diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 44b1e7cfe73..935443a962f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -1865,10 +1865,12 @@ public final class com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost {
 	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Lcom/facebook/react/ReactNativeHost;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;ZLjava/util/List;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;ZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/BindingsInstaller;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static final fun getDefaultReactHost (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/BindingsInstaller;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Lcom/facebook/react/ReactNativeHost;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;ZLjava/util/List;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/JSRuntimeFactory;ZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/BindingsInstaller;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
+	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 	public static synthetic fun getDefaultReactHost$default (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZLjava/util/List;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;Lcom/facebook/react/runtime/BindingsInstaller;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lcom/facebook/react/ReactHost;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
index e6c62e17e73..bc11a5791a3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/defaults/DefaultReactHost.kt
@@ -220,6 +220,63 @@ public object DefaultReactHost {
           bindingsInstaller,
       )
 
+  /**
+   * Util function to create a default [ReactHost] to be used in your application. This method is
+   * used by the New App template.
+   *
+   * @param context the Android [Context] to use for creating the [ReactHost]
+   * @param packageList the list of [ReactPackage]s to use for creating the [ReactHost]
+   * @param jsMainModulePath the path to your app's main module on Metro. Usually `index` or
+   *   `index.<platform>`
+   * @param jsBundleAssetPath the path to the JS bundle relative to the assets directory. Will be
+   *   composed in a `asset://...` URL
+   * @param jsBundleFilePath the path to the JS bundle on the filesystem. Will be composed in a
+   *   `file://...` URL
+   * @param isHermesEnabled whether to use Hermes as the JS engine, default to true.
+   * @param useDevSupport whether to enable dev support, default to ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG.
+   * @param cxxReactPackageProviders a list of cxxreactpackage providers (to register c++ turbo
+   *   modules)
+   */
+  @Deprecated(
+      message = "Use `getDefaultReactHost`  with `jsRuntimeFactory` instead",
+      replaceWith =
+          ReplaceWith(
+              """
+      fun getDefaultReactHost(
+        context: Context,
+        packageList: List<ReactPackage>,
+        jsMainModulePath: String,
+        jsBundleAssetPath: String,
+        jsBundleFilePath: String?,
+        jsRuntimeFactory: JSRuntimeFactory?,
+        useDevSupport: Boolean,
+        cxxReactPackageProviders: List<(ReactContext) -> CxxReactPackage>,
+      ): ReactHost
+    """
+          ),
+  )
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun getDefaultReactHost(
+      context: Context,
+      packageList: List<ReactPackage>,
+      jsMainModulePath: String = "index",
+      jsBundleAssetPath: String = "index",
+      jsBundleFilePath: String? = null,
+      isHermesEnabled: Boolean = true,
+      useDevSupport: Boolean = ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG,
+      cxxReactPackageProviders: List<(ReactContext) -> CxxReactPackage> = emptyList(),
+  ): ReactHost =
+      getDefaultReactHost(
+          context,
+          packageList,
+          jsMainModulePath,
+          jsBundleAssetPath,
+          jsBundleFilePath,
+          HermesInstance(),
+          useDevSupport,
+          cxxReactPackageProviders,
+      )
+
   /**
    * Util function to create a default [ReactHost] to be used in your application. This method is
    * used by the New App template.