diff --git a/scripts/moduleReport.ts b/scripts/moduleReport.ts
index e1b67a8b2..28c440ccb 100644
--- a/scripts/moduleReport.ts
+++ b/scripts/moduleReport.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ async function checkLiveObjectsPluginFiles() {
 
   // These are the files that are allowed to contribute >= `threshold` bytes to the LiveObjects bundle.
   const allowedFiles = new Set([
+    'src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontext.ts',
+    'src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivecounter.ts',
+    'src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivemap.ts',
     'src/plugins/liveobjects/index.ts',
     'src/plugins/liveobjects/livecounter.ts',
     'src/plugins/liveobjects/livemap.ts',
diff --git a/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontext.ts b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontext.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db0dcba34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontext.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import type BaseClient from 'common/lib/client/baseclient';
+import type * as API from '../../../ably';
+import { BatchContextLiveCounter } from './batchcontextlivecounter';
+import { BatchContextLiveMap } from './batchcontextlivemap';
+import { LiveCounter } from './livecounter';
+import { LiveMap } from './livemap';
+import { LiveObjects } from './liveobjects';
+import { ROOT_OBJECT_ID } from './liveobjectspool';
+import { StateMessage } from './statemessage';
+
+export class BatchContext {
+  private _client: BaseClient;
+  /** Maps object ids to the corresponding batch context object wrappers for Live Objects in the pool  */
+  private _wrappedObjects: Map<string, BatchContextLiveCounter | BatchContextLiveMap<API.LiveMapType>> = new Map();
+  private _queuedMessages: StateMessage[] = [];
+  private _isClosed = false;
+
+  constructor(
+    private _liveObjects: LiveObjects,
+    private _root: LiveMap<API.LiveMapType>,
+  ) {
+    this._client = _liveObjects.getClient();
+    this._wrappedObjects.set(this._root.getObjectId(), new BatchContextLiveMap(this, this._liveObjects, this._root));
+  }
+
+  getRoot<T extends API.LiveMapType = API.DefaultRoot>(): BatchContextLiveMap<T> {
+    this.throwIfClosed();
+    return this.getWrappedObject(ROOT_OBJECT_ID) as BatchContextLiveMap<T>;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  getWrappedObject(objectId: string): BatchContextLiveCounter | BatchContextLiveMap<API.LiveMapType> | undefined {
+    if (this._wrappedObjects.has(objectId)) {
+      return this._wrappedObjects.get(objectId);
+    }
+
+    const originObject = this._liveObjects.getPool().get(objectId);
+    if (!originObject) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    let wrappedObject: BatchContextLiveCounter | BatchContextLiveMap<API.LiveMapType>;
+    if (originObject instanceof LiveMap) {
+      wrappedObject = new BatchContextLiveMap(this, this._liveObjects, originObject);
+    } else if (originObject instanceof LiveCounter) {
+      wrappedObject = new BatchContextLiveCounter(this, this._liveObjects, originObject);
+    } else {
+      throw new this._client.ErrorInfo(
+        `Unknown Live Object instance type: objectId=${originObject.getObjectId()}`,
+        50000,
+        500,
+      );
+    }
+
+    this._wrappedObjects.set(objectId, wrappedObject);
+    return wrappedObject;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  throwIfClosed(): void {
+    if (this.isClosed()) {
+      throw new this._client.ErrorInfo('Batch is closed', 40000, 400);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  isClosed(): boolean {
+    return this._isClosed;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  close(): void {
+    this._isClosed = true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  queueStateMessage(stateMessage: StateMessage): void {
+    this._queuedMessages.push(stateMessage);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  async flush(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.close();
+
+      if (this._queuedMessages.length > 0) {
+        await this._liveObjects.publish(this._queuedMessages);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      this._wrappedObjects.clear();
+      this._queuedMessages = [];
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivecounter.ts b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivecounter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5462fada2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivecounter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type BaseClient from 'common/lib/client/baseclient';
+import { BatchContext } from './batchcontext';
+import { LiveCounter } from './livecounter';
+import { LiveObjects } from './liveobjects';
+
+export class BatchContextLiveCounter {
+  private _client: BaseClient;
+
+  constructor(
+    private _batchContext: BatchContext,
+    private _liveObjects: LiveObjects,
+    private _counter: LiveCounter,
+  ) {
+    this._client = this._liveObjects.getClient();
+  }
+
+  value(): number {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    return this._counter.value();
+  }
+
+  increment(amount: number): void {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    const stateMessage = LiveCounter.createCounterIncMessage(this._liveObjects, this._counter.getObjectId(), amount);
+    this._batchContext.queueStateMessage(stateMessage);
+  }
+
+  decrement(amount: number): void {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    // do an explicit type safety check here before negating the amount value,
+    // so we don't unintentionally change the type sent by a user
+    if (typeof amount !== 'number') {
+      throw new this._client.ErrorInfo('Counter value decrement should be a number', 40013, 400);
+    }
+
+    this.increment(-amount);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivemap.ts b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivemap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c0a84fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/liveobjects/batchcontextlivemap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type * as API from '../../../ably';
+import { BatchContext } from './batchcontext';
+import { LiveMap } from './livemap';
+import { LiveObject } from './liveobject';
+import { LiveObjects } from './liveobjects';
+
+export class BatchContextLiveMap<T extends API.LiveMapType> {
+  constructor(
+    private _batchContext: BatchContext,
+    private _liveObjects: LiveObjects,
+    private _map: LiveMap<T>,
+  ) {}
+
+  get<TKey extends keyof T & string>(key: TKey): T[TKey] | undefined {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    const value = this._map.get(key);
+    if (value instanceof LiveObject) {
+      return this._batchContext.getWrappedObject(value.getObjectId()) as T[TKey];
+    } else {
+      return value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  size(): number {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    return this._map.size();
+  }
+
+  set<TKey extends keyof T & string>(key: TKey, value: T[TKey]): void {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    const stateMessage = LiveMap.createMapSetMessage(this._liveObjects, this._map.getObjectId(), key, value);
+    this._batchContext.queueStateMessage(stateMessage);
+  }
+
+  remove<TKey extends keyof T & string>(key: TKey): void {
+    this._batchContext.throwIfClosed();
+    const stateMessage = LiveMap.createMapRemoveMessage(this._liveObjects, this._map.getObjectId(), key);
+    this._batchContext.queueStateMessage(stateMessage);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/liveobjects/liveobjects.ts b/src/plugins/liveobjects/liveobjects.ts
index 0854a38ea..7faa5a6c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/liveobjects/liveobjects.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/liveobjects/liveobjects.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type BaseClient from 'common/lib/client/baseclient';
 import type RealtimeChannel from 'common/lib/client/realtimechannel';
 import type EventEmitter from 'common/lib/util/eventemitter';
 import type * as API from '../../../ably';
+import { BatchContext } from './batchcontext';
 import { DEFAULTS } from './defaults';
 import { LiveCounter } from './livecounter';
 import { LiveMap } from './livemap';
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ enum LiveObjectsEvents {
   SyncCompleted = 'SyncCompleted',
 }
 
+type BatchCallback = (batchContext: BatchContext) => void;
+
 export class LiveObjects {
   private _client: BaseClient;
   private _channel: RealtimeChannel;
@@ -54,6 +57,21 @@ export class LiveObjects {
     return this._liveObjectsPool.get(ROOT_OBJECT_ID) as LiveMap<T>;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Provides access to the synchronous write API for LiveObjects that can be used to batch multiple operations together in a single channel message.
+   */
+  async batch(callback: BatchCallback): Promise<void> {
+    const root = await this.getRoot();
+    const context = new BatchContext(this, root);
+
+    try {
+      callback(context);
+      await context.flush();
+    } finally {
+      context.close();
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Send a MAP_CREATE operation to the realtime system to create a new map object in the pool.
    *
@@ -301,7 +319,7 @@ export class LiveObjects {
           break;
 
         default:
-          throw new this._client.ErrorInfo(`Unknown live object type: ${objectType}`, 50000, 500);
+          throw new this._client.ErrorInfo(`Unknown Live Object type: ${objectType}`, 50000, 500);
       }
 
       this._liveObjectsPool.set(objectId, newObject);