciu_szs=300x250&ad_rule=1&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vmap&unviewed_position_start=1&cust_params=deployment%3Ddevsite%26sample_ar%3Dpremidpost&cmsid=496&vid=short_onecue&correlator=';
 
 export default function App() {
+  const videoPlayer = React.useRef<BrightcoveIMAPlayer>(null);
+
+  function stopPlayback() {
+    videoPlayer?.current?.stopPlayback();
+  }
+
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>
       <View>
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ export default function App() {
       </View>
       <View style={styles.videoBg}>
         <BrightcoveIMAPlayer
+          ref={videoPlayer}
           style={styles.video}
           accountId={accountId}
           policyKey={policyKey}
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ export default function App() {
           }}
         />
       </View>
+      <Button title={'Stop Playback'} onPress={stopPlayback} />
     </View>
   );
 }
diff --git a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.h b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.h
index 5859be4..52e67c1 100644
--- a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.h
+++ b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 -(void) toggleFullscreen:(BOOL)isFullscreen;
 -(void) pause;
 -(void) play;
+-(void) stopPlayback;
 -(void) dispose;
 
 @end
diff --git a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.m b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.m
index 751d689..e935a24 100644
--- a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.m
+++ b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerView.m
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ -(void) play {
     }
 }
 
+-(void) stopPlayback {
+    if (self.playbackController) {
+        if (_adsPlaying) {
+            [self.playbackController pauseAd];
+        }
+        [self.playbackController pause];
+    }
+}
+
 -(void)dispose {
     [self.playbackController setVideos:@[]];
     self.playbackController = nil;
diff --git a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerViewManager.m b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerViewManager.m
index 00aa48a..eb61cc3 100644
--- a/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerViewManager.m
+++ b/ios/BrightcoveIMAPlayerViewManager.m
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue {
     }];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(stopPlayback:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag) {
+    [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry) {
+        BrightcoveIMAPlayerView *player = (BrightcoveIMAPlayerView*)viewRegistry[reactTag];
+        if ([player isKindOfClass:[BrightcoveIMAPlayerView class]]) {
+            [player stopPlayback];
+        }
+    }];
+}
+
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(dispose:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag) {
     [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry) {
         BrightcoveIMAPlayerView *player = (BrightcoveIMAPlayerView*)viewRegistry[reactTag];
diff --git a/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.podspec b/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.podspec
index 2bdf7f7..491a09f 100644
--- a/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.podspec
+++ b/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.podspec
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.authors      = package["author"]
 
   s.platforms    = { :ios => "10.0" }
-  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/NZME/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.git", :tag => "#{s.version}" }
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/NZME/react-native-brightcove-ima-player.git", :tag => "v#{s.version}" }
 
   s.source_files = "ios/**/*.{h,m,mm}"
 
   s.dependency "React-Core"
   s.dependency "Brightcove-Player-IMA", '6.10.2'
-  s.dependency 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 7.55.0'
+  s.dependency 'Google-Mobile-Ads-SDK', '~> 8.11.0'
 end