diff --git a/apps/example-app/app/screens/LoggingScreen.tsx b/apps/example-app/app/screens/LoggingScreen.tsx
index 3510a2ea0..33b17e909 100644
--- a/apps/example-app/app/screens/LoggingScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/example-app/app/screens/LoggingScreen.tsx
@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@ export const LoggingScreen: React.FC<LoggingScreenProps> = function LoggingScree
               console.error("This is a console.error()", { with: "possible data" })
             }}
           />
+          <Button
+            text="console.log a BigInt"
+            textStyle={$darkText}
+            style={$button}
+            onPress={() => {
+              console.log(BigInt(0))
+            }}
+          />
+          <Button
+            text="console.log a JSON Serialized BigInt"
+            textStyle={$darkText}
+            style={$button}
+            onPress={() => {
+              console.log(
+                JSON.stringify({
+                  int: 12,
+                  string: "hello",
+                  function: function () {
+                    console.log("HELLO!")
+                  },
+                  bigInt: BigInt(0),
+                })
+              )
+            }}
+          />
         </View>
         <View style={$topContainer}>
           <Text style={$text} tx="loggingsScreen.subtitle" />
diff --git a/apps/example-app/babel.config.js b/apps/example-app/babel.config.js
index 8231aca54..054de4fa3 100644
--- a/apps/example-app/babel.config.js
+++ b/apps/example-app/babel.config.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
   return {
     assumptions: {
       setPublicClassFields: true,
+      privateFieldsAsSymbols: true,
     },
     presets: ["babel-preset-expo"],
     env: {
diff --git a/lib/reactotron-core-client/src/serialize.ts b/lib/reactotron-core-client/src/serialize.ts
index a42280b9f..defaa9c95 100644
--- a/lib/reactotron-core-client/src/serialize.ts
+++ b/lib/reactotron-core-client/src/serialize.ts
@@ -17,17 +17,21 @@ const NEGATIVE_INFINITY = "~~~ -Infinity ~~~"
 
 /**
  * Fix BigInt serialization
- * BigInts are not supported by JSON.stringify.  This is a workaround.
+ * BigInts are not supported by JSON.stringify in Hermes android.
+ * This is a workaround.
  * https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/jsbi/issues/30#issuecomment-953187833
+ * https://github.com/infinitered/reactotron/issues/1436
  */
 declare global {
   interface BigInt {
     toJSON(): string
   }
 }
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-extend-native
-BigInt.prototype.toJSON = function () {
-  return this.toString()
+if (typeof BigInt !== "undefined") {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-extend-native
+  BigInt.prototype.toJSON = function () {
+    return this.toString()
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -89,6 +93,8 @@ function serialize(source: any, proxyHack = false) {
           return value
         case "number":
           return value
+        case "bigint":
+          return value.toString()
         case "function":
           return getFunctionName(value)
       }