diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b245d381045..57bfc353932e 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     ([#34673](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/34673))
 - Add live metrics collection of cpu time/process memory
     ([#34735](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/34735))
+- Add live metrics collection feature detection to statsbeat
+    ([#34752](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/34752))
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_quickpulse/_live_metrics.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_quickpulse/_live_metrics.py
index feb6922f4428..705b6bb2c882 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_quickpulse/_live_metrics.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/_quickpulse/_live_metrics.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
     _get_log_record_document,
     _get_span_document,
 )
+from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._state import (
+    set_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set,
+)
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter._utils import (
     _get_sdk_version,
     _populate_part_a_fields,
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ def enable_live_metrics(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
     :rtype: None
     """
     _QuickpulseManager(kwargs.get('connection_string'), kwargs.get('resource'))
+    set_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set()
 
 
 # pylint: disable=protected-access,too-many-instance-attributes
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_state.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_state.py
index 113625e76714..3530f71364fd 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_state.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_state.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "INITIAL_SUCCESS": False,
     "SHUTDOWN": False,
     "CUSTOM_EVENTS_FEATURE_SET": False,
+    "LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET": False,
 }
 _STATSBEAT_STATE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
 _STATSBEAT_FAILURE_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 3
@@ -57,3 +58,12 @@ def get_statsbeat_custom_events_feature_set():
 def set_statsbeat_custom_events_feature_set():
     with _STATSBEAT_STATE_LOCK:
         _STATSBEAT_STATE["CUSTOM_EVENTS_FEATURE_SET"] = True
+
+
+def get_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set():
+    return _STATSBEAT_STATE["LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET"]
+
+
+def set_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set():
+    with _STATSBEAT_STATE_LOCK:
+        _STATSBEAT_STATE["LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET"] = True
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_statsbeat_metrics.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_statsbeat_metrics.py
index a3b4d9859526..a3116db5edf1 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_statsbeat_metrics.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/exporter/statsbeat/_statsbeat_metrics.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._state import (
     _REQUESTS_MAP_LOCK,
     _REQUESTS_MAP,
+    get_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set,
     get_statsbeat_custom_events_feature_set,
 )
 from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter import _utils
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class _StatsbeatFeature:
     AAD = 2
     CUSTOM_EVENTS_EXTENSION = 4
     DISTRO = 8
+    LIVE_METRICS = 16
 
 
 class _AttachTypes:
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ def __init__(
             self._feature |= _StatsbeatFeature.DISTRO
         if get_statsbeat_custom_events_feature_set():
             self._feature |= _StatsbeatFeature.CUSTOM_EVENTS_EXTENSION
+        if get_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set():
+            self._feature |= _StatsbeatFeature.LIVE_METRICS
         self._ikey = instrumentation_key
         self._meter_provider = meter_provider
         self._meter = self._meter_provider.get_meter(__name__)
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/statsbeat/test_statsbeat.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/statsbeat/test_statsbeat.py
index b660b8701072..fdb3f428856b 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/statsbeat/test_statsbeat.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/tests/statsbeat/test_statsbeat.py
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         _STATSBEAT_STATE["INITIAL_SUCCESS"] = False
         _STATSBEAT_STATE["SHUTDOWN"] = False
         _STATSBEAT_STATE["CUSTOM_EVENTS_FEATURE_SET"] = False
+        _STATSBEAT_STATE["LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET"] = False
 
 
     def test_statsbeat_metric_init(self):
@@ -748,11 +749,12 @@ def test_get_feature_metric_aad(self):
         self.assertEqual(_StatsbeatMetrics._FEATURE_ATTRIBUTES["feature"], _StatsbeatFeature.AAD)
 
     # pylint: disable=protected-access
-    def test_get_feature_metric_custom_events_init(self):
+    @mock.patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._statsbeat_metrics.get_statsbeat_custom_events_feature_set")
+    def test_get_feature_metric_custom_events(self, feature_mock):
+        feature_mock.return_value = True
         mp = MeterProvider()
         ikey = "1aa11111-bbbb-1ccc-8ddd-eeeeffff3334"
         endpoint = "https://westus-1.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/"
-        _STATSBEAT_STATE["CUSTOM_EVENTS_FEATURE_SET"] = True
         metric = _StatsbeatMetrics(
             mp,
             ikey,
@@ -770,11 +772,15 @@ def test_get_feature_metric_custom_events_init(self):
             self.assertEqual(obs.value, 1)
             self.assertEqual(obs.attributes, attributes)
 
+
     # pylint: disable=protected-access
-    def test_get_feature_metric_custom_events_runtime(self):
+    @mock.patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter.statsbeat._statsbeat_metrics.get_statsbeat_live_metrics_feature_set")
+    def test_get_feature_metric_live_metrics(self, feature_mock):
+        feature_mock.return_value = True
         mp = MeterProvider()
         ikey = "1aa11111-bbbb-1ccc-8ddd-eeeeffff3334"
         endpoint = "https://westus-1.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/"
+        _STATSBEAT_STATE["LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET"] = True
         metric = _StatsbeatMetrics(
             mp,
             ikey,
@@ -785,16 +791,13 @@ def test_get_feature_metric_custom_events_runtime(self):
         )
         attributes = dict(_StatsbeatMetrics._COMMON_ATTRIBUTES)
         attributes.update(_StatsbeatMetrics._FEATURE_ATTRIBUTES)
-        self.assertEqual(attributes["feature"], 0)
+        self.assertEqual(attributes["feature"], 16)
         self.assertEqual(attributes["type"], _FEATURE_TYPES.FEATURE)
-        _STATSBEAT_STATE["CUSTOM_EVENTS_FEATURE_SET"] = True
         observations = metric._get_feature_metric(options=None)
-        attributes.update(_StatsbeatMetrics._FEATURE_ATTRIBUTES)
-        self.assertEqual(attributes["feature"], 4)
-        self.assertEqual(metric._feature, 4)
         for obs in observations:
             self.assertEqual(obs.value, 1)
             self.assertEqual(obs.attributes, attributes)
+        _STATSBEAT_STATE["LIVE_METRICS_FEATURE_SET"] = False
 
     # pylint: disable=protected-access
     def test_get_feature_metric_distro(self):