diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Jetpack/src/androidx/window/extensions/embedding/SplitController.java b/libs/WindowManager/Jetpack/src/androidx/window/extensions/embedding/SplitController.java
index b13c6724ed0e4..57ba6bbb04f08 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Jetpack/src/androidx/window/extensions/embedding/SplitController.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Jetpack/src/androidx/window/extensions/embedding/SplitController.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class SplitController implements JetpackTaskFragmentOrganizer.TaskFragmen
         ActivityEmbeddingComponent {
     static final String TAG = "SplitController";
     static final boolean ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS =
-            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", false);
+            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", true);
 
     @VisibleForTesting
     @GuardedBy("mLock")
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
index fc2a828fb2631..44d6a0de13668 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/transition/Transitions.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class Transitions implements RemoteCallable<Transitions> {
 
     /** Set to {@code true} to enable shell transitions. */
     public static final boolean ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS =
-            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", false);
+            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", true);
     public static final boolean SHELL_TRANSITIONS_ROTATION = ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS
             && SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit_rotate", false);
 
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageTaskListenerTests.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageTaskListenerTests.java
index 5ee8bf3006a30..1a1bebd28aef1 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageTaskListenerTests.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/tests/unittest/src/com/android/wm/shell/splitscreen/StageTaskListenerTests.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public final class StageTaskListenerTests extends ShellTestCase {
     private static final boolean ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS =
-            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", false);
+            SystemProperties.getBoolean("persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", true);
 
     @Mock
     private ShellTaskOrganizer mTaskOrganizer;
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.kt b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.kt
index d1f4382ad2274..108a0e8e37310 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.kt
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.kt
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ object Flags {
     @Keep
     @JvmField
     val WM_ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS =
-        sysPropBooleanFlag(1100, "persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", default = false)
+        sysPropBooleanFlag(1100, "persist.wm.debug.shell_transit", default = true)
 
     // TODO(b/254513207): Tracking Bug
     @Keep
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
index cb1b3e4a04be2..a596eed2a5001 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowManagerService.java
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ public class WindowManagerService extends IWindowManager.Stub
      * @see #ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS
      */
     public static final boolean sEnableShellTransitions =
-            SystemProperties.getBoolean(ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS, false);
+            SystemProperties.getBoolean(ENABLE_SHELL_TRANSITIONS, true);
 
     /**
      * Allows a fullscreen windowing mode activity to launch in its desired orientation directly