diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   ChatTopTabsNavigationProp,
 } from './chat.react.js';
 import { useNavigateToThread } from './message-list-types.js';
+import { NUXHandler } from '../components/nux-handler.react.js';
 import {
   BackgroundChatThreadListRouteName,
   HomeChatThreadListRouteName,
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@
           ref={flatListRef}
         />
         {floatingAction}
+        <NUXHandler />
       </View>
     ),
     [
diff --git a/native/components/nux-handler.react.js b/native/components/nux-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/components/nux-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/core';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
+
+import {
+  firstNUXTipKey,
+  NUXTipsContext,
+  getNUXTipParams,
+} from './nux-tips-context.react.js';
+import type { NUXTipRouteNames } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
+import { useOnFirstLaunchEffect } from '../utils/hooks.js';
+
+function NUXHandler(): React.Node {
+  const nuxTipsContext = React.useContext(NUXTipsContext);
+  invariant(nuxTipsContext, 'nuxTipsContext should be defined');
+  const { getTipsProps } = nuxTipsContext;
+
+  const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
+
+  if (!getTipsProps() || !loggedIn) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return <NUXHandlerInner />;
+}
+
+function NUXHandlerInner(): React.Node {
+  const navigation = useNavigation();
+
+  const effect = React.useCallback(() => {
+    const { nextTip, tooltipLocation, nextRouteName } =
+      getNUXTipParams(firstNUXTipKey);
+    invariant(nextRouteName && nextTip, 'first nux tip should be defined');
+
+    navigation.navigate<NUXTipRouteNames>({
+      name: nextRouteName,
+      params: {
+        tipKey: nextTip,
+        tooltipLocation,
+      },
+    });
+  }, [navigation]);
+
+  useOnFirstLaunchEffect('NUX_HANDLER', effect);
+}
+
+export { NUXHandler };
diff --git a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
--- a/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
+++ b/native/components/nux-tips-context.react.js
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 
+import {
+  CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
+  MutedTabTipRouteName,
+} from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import type { NUXTipRouteNames } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
-import { MutedTabTipRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 
 const nuxTip = Object.freeze({
   COMMUNITY_DRAWER: 'community_drawer',
@@ -21,7 +24,15 @@
   +nextRouteName: ?NUXTipRouteNames,
 };
 
-const nuxTipParams: { [NUXTip]: NUXTipParams } = {
+const firstNUXTipKey = 'firstTip';
+type NUXTipParamsKeys = NUXTip | 'firstTip';
+
+const nuxTipParams: { [NUXTipParamsKeys]: NUXTipParams } = {
+  [firstNUXTipKey]: {
+    nextTip: nuxTip.COMMUNITY_DRAWER,
+    tooltipLocation: 'below',
+    nextRouteName: CommunityDrawerTipRouteName,
+  },
   [nuxTip.COMMUNITY_DRAWER]: {
     nextTip: nuxTip.MUTED,
     tooltipLocation: 'below',
@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@
   },
 };
 
-function getNUXTipParams(currentTipKey: NUXTip): NUXTipParams {
+function getNUXTipParams(currentTipKey: NUXTipParamsKeys): NUXTipParams {
   return nuxTipParams[currentTipKey];
 }
 
@@ -62,11 +73,17 @@
 function NUXTipsContextProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
 
-  const tipsProps = React.useRef<{ [tip: NUXTip]: ?TipProps }>({});
+  const [tipsProps, setTipsProps] = React.useState<{
+    [tip: NUXTip]: ?TipProps,
+  }>(() => ({}));
 
   const registerTipButton = React.useCallback(
     (type: NUXTip, tipProps: ?TipProps) => {
-      tipsProps.current[type] = tipProps;
+      setTipsProps(currentTipsProps => {
+        const newTipsProps = { ...currentTipsProps };
+        newTipsProps[type] = tipProps;
+        return newTipsProps;
+      });
     },
     [],
   );
@@ -74,14 +91,14 @@
   const getTipsProps = React.useCallback(() => {
     const result: { [tip: NUXTip]: TipProps } = {};
     for (const type of values(nuxTip)) {
-      if (!tipsProps.current[type]) {
+      if (!tipsProps[type]) {
         return null;
       }
-      result[type] = tipsProps.current[type];
+      result[type] = tipsProps[type];
     }
 
     return result;
-  }, []);
+  }, [tipsProps]);
 
   const value = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
@@ -96,4 +113,10 @@
   );
 }
 
-export { NUXTipsContext, NUXTipsContextProvider, nuxTip, getNUXTipParams };
+export {
+  NUXTipsContext,
+  NUXTipsContextProvider,
+  nuxTip,
+  getNUXTipParams,
+  firstNUXTipKey,
+};