diff --git a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/index.tsx b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/index.tsx
index 95e6191211..55e7a71eec 100644
--- a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/index.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import SwitchTextInputExample from './components/switchAndInput';
 import TouchableExample from './components/touchable';
 import TouchableStressExample from './components/touchable_stress';
 import ContextMenuExample from './hover_mouse/context_menu';
-import HoverIconsExample from './hover_mouse/hover';
+import HoverPositioningExample from './hover_mouse/hover';
 import HoverableIconsExample from './hover_mouse/hoverable_icons';
 import MouseButtonsExample from './hover_mouse/mouse_buttons';
 import StylusDataExample from './hover_mouse/stylus_data';
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const NEW_EXAMPLES: ExamplesSection[] = [
         component: ContextMenuExample,
         unsupportedPlatforms: new Set(['android', 'ios', 'macos']),
       },
-      { name: 'Hover Icons', component: HoverIconsExample },
+      { name: 'Hover Positioning', component: HoverPositioningExample },
       { name: 'Hoverable Icons', component: HoverableIconsExample },
       { name: 'Mouse Buttons', component: MouseButtonsExample },
     ],
diff --git a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/shared_value/index.tsx b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/shared_value/index.tsx
index 01f5fde635..c9fa0c376a 100644
--- a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/shared_value/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/shared_value/index.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import {
   GestureDetector,
-  useLongPressGesture,
-  usePanGesture,
-  useSimultaneousGestures,
+  Touchable,
+  useTapGesture,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, {
   interpolateColor,
@@ -15,76 +14,62 @@ import Animated, {
 
 import { COLORS, commonStyles } from '../../../common';
 
-export default function PanExample() {
-  const translateX = useSharedValue(0);
-  const translateY = useSharedValue(0);
-  const colorProgress = useSharedValue(0);
-  const offsetX = useSharedValue(0);
-  const offsetY = useSharedValue(0);
-  const maxLongPressDistance = useSharedValue(20);
-  const panGesture = usePanGesture({
-    onBegin: () => {
-      colorProgress.value = withTiming(1, { duration: 150 });
-    },
-    onUpdate: (event) => {
-      translateX.value = offsetX.value + event.translationX;
-      translateY.value = offsetY.value + event.translationY;
-      maxLongPressDistance.value = Math.abs(event.translationY) * 2 + 20;
-    },
-    onFinalize: () => {
-      offsetX.value = translateX.value;
-      offsetY.value = translateY.value;
-    },
-  });
+export default function SharedValueConfigExample() {
+  const numberOfTaps = useSharedValue(1);
+  const flashProgress = useSharedValue(0);
 
-  const longPressGesture = useLongPressGesture({
-    onBegin: () => {
-      colorProgress.value = withTiming(1, {
-        duration: 100,
-      });
-    },
+  const tap = useTapGesture({
+    numberOfTaps,
     onActivate: () => {
-      colorProgress.value = withTiming(2, {
-        duration: 100,
-      });
+      flashProgress.value = 1;
+      flashProgress.value = withTiming(0, { duration: 400 });
     },
-    onFinalize: () => {
-      colorProgress.value = withTiming(0, {
-        duration: 100,
-      });
-    },
-    minDuration: 1000,
-    maxDistance: maxLongPressDistance,
   });
 
-  const gestures = useSimultaneousGestures(longPressGesture, panGesture);
-  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
-    const backgroundColor = interpolateColor(
-      colorProgress.value,
-      [0, 1, 2],
-      [COLORS.NAVY, COLORS.PURPLE, COLORS.KINDA_BLUE]
-    );
-    return {
-      transform: [
-        { translateX: translateX.value },
-        { translateY: translateY.value },
-      ],
-      backgroundColor,
-    };
-  });
+  const boxStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    backgroundColor: interpolateColor(
+      flashProgress.value,
+      [0, 1],
+      [COLORS.NAVY, COLORS.KINDA_BLUE]
+    ),
+  }));
 
   return (
-    <View style={commonStyles.centerView}>
-      <View>
-        <GestureDetector gesture={gestures}>
-          <Animated.View style={[commonStyles.ball, animatedStyle]} />
-        </GestureDetector>
-      </View>
-      <Text style={commonStyles.instructions}>
-        The ball has simultanous pan and longPress gestures. Upon update pan
-        changes minDistance of longPress, such that longPress will fail if is
-        moved horizontally.
-      </Text>
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      <GestureDetector gesture={tap}>
+        <Animated.View style={[commonStyles.box, boxStyle]} />
+      </GestureDetector>
+
+      <Touchable
+        style={styles.button}
+        activeOpacity={0.6}
+        animationDuration={{ in: 80, out: 200 }}
+        onPress={() => {
+          numberOfTaps.value += 1;
+        }}>
+        <Text style={styles.buttonLabel}>Increment required taps</Text>
+      </Touchable>
     </View>
   );
 }
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    gap: 24,
+  },
+
+  button: {
+    paddingHorizontal: 24,
+    paddingVertical: 12,
+    backgroundColor: COLORS.PURPLE,
+    borderRadius: 8,
+  },
+  buttonLabel: {
+    color: '#fff',
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontWeight: '600',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/state_manager/index.tsx b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/state_manager/index.tsx
index 980550a569..5d91763777 100644
--- a/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/state_manager/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/common-app/src/new_api/showcase/state_manager/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { View } from 'react-native';
-import type { LongPressGesture } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
 import {
   GestureDetector,
-  GestureHandlerRootView,
   GestureStateManager,
-  useLongPressGesture,
+  usePanGesture,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import Animated, {
   useAnimatedStyle,
@@ -15,83 +13,95 @@ import Animated, {
 
 import { COLORS, commonStyles } from '../../../common';
 
-export default function TwoPressables() {
-  const isActivated = [
-    useSharedValue(0),
-    useSharedValue(0),
-    useSharedValue(0),
-    useSharedValue(0),
-  ];
-  const gestures: LongPressGesture[] = [];
+export default function GestureStateManagerExample() {
+  const upperPanActive = useSharedValue(0);
+  const bottomPanActive = useSharedValue(0);
 
-  const createGestureConfig = (index: number) => ({
+  const bottomPan = usePanGesture({
     onActivate: () => {
-      'worklet';
-      isActivated[index].value = 1;
-      console.log(`Box ${index}: long pressed`);
+      bottomPanActive.value = 1;
+    },
+    onFinalize: () => {
+      bottomPanActive.value = withTiming(0, { duration: 300 });
+    },
+    minDistance: 50,
+  });
 
-      const nextIndex = index + 1;
-      if (nextIndex < gestures.length) {
-        const nextGesture = gestures[nextIndex];
-        if (nextGesture) {
-          GestureStateManager.activate(nextGesture.handlerTag);
-        }
-      }
+  const upperPan = usePanGesture({
+    onActivate: () => {
+      upperPanActive.value = 1;
+      GestureStateManager.activate(bottomPan.handlerTag);
     },
     onFinalize: () => {
-      'worklet';
-      isActivated[index].value = 0;
-      const nextIndex = index + 1;
-      if (nextIndex < gestures.length) {
-        const nextGesture = gestures[nextIndex];
-        if (nextGesture) {
-          GestureStateManager.deactivate(nextGesture.handlerTag);
-        }
-      }
+      upperPanActive.value = withTiming(0, { duration: 300 });
+      GestureStateManager.deactivate(bottomPan.handlerTag);
     },
-    disableReanimated: true,
   });
 
-  const g0 = useLongPressGesture(createGestureConfig(0));
-  const g1 = useLongPressGesture(createGestureConfig(1));
-  const g2 = useLongPressGesture(createGestureConfig(2));
-  const g3 = useLongPressGesture(createGestureConfig(3));
+  const upperPanStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    backgroundColor: COLORS.PURPLE,
+    transform: [{ scale: withTiming(upperPanActive.value === 1 ? 0.9 : 1) }],
+    opacity: withTiming(upperPanActive.value === 1 ? 0.6 : 1),
+  }));
 
-  gestures[0] = g0;
-  gestures[1] = g1;
-  gestures[2] = g2;
-  gestures[3] = g3;
+  const bottomPanStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
+    backgroundColor: COLORS.GREEN,
+    transform: [{ scale: withTiming(bottomPanActive.value === 1 ? 0.9 : 1) }],
+    opacity: withTiming(bottomPanActive.value === 1 ? 0.6 : 1),
+  }));
 
-  const colors = [COLORS.PURPLE, COLORS.NAVY, COLORS.GREEN, COLORS.RED];
+  return (
+    <View style={styles.container}>
+      <Text style={styles.title}>GestureStateManager</Text>
 
-  function Box({ index }: { index: number }) {
-    const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
-      opacity: isActivated[index].value === 1 ? 0.5 : 1,
-      transform: [
-        { scale: withTiming(isActivated[index].value === 1 ? 0.95 : 1) },
-      ],
-    }));
+      <GestureDetector gesture={upperPan}>
+        <Animated.View style={[commonStyles.box, upperPanStyle]} />
+      </GestureDetector>
+      <Text style={styles.boxLabel}>Box A — pan me</Text>
 
-    return (
-      <GestureDetector gesture={gestures[index]}>
-        <Animated.View
-          style={[
-            commonStyles.box,
-            { backgroundColor: colors[index] },
-            animatedStyle,
-          ]}
-        />
+      <GestureDetector gesture={bottomPan}>
+        <Animated.View style={[commonStyles.box, bottomPanStyle]} />
       </GestureDetector>
-    );
-  }
-  return (
-    <GestureHandlerRootView>
-      <View style={commonStyles.centerView}>
-        <Box index={0} />
-        <Box index={1} />
-        <Box index={2} />
-        <Box index={3} />
-      </View>
-    </GestureHandlerRootView>
+      <Text style={styles.boxLabel}>Box B — touch me, then pan A</Text>
+
+      <Text style={styles.hint}>
+        Touch Box B to begin its pan gesture, then pan Box A. Box A calls{' '}
+        <Text style={styles.code}>GestureStateManager.activate</Text> on Box
+        B&apos;s gesture. Box B must have a pointer on its surface to be managed
+        by StateManager.
+      </Text>
+    </View>
   );
 }
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  container: {
+    flex: 1,
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    gap: 16,
+  },
+  title: {
+    fontSize: 20,
+    fontWeight: '700',
+    color: COLORS.NAVY,
+    marginBottom: 8,
+  },
+  boxLabel: {
+    fontSize: 13,
+    opacity: 0.6,
+    color: COLORS.NAVY,
+  },
+  hint: {
+    fontSize: 13,
+    opacity: 0.5,
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    paddingHorizontal: 32,
+    marginTop: 8,
+    color: COLORS.NAVY,
+  },
+  code: {
+    fontFamily: 'monospace',
+    fontSize: 12,
+  },
+});