diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
index 1fe4cad2232c..6fe20da678fb 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/SmokeTest.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.ViewVisibilityIdlingResource
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.clickUrlbar
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.homeScreen
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.navigationToolbar
+import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.searchScreen
 
 /**
  * Test Suite that contains tests defined as part of the Smoke and Sanity check defined in Test rail.
@@ -110,6 +111,16 @@ class SmokeTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun startBrowsingButtonTest() {
+        homeScreen {
+            verifyStartBrowsingButton()
+        }.dismissOnboarding()
+        searchScreen {
+            verifySearchView()
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun verifyBasicNavigationToolbarFunctionality() {
         val defaultWebPage = TestAssetHelper.getGenericAsset(mockWebServer, 1)
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
index a4234354cf6b..d080edfe3b38 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.widget.EditText
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.onView
 import androidx.test.espresso.NoMatchingViewException
+import androidx.test.espresso.ViewInteraction
 import androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions
 import androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.click
 import androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.longClick
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ class HomeScreenRobot {
         }
 
         fun dismissOnboarding() {
-            openThreeDotMenu { }.openSettings { }.goBack { }
+            startBrowsingButton().click()
         }
 
         fun togglePrivateBrowsingMode() {
@@ -808,3 +809,8 @@ private fun tab(title: String) =
             withText(title)
         )
     )
+
+private fun startBrowsingButton(): ViewInteraction {
+    scrollToElementByText("Start browsing")
+    return onView(allOf(withText("Start browsing")))
+}