diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index b0eda7bd6ce..9cbb56bc609 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ public abstract class com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext : android/content/C
 	public fun hasCatalystInstance ()Z
 	public fun hasCurrentActivity ()Z
 	public fun hasNativeModule (Ljava/lang/Class;)Z
+	public fun hasReactInstance ()Z
 	protected fun initializeInteropModules ()V
 	protected fun initializeInteropModules (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext;)V
 	public fun initializeMessageQueueThreads (Lcom/facebook/react/bridge/queue/ReactQueueConfiguration;)V
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
index 9111da5ebd9..08a8896b2d8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
@@ -262,10 +262,20 @@ public abstract class ReactContext extends ContextWrapper {
     return mCatalystInstance != null && !mCatalystInstance.isDestroyed();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This API has been deprecated due to naming consideration, please use hasReactInstance() instead
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean hasCatalystInstance() {
     return mCatalystInstance != null;
   }
 
+  public boolean hasReactInstance() {
+    return mCatalystInstance != null;
+  }
+
   public LifecycleState getLifecycleState() {
     return mLifecycleState;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/BridgelessReactContext.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/BridgelessReactContext.java
index 853cf74be64..4a179e38917 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/BridgelessReactContext.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/BridgelessReactContext.java
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ class BridgelessReactContext extends ReactApplicationContext implements EventDis
     return mReactHost.isInstanceInitialized();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasReactInstance() {
+    return mReactHost.isInstanceInitialized();
+  }
+
   DevSupportManager getDevSupportManager() {
     return mReactHost.getDevSupportManager();
   }