diff --git a/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/plugins/session/index.ts b/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/plugins/session/index.ts
index 41dfdd5e6..83d615cc5 100644
--- a/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/plugins/session/index.ts
+++ b/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/plugins/session/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export async function newSessionPlugin({
   sessionContext = true,
   foregroundSessionTimeout,
   backgroundSessionTimeout,
+  onSessionUpdateCallback,
 }: TrackerConfiguration & SessionConfiguration & { asyncStorage: AsyncStorage }): Promise<SessionPlugin> {
   let sessionState = await resumeStoredSession(namespace, asyncStorage);
   await storeSessionState(namespace, sessionState, asyncStorage);
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ export async function newSessionPlugin({
     // check if session has timed out and start a new one if necessary
     const now = new Date();
     const timeDiff = now.getTime() - lastUpdateTs;
-    if (timeDiff > getTimeoutMs()) {
+    const didPreviousSessionTimeout = timeDiff > getTimeoutMs();
+    if (didPreviousSessionTimeout) {
       startNewSession();
       storeSessionState(namespace, sessionState, asyncStorage);
     }
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ export async function newSessionPlugin({
 
     // update event properties
     sessionState.eventIndex = (sessionState.eventIndex ?? 0) + 1;
-    if (sessionState.eventIndex === 1) {
+    const isFirstEvent = sessionState.eventIndex === 1;
+    if (isFirstEvent) {
       sessionState.firstEventId = payloadBuilder.getPayload().eid as string;
       sessionState.firstEventTimestamp = now.toISOString();
     }
@@ -112,6 +115,10 @@ export async function newSessionPlugin({
         data: { ...sessionState },
       });
     }
+
+    if (didPreviousSessionTimeout || isFirstEvent) {
+      onSessionUpdateCallback?.(sessionState);
+    }
   };
 
   return {
diff --git a/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/types.ts b/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/types.ts
index 34f74bf6a..e92e228ef 100755
--- a/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/types.ts
+++ b/trackers/react-native-tracker/src/types.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export interface SessionConfiguration {
    * @defaultValue true
    */
   sessionContext?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * A callback function that is called when the session changes
+   */
+  onSessionUpdateCallback?: (session: SessionState) => void;
 }
 
 /**