diff --git a/native/chat/chat.react.js b/native/chat/chat.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat.react.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import ThreadSettingsButton from './thread-settings-button.react.js';
 import ThreadSettingsHeaderTitle from './thread-settings-header-title.react.js';
 import KeyboardAvoidingView from '../components/keyboard-avoiding-view.react.js';
+import { NUXHandler } from '../components/nux-handler.react.js';
 import {
   nuxTip,
   NUXTipsContext,
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@
         </Chat.Navigator>
         <MessageStorePruner frozen={frozen} activeThreadID={activeThreadID} />
         <ThreadScreenPruner />
+        <NUXHandler />
         {draftUpdater}
       </KeyboardAvoidingView>
     </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 { tipsProps } = nuxTipsContext;
+
+  const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
+
+  if (!tipsProps || !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];
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +60,7 @@
 
 export type NUXTipsContextType = {
   +registerTipButton: (type: NUXTip, tipProps: ?TipProps) => void,
-  +getTipsProps: () => ?{ +[type: NUXTip]: TipProps },
+  +tipsProps: ?{ +[type: NUXTip]: TipProps },
 };
 
 const NUXTipsContext: React.Context<?NUXTipsContextType> =
@@ -62,33 +73,39 @@
 function NUXTipsContextProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
 
-  const tipsProps = React.useRef<{ [tip: NUXTip]: ?TipProps }>({});
+  const [tipsPropsState, setTipsPropsState] = React.useState<{
+    +[tip: NUXTip]: ?TipProps,
+  }>(() => ({}));
 
   const registerTipButton = React.useCallback(
     (type: NUXTip, tipProps: ?TipProps) => {
-      tipsProps.current[type] = tipProps;
+      setTipsPropsState(currenttipsPropsState => {
+        const newtipsPropsState = { ...currenttipsPropsState };
+        newtipsPropsState[type] = tipProps;
+        return newtipsPropsState;
+      });
     },
     [],
   );
 
-  const getTipsProps = React.useCallback(() => {
+  const tipsProps = React.useMemo(() => {
     const result: { [tip: NUXTip]: TipProps } = {};
     for (const type of values(nuxTip)) {
-      if (!tipsProps.current[type]) {
+      if (!tipsPropsState[type]) {
         return null;
       }
-      result[type] = tipsProps.current[type];
+      result[type] = tipsPropsState[type];
     }
 
     return result;
-  }, []);
+  }, [tipsPropsState]);
 
   const value = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       registerTipButton,
-      getTipsProps,
+      tipsProps,
     }),
-    [getTipsProps, registerTipButton],
+    [tipsProps, registerTipButton],
   );
 
   return (
@@ -96,4 +113,10 @@
   );
 }
 
-export { NUXTipsContext, NUXTipsContextProvider, nuxTip, getNUXTipParams };
+export {
+  NUXTipsContext,
+  NUXTipsContextProvider,
+  nuxTip,
+  getNUXTipParams,
+  firstNUXTipKey,
+};
diff --git a/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js b/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
--- a/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
+++ b/native/tooltip/nux-tips-overlay.react.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     const { navigation, route } = props;
 
     const { initialCoordinates, verticalBounds } = React.useMemo(() => {
-      const tipsProps = nuxTipContext?.getTipsProps();
+      const tipsProps = nuxTipContext?.tipsProps;
       invariant(tipsProps, 'tips props should be defined in nux tips overlay');
       const { pageX, pageY, width, height } = tipsProps[route.params.tipKey];