diff --git a/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js b/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
index 70e98f25709..30b61051efe 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
@@ -207,6 +207,24 @@ export function unstable_produceFramesForDuration(milliseconds: number) {
   NativeFantom.produceFramesForDuration(milliseconds);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns props appplied via direct manipulation to a view represented by shadow node.
+ * Direct manipulation is used by C++ Animated to change view properties on UI tick
+ * while the animation is in progress. Once animation finishes, the final state is committed
+ * to the shadow tree and result is observable through other JavaScript APIs, like `measure`.
+ *
+ * @param node - The node for which to retrieve direct manipulation props.
+ * @returns Mixed type data containing the direct manipulation properties
+ *
+ * Note: This API is marked as unstable and may change in future versions.
+ */
+export function unstable_getDirectManipulationProps(
+  node: ReactNativeElement,
+): mixed {
+  const shadowNode = getNativeNodeReference(node);
+  return NativeFantom.getDirectManipulationProps(shadowNode);
+}
+
 /**
  * Simulates running a task on the UI thread and forces side effect to drain
  * the event queue, scheduling events to be dispatched to JavaScript.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
index dfe5aac78ab..6978f3494f5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Animated/__tests__/Animated-itest.js
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ test('moving box by 100 points', () => {
 
   const viewElement = ensureInstance(viewRef.current, ReactNativeElement);
 
-  let boundingClientRect = viewElement.getBoundingClientRect();
-
-  expect(boundingClientRect.x).toBe(0);
+  expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().x).toBe(0);
 
   Fantom.runTask(() => {
     Animated.timing(_translateX, {
@@ -61,13 +59,26 @@ test('moving box by 100 points', () => {
     }).start();
   });
 
-  Fantom.unstable_produceFramesForDuration(1000);
-  boundingClientRect = viewElement.getBoundingClientRect();
-  expect(boundingClientRect.x).toBe(100);
+  Fantom.unstable_produceFramesForDuration(500);
+
+  // shadow tree is not synchronised yet, position X is still 0.
+  expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().x).toBe(0);
+
+  const transform =
+    // $FlowFixMe[incompatible-use]
+    Fantom.unstable_getDirectManipulationProps(viewElement).transform[0];
+
+  // direct manipulation has been applied. 50% through the animation
+  // and with linear animation, that is position X = 50.
+  expect(transform.translateX).toBeCloseTo(50, 0.001);
+
+  Fantom.unstable_produceFramesForDuration(500);
+
+  // Animation is completed now. C++ Animated will commit the final position to the shadow tree.
+  expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().x).toBe(100);
 
   // TODO: this shouldn't be needed but C++ Animated still schedules a React state update
   // for synchronisation, even though it doesn't need to.
   Fantom.runWorkLoop();
-  boundingClientRect = viewElement.getBoundingClientRect();
-  expect(boundingClientRect.x).toBe(100);
+  expect(viewElement.getBoundingClientRect().x).toBe(100);
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
index a4a827b7c4a..b696691f0da 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ interface Spec extends TurboModule {
     width: number,
   ) => void;
   takeMountingManagerLogs: (surfaceId: number) => Array<string>;
+  getDirectManipulationProps: (shadowNode: mixed /* ShadowNode */) => mixed;
   flushMessageQueue: () => void;
   flushEventQueue: () => void;
   produceFramesForDuration: (miliseconds: number) => void;