diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
index 5a893fdd2b5882..d02eaa0bb052a2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
@@ -902,21 +902,7 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
       paint: TextPaint,
   ): Unit {
     var boring = isBoring(text, paint)
-    var layout =
-        createLayout(
-            text,
-            boring,
-            width,
-            widthYogaMeasureMode,
-            includeFontPadding,
-            textBreakStrategy,
-            hyphenationFrequency,
-            alignment,
-            justificationMode,
-            null,
-            ReactConstants.UNSET,
-            paint,
-        )
+    var layout: Layout
 
     // Minimum font size is 4pts to match the iOS implementation.
     val minimumFontSize =
@@ -929,20 +915,20 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
       currentFontSize = max(currentFontSize, span.size).toInt()
     }
 
-    val initialFontSize = currentFontSize
-    while (
-        currentFontSize > minimumFontSize &&
-            ((maximumNumberOfLines != ReactConstants.UNSET &&
-                maximumNumberOfLines != 0 &&
-                layout.lineCount > maximumNumberOfLines) ||
-                (heightYogaMeasureMode != YogaMeasureMode.UNDEFINED && layout.height > height) ||
-                (text.length == 1 && layout.getLineWidth(0) > width))
-    ) {
-      // TODO: We could probably use a smarter algorithm here. This will require 0(n)
-      // measurements based on the number of points the font size needs to be reduced by.
-      currentFontSize -= max(1, 1.dpToPx().toInt())
+    var intervalStart = minimumFontSize
+    var intervalEnd = currentFontSize
+    var previousFontSize = currentFontSize
 
-      val ratio = currentFontSize.toFloat() / initialFontSize.toFloat()
+    // `true` instead of `intervalStart != intervalEnd` so that the last iteration where both are at
+    // the same size goes through and updates all relevant objects with the final font size
+    while (true) {
+      // Always use the point closer to the end of the interval, this way at the end when
+      // end - start == 1, we land at current = end instead of current = start. In the first case
+      // one measurement may be enough if intervalEnd is small enough to fit. In the second case
+      // we always end up doing two measurements to check whether intervalEnd would fit.
+      val currentFontSize = (intervalStart + intervalEnd + 1) / 2
+
+      val ratio = currentFontSize.toFloat() / previousFontSize.toFloat()
       paint.textSize = max((paint.textSize * ratio).toInt(), minimumFontSize).toFloat()
 
       val sizeSpans = text.getSpans(0, text.length, ReactAbsoluteSizeSpan::class.java)
@@ -973,6 +959,34 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
               ReactConstants.UNSET,
               paint,
           )
+
+      if (intervalStart == intervalEnd) {
+        // everything is updated at this point
+        break
+      }
+
+      val singleLineTextExceedsWidth = text.length == 1 && layout.getLineWidth(0) > width
+      val exceedsHeight =
+          heightYogaMeasureMode != YogaMeasureMode.UNDEFINED && layout.height > height
+      val exceedsMaximumNumberOfLines =
+          maximumNumberOfLines != ReactConstants.UNSET &&
+              maximumNumberOfLines != 0 &&
+              layout.lineCount > maximumNumberOfLines
+
+      if (
+          currentFontSize > minimumFontSize &&
+              (exceedsMaximumNumberOfLines || exceedsHeight || singleLineTextExceedsWidth)
+      ) {
+        // Text doesn't fit the constraints. If intervalEnd - intervalStart == 1, it's known that
+        // the correct font size is intervalStart. Set intervalEnd to match intervalStart and do one
+        // more iteration to update layout correctly.
+        intervalEnd = if (intervalEnd - intervalStart == 1) intervalStart else currentFontSize
+      } else {
+        // Text fits the constraints
+        intervalStart = currentFontSize
+      }
+
+      previousFontSize = currentFontSize
     }
   }