diff --git a/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts b/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
index be5a45918..5655f868b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export class SessionReplayPlugin implements EnrichmentPlugin {
       configEndpointUrl: this.options.configEndpointUrl,
       shouldInlineStylesheet: this.options.shouldInlineStylesheet,
       version: { type: 'plugin', version: VERSION },
+      performanceConfig: this.options.performanceConfig,
     }).promise;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/typings/session-replay.ts b/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/typings/session-replay.ts
index dfdb0e2cc..7cb38c2ac 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/typings/session-replay.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-session-replay-browser/src/typings/session-replay.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ export interface SessionReplayPrivacyConfig {
   maskSelector?: string[];
   unmaskSelector?: string[];
 }
+
+export interface SessionReplayPerformanceConfig {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  timeout?: number;
+}
+
 export interface SessionReplayOptions {
   sampleRate?: number;
   privacyConfig?: SessionReplayPrivacyConfig;
@@ -16,4 +22,5 @@ export interface SessionReplayOptions {
   forceSessionTracking?: boolean;
   configEndpointUrl?: string;
   shouldInlineStylesheet?: boolean;
+  performanceConfig?: SessionReplayPerformanceConfig;
 }
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/local-config.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/local-config.ts
index d2ae6b2b9..1237d609b 100644
--- a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/local-config.ts
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/local-config.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   SessionReplayLocalConfig as ISessionReplayLocalConfig,
   InteractionConfig,
   PrivacyConfig,
+  SessionReplayPerformanceConfig,
   SessionReplayVersion,
 } from './types';
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export class SessionReplayLocalConfig extends Config implements ISessionReplayLo
   configEndpointUrl?: string;
   shouldInlineStylesheet?: boolean;
   version?: SessionReplayVersion;
+  performanceConfig?: SessionReplayPerformanceConfig;
 
   constructor(apiKey: string, options: SessionReplayOptions) {
     const defaultConfig = getDefaultConfig();
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export class SessionReplayLocalConfig extends Config implements ISessionReplayLo
     this.configEndpointUrl = options.configEndpointUrl;
     this.shouldInlineStylesheet = options.shouldInlineStylesheet;
     this.version = options.version;
+    this.performanceConfig = options.performanceConfig;
 
     if (options.privacyConfig) {
       this.privacyConfig = options.privacyConfig;
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/types.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/types.ts
index 8d731f442..26df50188 100644
--- a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/config/types.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export interface SessionReplayLocalConfig extends Config {
   configEndpointUrl?: string;
   shouldInlineStylesheet?: boolean;
   version?: SessionReplayVersion;
+  performanceConfig?: SessionReplayPerformanceConfig;
 }
 
 export interface SessionReplayJoinedConfig extends SessionReplayLocalConfig {
@@ -72,4 +73,9 @@ export interface SessionReplayVersion {
   type: SessionReplayType;
 }
 
+export interface SessionReplayPerformanceConfig {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  timeout?: number;
+}
+
 export type SessionReplayType = 'standalone' | 'plugin' | 'segment';
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/events/event-compressor.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/events/event-compressor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c9945289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/events/event-compressor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import type { eventWithTime } from '@amplitude/rrweb-types';
+import { SessionReplayJoinedConfig } from 'src/config/types';
+import { SessionReplayEventsManager } from 'src/typings/session-replay';
+import { pack } from '@amplitude/rrweb';
+import { getGlobalScope } from '@amplitude/analytics-client-common';
+
+interface TaskQueue {
+  event: eventWithTime;
+  sessionId: number;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 2000;
+export class EventCompressor {
+  taskQueue: TaskQueue[] = [];
+  isProcessing = false;
+  eventsManager?: SessionReplayEventsManager<'replay' | 'interaction', string>;
+  config: SessionReplayJoinedConfig;
+  deviceId: string | undefined;
+  canUseIdleCallback: boolean | undefined;
+  timeout: number;
+
+  constructor(
+    eventsManager: SessionReplayEventsManager<'replay' | 'interaction', string>,
+    config: SessionReplayJoinedConfig,
+    deviceId: string | undefined,
+  ) {
+    const globalScope = getGlobalScope();
+    this.canUseIdleCallback = globalScope && 'requestIdleCallback' in globalScope;
+    this.eventsManager = eventsManager;
+    this.config = config;
+    this.deviceId = deviceId;
+    this.timeout = config.performanceConfig?.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+  }
+
+  // Schedule processing during idle time
+  public scheduleIdleProcessing(): void {
+    if (!this.isProcessing) {
+      this.isProcessing = true;
+      requestIdleCallback(
+        (idleDeadline) => {
+          this.processQueue(idleDeadline);
+        },
+        { timeout: this.timeout },
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Add an event to the task queue if idle callback is supported or compress the event directly
+  public enqueueEvent(event: eventWithTime, sessionId: number): void {
+    if (this.canUseIdleCallback && this.config.performanceConfig?.enabled) {
+      this.config.loggerProvider.debug('Enqueuing event for processing during idle time.');
+      this.taskQueue.push({ event, sessionId });
+      this.scheduleIdleProcessing();
+    } else {
+      this.config.loggerProvider.debug('Processing event without idle callback.');
+      this.addCompressedEvent(event, sessionId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Process the task queue during idle time
+  public processQueue(idleDeadline: IdleDeadline): void {
+    // Process tasks while there's idle time or until the max number of tasks is reached
+    while (this.taskQueue.length > 0 && (idleDeadline.timeRemaining() > 0 || idleDeadline.didTimeout)) {
+      const task = this.taskQueue.shift();
+      if (task) {
+        const { event, sessionId } = task;
+        this.addCompressedEvent(event, sessionId);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If there are still tasks in the queue, schedule the next idle callback
+    if (this.taskQueue.length > 0) {
+      requestIdleCallback(
+        (idleDeadline) => {
+          this.processQueue(idleDeadline);
+        },
+        { timeout: this.timeout },
+      );
+    } else {
+      this.isProcessing = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  compressEvent = (event: eventWithTime) => {
+    const packedEvent = pack(event);
+    return JSON.stringify(packedEvent);
+  };
+
+  public addCompressedEvent = (event: eventWithTime, sessionId: number) => {
+    const compressedEvent = this.compressEvent(event);
+
+    if (this.eventsManager && this.deviceId) {
+      this.eventsManager.addEvent({
+        event: { type: 'replay', data: compressedEvent },
+        sessionId,
+        deviceId: this.deviceId,
+      });
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
index 42fe517b6..c644fff06 100644
--- a/packages/session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/src/session-replay.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getAnalyticsConnector, getGlobalScope } from '@amplitude/analytics-client-common';
 import { Logger, returnWrapper } from '@amplitude/analytics-core';
 import { Logger as ILogger, LogLevel } from '@amplitude/analytics-types';
-import { pack, record } from '@amplitude/rrweb';
+import { record } from '@amplitude/rrweb';
 import { scrollCallback } from '@amplitude/rrweb-types';
 import { createSessionReplayJoinedConfigGenerator } from './config/joined-config';
 import { SessionReplayJoinedConfig, SessionReplayJoinedConfigGenerator } from './config/types';
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   SessionReplayOptions,
 } from './typings/session-replay';
 import { VERSION } from './version';
+import { EventCompressor } from './events/event-compressor';
 
 type PageLeaveFn = (e: PageTransitionEvent | Event) => void;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export class SessionReplay implements AmplitudeSessionReplay {
   loggerProvider: ILogger;
   recordCancelCallback: ReturnType<typeof record> | null = null;
   eventCount = 0;
+  eventCompressor: EventCompressor | undefined;
 
   // Visible for testing
   pageLeaveFns: PageLeaveFn[] = [];
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ export class SessionReplay implements AmplitudeSessionReplay {
     }
 
     this.eventsManager = new MultiEventManager<'replay' | 'interaction', string>(...managers);
+    this.eventCompressor = new EventCompressor(this.eventsManager, this.config, this.getDeviceId());
 
     this.loggerProvider.log('Installing @amplitude/session-replay-browser.');
 
@@ -317,7 +320,6 @@ export class SessionReplay implements AmplitudeSessionReplay {
     }
     this.stopRecordingEvents();
     const privacyConfig = this.config.privacyConfig;
-
     this.loggerProvider.log('Session Replay capture beginning.');
     this.recordCancelCallback = record({
       emit: (event) => {
@@ -327,13 +329,12 @@ export class SessionReplay implements AmplitudeSessionReplay {
           this.sendEvents();
           return;
         }
-        const eventString = JSON.stringify(event);
-        const deviceId = this.getDeviceId();
-        this.eventsManager &&
-          deviceId &&
-          this.eventsManager.addEvent({ event: { type: 'replay', data: eventString }, sessionId, deviceId });
+
+        if (this.eventCompressor) {
+          // Schedule processing during idle time if the browser supports requestIdleCallback
+          this.eventCompressor.enqueueEvent(event, sessionId);
+        }
       },
-      packFn: pack,
       inlineStylesheet: this.config.shouldInlineStylesheet,
       hooks: {
         mouseInteraction:
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/test/event-compressor.test.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/test/event-compressor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d22dd8c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/test/event-compressor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { Logger } from '@amplitude/analytics-types';
+import { SessionReplayLocalConfig } from '../src/config/local-config';
+import { EventCompressor } from '../src/events/event-compressor';
+import { createEventsManager } from '../src/events/events-manager';
+import { SessionReplayEventsManager } from '../src/typings/session-replay';
+
+const mockEvent = {
+  type: 4,
+  data: { href: 'https://analytics.amplitude.com/', width: 1728, height: 154 },
+  timestamp: 1687358660935,
+};
+
+type MockedLogger = jest.Mocked<Logger>;
+
+describe('EventCompressor', () => {
+  let eventsManager: SessionReplayEventsManager<'replay' | 'interaction', string>;
+  let eventCompressor: EventCompressor;
+  const mockRequestIdleCallback = jest.fn((callback: (deadline: IdleDeadline) => void) => {
+    const mockIdleDeadline: IdleDeadline = {
+      timeRemaining: () => 50,
+      didTimeout: false,
+    };
+    return callback(mockIdleDeadline);
+  });
+  (global.requestIdleCallback as jest.Mock) = mockRequestIdleCallback;
+  const mockLoggerProvider: MockedLogger = {
+    error: jest.fn(),
+    log: jest.fn(),
+    disable: jest.fn(),
+    enable: jest.fn(),
+    warn: jest.fn(),
+    debug: jest.fn(),
+  };
+  const deviceId = '4abce3b0-0b1b-4b3b-8b3b-3b0b1b4b3b8b';
+  const sessionId = 123;
+  let deferEvents: typeof global.requestIdleCallback;
+  const config = new SessionReplayLocalConfig('static_key', {
+    loggerProvider: mockLoggerProvider,
+    sampleRate: 1,
+    performanceConfig: {
+      enabled: true,
+      timeout: 2000,
+    },
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    eventsManager = await createEventsManager<'replay'>({
+      config,
+      type: 'replay',
+    });
+    eventCompressor = new EventCompressor(eventsManager, config, deviceId);
+    deferEvents = global.requestIdleCallback;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+    global.requestIdleCallback = deferEvents;
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  test('should schedule idle processing if not already processing', () => {
+    const scheduleIdleProcessingMock = jest.spyOn(eventCompressor, 'scheduleIdleProcessing');
+    expect(eventCompressor.isProcessing).toBe(false);
+
+    eventCompressor.enqueueEvent(mockEvent, 123);
+
+    expect(scheduleIdleProcessingMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRequestIdleCallback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  test('should not schedule idle processing if already processing', () => {
+    eventCompressor.isProcessing = true;
+    eventCompressor.scheduleIdleProcessing();
+    expect(mockRequestIdleCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('should immediately compress and add the event if idle callback is not supported', () => {
+    eventCompressor.canUseIdleCallback = false;
+    const addEventMock = jest.spyOn(eventsManager, 'addEvent');
+    eventCompressor.enqueueEvent(mockEvent, sessionId);
+
+    expect(eventCompressor.taskQueue.length).toBe(0);
+    expect(addEventMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('should process events in the queue and add compressed events', () => {
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+
+    const mockIdleDeadline = { timeRemaining: () => 0, didTimeout: true } as IdleDeadline;
+
+    const addEventMock = jest.spyOn(eventsManager, 'addEvent');
+
+    eventCompressor.processQueue(mockIdleDeadline);
+
+    expect(addEventMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(eventCompressor.taskQueue.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test('should call requestIdleCallback if there are still tasks in the queue', () => {
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+
+    const mockIdleDeadline = { timeRemaining: () => 0, didTimeout: false } as IdleDeadline;
+
+    const processQueueMock = jest.spyOn(eventCompressor, 'processQueue');
+
+    eventCompressor.processQueue(mockIdleDeadline);
+    expect(processQueueMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRequestIdleCallback).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('should not call requestIdleCallback if preformance config is undefined', () => {
+    eventCompressor.config.performanceConfig = undefined;
+
+    const addCompressedEventMock = jest.spyOn(eventCompressor, 'addCompressedEvent');
+
+    eventCompressor.enqueueEvent(mockEvent, sessionId);
+
+    expect(eventCompressor.taskQueue.length).toBe(0);
+    expect(addCompressedEventMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockEvent, sessionId);
+  });
+
+  test('should set isProcessing to false when taskQueue is empty', () => {
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue = [];
+    const mockIdleDeadline = { timeRemaining: () => 0, didTimeout: false } as IdleDeadline;
+
+    const processQueueMock = jest.spyOn(eventCompressor, 'processQueue');
+    eventCompressor.processQueue(mockIdleDeadline);
+
+    expect(processQueueMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(eventCompressor.isProcessing).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('should schedule another idle callback if there are still tasks', () => {
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+    eventCompressor.taskQueue.push({ event: mockEvent, sessionId });
+
+    const mockIdleDeadline = {
+      timeRemaining: () => 0,
+      didTimeout: false,
+    } as IdleDeadline;
+
+    const processQueueMock = jest.spyOn(eventCompressor, 'processQueue');
+    const requestIdleCallbackSpy = jest.spyOn(global, 'requestIdleCallback');
+
+    eventCompressor.processQueue(mockIdleDeadline);
+
+    expect(processQueueMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Verify that requestIdleCallback is called again for the remaining tasks
+    expect(requestIdleCallbackSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // Simulate the next recursive call by invoking the callback manually
+    const idleCallback = requestIdleCallbackSpy.mock.calls[0][0];
+    idleCallback(mockIdleDeadline);
+
+    // Ensure processQueue was called recursively
+    expect(processQueueMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/session-replay-browser/test/session-replay.test.ts b/packages/session-replay-browser/test/session-replay.test.ts
index ab32d0551..bffded17f 100644
--- a/packages/session-replay-browser/test/session-replay.test.ts
+++ b/packages/session-replay-browser/test/session-replay.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const samplingConfig = {
 describe('SessionReplay', () => {
   const { record } = RRWeb as MockedRRWeb;
   let originalFetch: typeof global.fetch;
+  let deferEvents: typeof global.requestIdleCallback;
   let globalSpy: jest.SpyInstance;
   const mockLoggerProvider: MockedLogger = {
     error: jest.fn(),
@@ -117,12 +118,19 @@ describe('SessionReplay', () => {
         status: 200,
       });
     });
+    deferEvents = global.requestIdleCallback;
+    (global.requestIdleCallback as jest.Mock) = jest.fn((callback, options) => {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        callback();
+      }, (options?.timeout as number) || 0);
+    });
     globalSpy = jest.spyOn(AnalyticsClientCommon, 'getGlobalScope').mockReturnValue(mockGlobalScope);
   });
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
     jest.spyOn(global.Math, 'random').mockRestore();
     global.fetch = originalFetch;
+    global.requestIdleCallback = deferEvents;
     jest.useRealTimers();
   });
   describe('init', () => {
@@ -862,28 +870,6 @@ describe('SessionReplay', () => {
       expect(currentSequenceEvents).toEqual(undefined);
     });
 
-    test('should addEvent to eventManager', async () => {
-      await sessionReplay.init(apiKey, mockOptions).promise;
-      const createEventsIDBStoreInstance = await (SessionReplayIDB.createEventsIDBStore as jest.Mock).mock.results[0]
-        .value;
-      sessionReplay.recordEvents();
-      if (!sessionReplay.eventsManager) {
-        throw new Error('Did not call init');
-      }
-      const addEventSpy = jest.spyOn(sessionReplay.eventsManager, 'addEvent');
-      const currentSequenceEvents = await createEventsIDBStoreInstance.db.get('sessionCurrentSequence', 123);
-      expect(currentSequenceEvents).toEqual(undefined);
-      const recordArg = record.mock.calls[0][0];
-      // Emit event, which is stored in class and IDB
-      recordArg?.emit && recordArg?.emit(mockEvent);
-      expect(addEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(addEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        event: { type: 'replay', data: mockEventString },
-        sessionId: mockOptions.sessionId,
-        deviceId: mockOptions.deviceId,
-      });
-    });
-
     test('should stop recording before starting anew', async () => {
       await sessionReplay.init(apiKey, mockOptions).promise;
       const stopRecordingMock = jest.fn();