diff --git a/packages/expo-brownfield/plugin/templates/android/ReactNativeHostManager.kt b/packages/expo-brownfield/plugin/templates/android/ReactNativeHostManager.kt
index a9fbbe7d70..f7561327e7 100644
--- a/packages/expo-brownfield/plugin/templates/android/ReactNativeHostManager.kt
+++ b/packages/expo-brownfield/plugin/templates/android/ReactNativeHostManager.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule
 import expo.modules.ExpoReactHostFactory
 import expo.modules.brownfield.BrownfieldNavigationState
+// Dependencies needed to properly set up expo-dev-menu in brownfield
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSupportManagerBase
+import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager
+import expo.modules.devmenu.AppInfo
+import expo.modules.devmenu.api.DevMenuApi
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+import expo.modules.brownfield.fetchManifest
+import expo.modules.brownfield.closeAndReopenPackagerConnection
+import expo.modules.manifests.core.ExpoUpdatesManifest
 
 class ReactNativeHostManager {
   companion object {
@@ -68,13 +78,44 @@
       packageList = PackageList(application).packages + additionalPackages,
       useDevSupport = BuildConfig.DEBUG
     )
+
+    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+      reactHost?.devSupportManager?.let { devSupportManager ->
+        if (devSupportManager is DevSupportManagerBase) {
+          DevMenuApi.installWebSocketHandlers(devSupportManager)
+          DevMenuApi.uninstallDefaultShakeDetector(devSupportManager)
+          closeAndReopenPackagerConnection(devSupportManager)
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 
 fun Activity.showReactNativeFragment(rootComponent: String = "main", additionalPackages: List<ReactPackage> = emptyList()) {
   ReactNativeHostManager.shared.initialize(this.application, additionalPackages)
-  val fragment = ReactNativeFragment.createFragmentHost(this, rootComponent)
-  setContentView(fragment)
+
+  if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+    val reactHost = ReactNativeHostManager.shared.getReactHost()
+    val fragmentHost = DevMenuApi.createFragmentHost(
+      activity = this,
+      reactHostHolder = WeakReference(reactHost),
+    )
+    if (fragmentHost != null) {
+      val reactNativeView = ReactNativeViewFactory.createFrameLayout(
+        this,
+        this as androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity,
+        rootComponent
+      )
+      fragmentHost.addView(reactNativeView, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT)
+      setContentView(fragmentHost)
+      maybeGetAppInfoFromManifest(application, reactHost, this)
+    }
+  } else {
+    setContentView(
+      ReactNativeFragment.createFragmentHost(this, rootComponent)
+    )
+  }
+
   setUpNativeBackHandling()
 }
 
@@ -104,3 +145,30 @@
 
   componentActivity.onBackPressedDispatcher?.addCallback(componentActivity, backCallback)
 }
+
+internal fun maybeGetAppInfoFromManifest(
+  application: Application,
+  reactHost: ReactHost?,
+  activity: Activity
+) {
+  if (reactHost == null) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  val defaultAppInfo = AppInfo.getAppInfo(application, reactHost)
+  fetchManifest(reactHost) { manifest, manifestUrl ->
+    if (manifest != null && manifestUrl != null) {
+      val updatedAppInfo = defaultAppInfo.copy(
+        appName = manifest.getName() ?: defaultAppInfo.appName,
+        appVersion = manifest.getVersion() ?: defaultAppInfo.appVersion,
+        sdkVersion = (manifest as? ExpoUpdatesManifest)?.getExpoGoSDKVersion() ?: defaultAppInfo.sdkVersion,
+        runtimeVersion = (manifest as? ExpoUpdatesManifest)?.getRuntimeVersion() ?: defaultAppInfo.runtimeVersion,
+        hostUrl = manifestUrl
+      )
+
+      val viewModel = DevMenuApi.model { activity }.value
+      viewModel?.updateAppInfo(updatedAppInfo)
+      println("Successfully updated dev menu with info from manifest")
+    }
+  }
+}