diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterTabsIOS/ios/RNTesterTabsIOSComponentView.mm b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterTabsIOS/ios/RNTesterTabsIOSComponentView.mm
index 4bb4f338b39..d169fdcd414 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterTabsIOS/ios/RNTesterTabsIOSComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/RNTesterTabsIOS/ios/RNTesterTabsIOSComponentView.mm
@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@
 #import <react/renderer/components/AppSpecs/EventEmitters.h>
 #import <react/renderer/components/AppSpecs/Props.h>
 
+#if __has_include(<React/RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h>)
+#import <React/RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h>
+#else
+#import "RCTFabricComponentsPlugins.h"
+#endif
+
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
+// Preserve RNTester's existing example bounds on compact bottom-tab layouts.
+static constexpr CGFloat LegacyTopInset = 50;
+static constexpr CGFloat LegacyBottomInset = 65;
+
 /**
  * A tab's view controller, which reports when the tab bar or window changes
  * the area its content needs to clear.
@@ -205,17 +215,20 @@ - (void)updateEventEmitter:(const EventEmitter::Shared &)eventEmitter
 
 - (void)tabSafeAreaInsetsDidChange:(UIEdgeInsets)insets
 {
-  // The home indicator's inset only applies beneath a tab bar along the bottom edge, which already
-  // clears it. With the tab bar at the side, content runs to the bottom edge.
   CGRect tabBarFrame = _tabBarController.tabBar.frame;
   CGRect bounds = _tabBarController.view.bounds;
-  if (CGRectGetWidth(tabBarFrame) < CGRectGetWidth(bounds) || CGRectGetMaxY(tabBarFrame) < CGRectGetMaxY(bounds)) {
+  BOOL hasBottomTabBar = !_tabBarController.tabBar.hidden && CGRectGetWidth(tabBarFrame) >= CGRectGetWidth(bounds) &&
+      CGRectGetMaxY(tabBarFrame) >= CGRectGetMaxY(bounds);
+  if (hasBottomTabBar) {
+    insets.top = MAX(insets.top, LegacyTopInset);
+    insets.bottom = MIN(insets.bottom, LegacyBottomInset);
+  } else {
     insets.bottom = 0;
-  }
-  // A window with no status bar along the top, such as the iPhone Duo's, reports no top inset. Keep
-  // content a small distance from the display's rounded top edge.
-  if (insets.top == 0) {
-    insets.top = 16;
+    // A window with no status bar along the top, such as the iPhone Duo's, reports no top inset. Keep
+    // content a small distance from the display's rounded top edge.
+    if (insets.top == 0) {
+      insets.top = 16;
+    }
   }
   if (UIEdgeInsetsEqualToEdgeInsets(insets, _contentInsets) || _eventEmitter == nullptr) {
     return;