diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
index 2ee59fc07f..25df341d2d 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/MainViewController.swift
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
 
 
     var keyboardShowing = false
+    private var didSendGestureDismissPixel: Bool = false
 
     @objc
     private func keyboardDidShow() {
@@ -523,14 +524,16 @@ class MainViewController: UIViewController {
 
     @objc
     private func keyboardWillHide() {
-        if newTabPageViewController?.isDragging == true, keyboardShowing {
+        if !didSendGestureDismissPixel, newTabPageViewController?.isDragging == true, keyboardShowing {
             Pixel.fire(pixel: .addressBarGestureDismiss)
+            didSendGestureDismissPixel = true
         }
     }
 
     @objc
     private func keyboardDidHide() {
         keyboardShowing = false
+        didSendGestureDismissPixel = false
     }
 
     private func registerForPageRefreshPatterns() {
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageView.swift b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageView.swift
index 219ddd9c27..0add43c1c9 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageView.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/NewTabPageView.swift
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct NewTabPageView: View {
                 .simultaneousGesture(
                     DragGesture()
                         .onChanged({ value in
-                            if value.translation.height > 0 {
+                            if value.translation.height != 0 {
                                 viewModel.beginDragging()
                             }
                         })
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ private extension NewTabPageView {
                 EmptyView()
             }
         }
+        // Prevent recreating geomery reader when keyboard is shown/hidden.
+        .ignoresSafeArea(.keyboard)
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/SimpleNewTabPageView.swift b/DuckDuckGo/SimpleNewTabPageView.swift
index a228686ef5..a4fae0632b 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/SimpleNewTabPageView.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/SimpleNewTabPageView.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct SimpleNewTabPageView: View {
                 .simultaneousGesture(
                     DragGesture()
                         .onChanged({ value in
-                            if value.translation.height > 0 {
+                            if value.translation.height != 0.0 {
                                 viewModel.beginDragging()
                             }
                         })
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ private extension SimpleNewTabPageView {
             }
             .withScrollKeyboardDismiss()
         }
+        // Prevent recreating geomery reader when keyboard is shown/hidden.
+        .ignoresSafeArea(.keyboard)
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder