diff --git a/app/src/components/provider/UpdateProvider.tsx b/app/src/components/provider/UpdateProvider.tsx
index 9d397fd27..030819213 100644
--- a/app/src/components/provider/UpdateProvider.tsx
+++ b/app/src/components/provider/UpdateProvider.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ import { logError } from '~/util/analytics';
 import { AppState } from 'react-native';
 import { showInfo } from './SnackbarProvider';
 import { showWarning } from './SnackbarProvider';
+import { __WEB__ } from '~/util/config';
 
 const onError = (error: unknown) => {
   showWarning('Failed to download update. You may experience issues.');
   logError('Error encountered during update', { error });
 };
 
-export const UpdateProvider = () => {
+export function UpdateProvider() {
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (__DEV__) return; // Updates don't work in development mode as bundle is always served from server
+    if (__DEV__ || __WEB__) return;
 
     const onStartUpdateListener = Updates.addListener((e) => {
       if (e.type === Updates.UpdateEventType.UPDATE_AVAILABLE) {
@@ -46,4 +47,4 @@ export const UpdateProvider = () => {
   }, []);
 
   return null;
-};
+}
diff --git a/app/src/util/config.ts b/app/src/util/config.ts
index 3100c34d7..b5ccab0a3 100644
--- a/app/src/util/config.ts
+++ b/app/src/util/config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import constants from 'expo-constants';
 import type { Config } from '../../app.config';
 import { Href } from 'expo-router';
 import { resolveHref } from 'expo-router/src/link/href';
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 
 export const CONFIG = constants.expoConfig!.extra as Config;
 
@@ -18,3 +19,5 @@ export const getPathFromDeepLink = (link: string) => {
   const path = link.match(PATTERN)?.[1];
   return path && `/${path}`;
 };
+
+export const __WEB__ = Platform.OS === 'web';