diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
index 7a50685cc057..251a6f134698 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import mozilla.components.feature.search.BrowserStoreSearchAdapter
 import mozilla.components.service.fxa.sync.SyncReason
 import mozilla.components.support.base.feature.ActivityResultHandler
 import mozilla.components.support.base.feature.UserInteractionHandler
+import mozilla.components.support.base.log.logger.Logger
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.arch.lifecycle.addObservers
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.call
 import mozilla.components.support.ktx.android.content.email
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.setNavigationIcon
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ext.settings
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.HomeFragmentDirections
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.CrashReporterIntentProcessor
-import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.HomeDeepLinkIntentProcessor
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.DefaultBrowserIntentProcessor
+import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.HomeDeepLinkIntentProcessor
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.OpenBrowserIntentProcessor
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.OpenSpecificTabIntentProcessor
 import org.mozilla.fenix.home.intent.SpeechProcessingIntentProcessor
@@ -279,6 +280,10 @@ open class HomeActivity : LocaleAwareAppCompatActivity(), NavHostActivity {
 
         components.core.requestInterceptor.setNavigationController(navHost.navController)
 
+        if (settings().showContileFeature) {
+            components.core.contileTopSitesUpdater.startPeriodicWork()
+        }
+
         if (settings().showPocketRecommendationsFeature) {
             components.core.pocketStoriesService.startPeriodicStoriesRefresh()
         }
@@ -332,7 +337,19 @@ open class HomeActivity : LocaleAwareAppCompatActivity(), NavHostActivity {
             }
         }
 
-        isFenixTheDefaultBrowser()
+        lifecycleScope.launch(IO) {
+            try {
+                components.core.contileTopSitesProvider.refreshTopSitesIfCacheExpired()
+            } catch (e: Exception) {
+                Logger.error("Failed to refresh contile top sites", e)
+            }
+
+            if (settings().checkIfFenixIsDefaultBrowserOnAppResume()) {
+                metrics.track(Event.ChangedToDefaultBrowser)
+            }
+
+            DefaultBrowserNotificationWorker.setDefaultBrowserNotificationIfNeeded(applicationContext)
+        }
     }
 
     override fun onStart() {
@@ -435,6 +452,7 @@ open class HomeActivity : LocaleAwareAppCompatActivity(), NavHostActivity {
             )
         )
 
+        components.core.contileTopSitesUpdater.stopPeriodicWork()
         components.core.pocketStoriesService.stopPeriodicStoriesRefresh()
         privateNotificationObserver?.stop()
     }
@@ -975,19 +993,6 @@ open class HomeActivity : LocaleAwareAppCompatActivity(), NavHostActivity {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun isFenixTheDefaultBrowser() {
-        // Launch this on a background thread so as not to affect startup performance
-        lifecycleScope.launch(IO) {
-            if (
-                settings().checkIfFenixIsDefaultBrowserOnAppResume()
-            ) {
-                metrics.track(Event.ChangedToDefaultBrowser)
-            }
-
-            DefaultBrowserNotificationWorker.setDefaultBrowserNotificationIfNeeded(applicationContext)
-        }
-    }
-
     @VisibleForTesting
     internal fun isActivityColdStarted(startingIntent: Intent, activityIcicle: Bundle?): Boolean {
         // First time opening this activity in the task.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/Core.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/Core.kt
index 6266902214b8..8c7e611be03b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/Core.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/Core.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import mozilla.components.feature.webcompat.reporter.WebCompatReporterFeature
 import mozilla.components.feature.webnotifications.WebNotificationFeature
 import mozilla.components.lib.dataprotect.SecureAbove22Preferences
 import mozilla.components.service.contile.ContileTopSitesProvider
+import mozilla.components.service.contile.ContileTopSitesUpdater
 import mozilla.components.service.digitalassetlinks.RelationChecker
 import mozilla.components.service.digitalassetlinks.local.StatementApi
 import mozilla.components.service.digitalassetlinks.local.StatementRelationChecker
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.telemetry.TelemetryMiddleware
 import org.mozilla.fenix.utils.getUndoDelay
 import org.mozilla.geckoview.GeckoRuntime
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import mozilla.components.service.contile.Frequency as ContileFrequency
 
 /**
  * Component group for all core browser functionality.
@@ -348,6 +350,15 @@ class Core(
         )
     }
 
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    val contileTopSitesUpdater by lazyMonitored {
+        ContileTopSitesUpdater(
+            context = context,
+            provider = contileTopSitesProvider,
+            frequency = ContileFrequency(3, TimeUnit.HOURS)
+        )
+    }
+
     val topSitesStorage by lazyMonitored {
         val defaultTopSites = mutableListOf<Pair<String, String>>()