diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb97ff1995..1316b26030 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
     "lodash": "^4.17.19",
     "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-widget-api": "^0.1.0-beta.10",
+    "matrix-widget-api": "0.1.0-beta.11",
     "minimist": "^1.2.5",
     "pako": "^1.0.11",
     "parse5": "^5.1.1",
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 71b390f0fc..274bd247e2 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@
     "Send stickers into this room": "Send stickers into this room",
     "Send stickers into your active room": "Send stickers into your active room",
     "Change which room you're viewing": "Change which room you're viewing",
+    "Change which room, message, or user you're viewing": "Change which room, message, or user you're viewing",
     "Change the topic of this room": "Change the topic of this room",
     "See when the topic changes in this room": "See when the topic changes in this room",
     "Change the topic of your active room": "Change the topic of your active room",
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
index 76390086ab..de48746a74 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetActions.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,16 @@ export enum ElementWidgetActions {
     ClientReady = "im.vector.ready",
     HangupCall = "im.vector.hangup",
     OpenIntegrationManager = "integration_manager_open",
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead
+     */
     ViewRoom = "io.element.view_room",
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead
+ */
 export interface IViewRoomApiRequest extends IWidgetApiRequest {
     data: {
         room_id: string; // eslint-disable-line camelcase
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
index 3f17d27909..e493d5618f 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/ElementWidgetCapabilities.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 export enum ElementWidgetCapabilities {
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Use MSC2931 instead.
+     */
     CanChangeViewedRoom = "io.element.view_room",
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
index 2d2d1fcbdb..8baea97fe0 100644
--- a/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
+++ b/src/stores/widgets/StopGapWidgetDriver.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 import { CHAT_EFFECTS } from "../../effects";
 import { containsEmoji } from "../../effects/utils";
 import dis from "../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
+import {tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref} from "../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 
 // TODO: Purge this from the universe
 
@@ -171,4 +172,12 @@ export class StopGapWidgetDriver extends WidgetDriver {
             },
         });
     }
+
+    public async navigate(uri: string): Promise<void> {
+        const localUri = tryTransformPermalinkToLocalHref(uri);
+        if (!localUri || localUri === uri) { // parse failure can lead to an unmodified URL
+            throw new Error("Failed to transform URI");
+        }
+        window.location.hash = localUri; // it'll just be a fragment
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
index 834ea3ec37..273d22dc81 100644
--- a/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
+++ b/src/widgets/CapabilityText.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ export class CapabilityText {
         [ElementWidgetCapabilities.CanChangeViewedRoom]: {
             [GENERIC_WIDGET_KIND]: _td("Change which room you're viewing"),
         },
+        [MatrixCapabilities.MSC2931Navigate]: {
+            [GENERIC_WIDGET_KIND]: _td("Change which room, message, or user you're viewing"),
+        },
     };
 
     private static stateSendRecvCaps: ISendRecvStaticCapText = {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eefe6e071e..d8f4278ae0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1809,6 +1809,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-1.0.0.tgz#1ee30d79544ca84d68d4b3cdb0af4f205663dd2d"
   integrity sha512-OCutwjDZ4aFS6PB1UZ988C4YgwlBHJd6wCeQqaLdmadZ/7e+w79+hbMUFC1QXDNCmdyoRfAFdm0RypzwR+Qpag==
 
+"@types/events@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/events/-/events-3.0.0.tgz#2862f3f58a9a7f7c3e78d79f130dd4d71c25c2a7"
+  integrity sha512-EaObqwIvayI5a8dCzhFrjKzVwKLxjoG9T6Ppd5CEo07LRKfQ8Yokw54r5+Wq7FaBQ+yXRvQAYPrHwya1/UFt9g==
+
 "@types/fbemitter@*":
   version "2.0.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/fbemitter/-/fbemitter-2.0.32.tgz#8ed204da0f54e9c8eaec31b1eec91e25132d082c"
@@ -6580,11 +6585,12 @@ matrix-react-test-utils@^0.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-react-test-utils/-/matrix-react-test-utils-0.2.2.tgz#c87144d3b910c7edc544a6699d13c7c2bf02f853"
   integrity sha512-49+7gfV6smvBIVbeloql+37IeWMTD+fiywalwCqk8Dnz53zAFjKSltB3rmWHso1uecLtQEcPtCijfhzcLXAxTQ==
 
-matrix-widget-api@^0.1.0-beta.10:
-  version "0.1.0-beta.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.10.tgz#2e4d658d90ff3152c5567089b4ddd21fb44ec1dd"
-  integrity sha512-yX2UURjM1zVp7snPiOFcH9+FDBdHfAdt5HEAyDUHGJ7w/F2zOtcK/y0dMlZ1+XhxY7Wv0IBZH0US8X/ioJRX1A==
+matrix-widget-api@0.1.0-beta.11:
+  version "0.1.0-beta.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-widget-api/-/matrix-widget-api-0.1.0-beta.11.tgz#3658e244bf82eebea36e64475ebfce86b778b476"
+  integrity sha512-RxIghopRKTQdmYMJzZg/QR+wcPcKe9S1pZZ31zN/M1LKsvTLThBYdMcP1idKh7MkhpO9eCdCVjJOMJTrqxNzbQ==
   dependencies:
+    "@types/events" "^3.0.0"
     events "^3.2.0"
 
 mdast-util-compact@^1.0.0: