diff --git a/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/Helpers/MapKit.swift b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/Helpers/MapKit.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f785b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/Helpers/MapKit.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//
+//  MapKit.swift
+//
+//
+//  Created by Jiří Buček on 28.07.2022.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import MapKit
+
+extension CLLocationCoordinate2D {
+
+    func equals(to other: CLLocationCoordinate2D) -> Bool {
+        latitude == other.latitude
+        && longitude == other.longitude
+    }
+
+}
+
+extension MKCoordinateRegion {
+
+    func equals(to other: MKCoordinateRegion) -> Bool {
+        center.equals(to: other.center)
+        && span.equals(to: other.span)
+    }
+    
+}
+
+extension MKCoordinateSpan {
+
+    func equals(to other: MKCoordinateSpan) -> Bool {
+        latitudeDelta == other.latitudeDelta
+        && longitudeDelta == other.longitudeDelta
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapContent.swift b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapContent.swift
index e9dcd8a..f09c1fd 100644
--- a/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapContent.swift
+++ b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapContent.swift
@@ -108,17 +108,8 @@ where
         updateAnnotationsIfNeeded(on: mapView,
                                   with: context.coordinator)
         
-        if mapView.showsUserLocation != self.showsUserLocation {
-            mapView.showsUserLocation = self.showsUserLocation
-        }
-
-        if let userTrackingMode = MKUserTrackingMode(rawValue: self.userTrackingMode.rawValue),
-            mapView.userTrackingMode != userTrackingMode
-        {
-            performWithoutLocationUpdates(on: context.coordinator) {
-                mapView.setUserTrackingMode(userTrackingMode, animated: true)
-            }
-        }
+        updateUserTrackingMode(on: mapView,
+                               with: context.coordinator)
 
         // Update the map region either using the coordinateRegion or MapRect
         if let coordinateRegion = self.coordinateRegion {
@@ -134,6 +125,24 @@ where
         }
     }
     
+    /// Updates the user tracking mode when it is different than the currently set mode
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - mapView: The MKMapView associated with this UIViewRepresentable
+    ///   - coordinator:  The associated coordinator object
+    private func updateUserTrackingMode(on mapView: MKMapView, with coordinator: Coordinator) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            if mapView.showsUserLocation != self.showsUserLocation {
+                mapView.showsUserLocation = self.showsUserLocation
+            }
+            
+            if let userTrackingMode = MKUserTrackingMode(rawValue: self.userTrackingMode.rawValue),
+               mapView.userTrackingMode != userTrackingMode
+            {
+                mapView.setUserTrackingMode(userTrackingMode, animated: true)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
     
     /// Checks if the current annotations reflect the annotations displayed in the map and updates accordingly
     /// - Parameters:
@@ -160,28 +169,16 @@ where
     ///   - coordinateRegion: The region the map will be moved to
     ///   - mapView: The MKMapView associated with this UIViewRepresentable
     ///   - coordinator: The associated coordinator object
-    private func updateRegion(_ coordinateRegion: CoordinateRegion, on mapView: UIViewType, with coordinator: Coordinator) {
-            // Prevents repetitive calls to MKMapView.setRegion when other parts of the view are updated that are not
-            // related to the map region
-            guard !coordinateRegion.mapRect.isSame(as: coordinator.lastMapRect) else {
+    private func updateRegion(_ coordinateRegion: CoordinateRegion,
+                              on mapView: UIViewType,
+                              with coordinator: Coordinator) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            guard !coordinateRegion.rawValue.equals(to: mapView.region),
+                  !coordinator.regionIsChanging
+            else {
                 return
             }
-            
-            performWithoutLocationUpdates(on: coordinator) {
-                mapView.setRegion(coordinateRegion.rawValue, animated: true)
-            }
-    }
-    
-    /// Pauses the location updates on the coordinator while performing a task
-    /// - Parameters:
-    ///   - coordinator: The associated Coordinator object
-    ///   - task: The task to be performed
-    private func performWithoutLocationUpdates(on coordinator: _CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator, task: () -> Void) {
-        defer {
-            coordinator.listenToLocationChanges = true
+            mapView.setRegion(coordinateRegion.rawValue, animated: true)
         }
-        
-        coordinator.listenToLocationChanges = false
-        task()
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator.swift b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator.swift
index c911889..8193b66 100644
--- a/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator.swift
+++ b/Sources/CustomAnnotatedMap/_CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator.swift
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ extension _CustomAnnotatedMapContent {
 
     public class _CustomAnnotatedMapCoordinator: NSObject, MKMapViewDelegate {
         private var mapContent: _CustomAnnotatedMapContent
-        /// Determines if changes in map region are updated to the mapContent view
-        var listenToLocationChanges = false
-        
-        /// The latest map region that got updated to the mapContent view
-        var lastMapRect: MapRect?
+        /// Determines if the map region is currently being changed with animation (the map is sliding to a new region)
+        var regionIsChanging = false
         
         /// The IDs of the annotations currently displayed in the mapContent view
         var displayedAnnotationsIDs: Set<ID> = []
@@ -19,21 +16,21 @@ extension _CustomAnnotatedMapContent {
             self.mapContent = mapContent
             super.init()
         }
-
-        public func mapView(
-            _ mapView: MKMapView,
-            regionDidChangeAnimated animated: Bool
-        ) {
-            /*
-              Only update the map region changes to the mapContent if allowed.
-              This prevents updates during the manual changes to the map region and user tracking mode
-              which are animated and would be interrupted.
-             */
-            guard listenToLocationChanges else { return }
-            
+        
+        /// Called multiple times when the map region change animation is taking place
+        public func mapViewDidChangeVisibleRegion(_ mapView: MKMapView) {
             self.mapContent.coordinateRegion = CoordinateRegion(rawValue: mapView.region)
             self.mapContent.mapRect = MapRect.init(rawValue: mapView.visibleMapRect)
-            self.lastMapRect = MapRect.init(rawValue: mapView.visibleMapRect)
+        }
+        
+        /// The map view is about to change the visible map region
+        public func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, regionWillChangeAnimated animated: Bool) {
+            regionIsChanging = true
+        }
+
+        /// The map view finished changing the visible map region
+        public func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, regionDidChangeAnimated animated: Bool) {
+            regionIsChanging = false
         }
 
         public func mapView(