diff --git a/src/SplashScreenStateContext.tsx b/src/SplashScreenStateContext.tsx
index 3bb873960f58..2a01e875ee36 100644
--- a/src/SplashScreenStateContext.tsx
+++ b/src/SplashScreenStateContext.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type {ValueOf} from 'type-fest';
 import CONFIG from './CONFIG';
 import CONST from './CONST';
 import {addBootsplashBreadcrumb} from './libs/telemetry/bootsplashTelemetry';
+import loadUnreadIndicatorUpdater from './libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load';
 import type ChildrenProps from './types/utils/ChildrenProps';
 
 type SplashScreenState = ValueOf<typeof CONST.BOOT_SPLASH_STATE>;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const SplashScreenActionsContext = React.createContext<SplashScreenActionsContex
 function loadPostSplashScreenModules() {
     import('./libs/actions/replaceOptimisticReportWithActualReport');
     import('./libs/registerPaginationConfig');
-    import('./libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater');
+    loadUnreadIndicatorUpdater();
 }
 
 function SplashScreenStateContextProvider({children}: ChildrenProps) {
diff --git a/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.android.ts b/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.android.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..742ee81aeff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.android.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * `updateUnread` is a no-op on Android (there is no tab title or app icon badge to update), so we skip loading
+ * the updater entirely. This keeps the module and its Onyx subscriptions out of the Android bundle, avoiding a
+ * walk over every report on each update only to discard the result.
+ */
+export default function loadUnreadIndicatorUpdater() {}
diff --git a/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.ts b/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..199f443343d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/UnreadIndicatorUpdater/load.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Loads the unread indicator updater, which registers the Onyx subscriptions that keep the unread count
+ * (browser tab title on web, app icon badge on iOS) in sync.
+ */
+export default function loadUnreadIndicatorUpdater() {
+    import('.');
+}