diff --git a/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/State.swift b/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/State.swift
index 9e2bbc7ea4350..a6a28023482c7 100644
--- a/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/State.swift
+++ b/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/State.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Foundation
 /// Defines the entire application state including the UI state and any model state that you used in the app.
 /// This state is stored inside of the `Store`, then you have views and other subscribers that will get notified
 /// every single time that state updates into the entire app.
-public protocol StateType: Sendable {
+public protocol StateType: Sendable, Equatable {
     /// Returns a default State by clearing any transient data from previous one.
     ///
     /// All the state properties that have a default value into the initializer should be restore to default.
diff --git a/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/Subscription.swift b/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/Subscription.swift
index f7ff3dd0ef761..3e005b5c156b4 100644
--- a/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/Subscription.swift
+++ b/BrowserKit/Sources/Redux/Subscription.swift
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import Foundation
 
 @MainActor
-final class SubscriptionWrapper<State>: @MainActor Hashable {
+final class SubscriptionWrapper<State: Equatable>: @MainActor Hashable {
     private let originalSubscription: Subscription<State>
     weak var subscriber: AnyStoreSubscriber?
     private let objectIdentifier: ObjectIdentifier
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ final class SubscriptionWrapper<State>: @MainActor Hashable {
 }
 
 @MainActor
-public final class Subscription<State> {
+public final class Subscription<State: Equatable> {
     public var observer: (@MainActor (State?, State) -> Void)?
 
     init() {}
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public final class Subscription<State> {
     }
 
     func newValues(oldState: State?, newState: State) {
+        // State was updated but observers are not notified if the state is the same
+        guard newState != oldState else {
+            return
+        }
         self.observer?(oldState, newState)
     }
 
diff --git a/firefox-ios/Client/Redux/GlobalState/ActiveScreenState.swift b/firefox-ios/Client/Redux/GlobalState/ActiveScreenState.swift
index 508a0d1240564..f699ed6413d82 100644
--- a/firefox-ios/Client/Redux/GlobalState/ActiveScreenState.swift
+++ b/firefox-ios/Client/Redux/GlobalState/ActiveScreenState.swift
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Foundation
 import Redux
 import Common
 
-enum AppScreenState: Sendable {
+enum AppScreenState: Sendable, Equatable {
     case browserViewController(BrowserViewControllerState)
     case homepage(HomepageState)
     case mainMenu(MainMenuState)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ enum AppScreenState: Sendable {
     }
 }
 
-struct ActiveScreensState: Sendable {
+struct ActiveScreensState: Sendable, Equatable {
     let screens: [AppScreenState]
 
     init() {