diff --git a/features/notifications/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadNotificationsUseCaseImpl.kt b/features/notifications/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadNotificationsUseCaseImpl.kt
index dd7f7dc..8a3860d 100644
--- a/features/notifications/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadNotificationsUseCaseImpl.kt
+++ b/features/notifications/src/main/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadNotificationsUseCaseImpl.kt
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ private fun Flow<UnreadNotifications>.onlyRenderableChanges(): Flow<UnreadNotifi
                     log(AppLogTag.NOTIFICATION, "Ignoring unread change due to no renderable changes")
                     false
                 }
+
                 inferredCurrentNotifications.isEmpty() && diff.removed.isNotEmpty() -> {
                     log(AppLogTag.NOTIFICATION, "Ignoring unread change due to no currently showing messages and changes are all messages marked as read")
                     false
                 }
+
                 else -> true
             }
         }
@@ -45,29 +47,48 @@ private fun Flow<UnreadNotifications>.onlyRenderableChanges(): Flow<UnreadNotifi
 }
 
 private fun Flow<Map<RoomOverview, List<RoomEvent>>>.mapWithDiff(): Flow<Pair<Map<RoomOverview, List<RoomEvent>>, NotificationDiff>> {
-    val previousUnreadEvents = mutableMapOf<RoomId, List<EventId>>()
+    val previousUnreadEvents = mutableMapOf<RoomId, List<TimestampedEventId>>()
     return this.map { each ->
-        val allUnreadIds = each.toIds()
+        val allUnreadIds = each.toTimestampedIds()
         val notificationDiff = calculateDiff(allUnreadIds, previousUnreadEvents)
         previousUnreadEvents.clearAndPutAll(allUnreadIds)
         each to notificationDiff
     }
 }
 
-private fun calculateDiff(allUnread: Map<RoomId, List<EventId>>, previousUnread: Map<RoomId, List<EventId>>?): NotificationDiff {
+private fun calculateDiff(allUnread: Map<RoomId, List<TimestampedEventId>>, previousUnread: Map<RoomId, List<TimestampedEventId>>?): NotificationDiff {
+    val previousLatestEventTimestamps = previousUnread.toLatestTimestamps()
     val newRooms = allUnread.filter { !previousUnread.containsKey(it.key) }.keys
-    val unchanged = previousUnread?.filter { allUnread.containsKey(it.key) && it.value == allUnread[it.key] } ?: emptyMap()
-    val changedOrNew = allUnread.filterNot { unchanged.containsKey(it.key) }
+
+    val unchanged = previousUnread?.filter {
+        allUnread.containsKey(it.key) && (it.value == allUnread[it.key])
+    } ?: emptyMap()
+    val changedOrNew = allUnread.filterNot { unchanged.containsKey(it.key) }.mapValues { (key, value) ->
+        val isChangedRoom = !newRooms.contains(key)
+        if (isChangedRoom) {
+            val latest = previousLatestEventTimestamps[key] ?: 0L
+            value.filter {
+                val isExistingEvent = (previousUnread?.get(key)?.contains(it) ?: false)
+                !isExistingEvent && it.second > latest
+            }
+        } else {
+            value
+        }
+    }.filter { it.value.isNotEmpty() }
     val removed = previousUnread?.filter { !allUnread.containsKey(it.key) } ?: emptyMap()
-    return NotificationDiff(unchanged, changedOrNew, removed, newRooms)
+    return NotificationDiff(unchanged.toEventIds(), changedOrNew.toEventIds(), removed.toEventIds(), newRooms)
 }
 
-private fun List<RoomEvent>.toEventIds() = this.map { it.eventId }
+private fun Map<RoomId, List<TimestampedEventId>>?.toLatestTimestamps() = this?.mapValues { it.value.maxOf { it.second } } ?: emptyMap()
 
-private fun Map<RoomOverview, List<RoomEvent>>.toIds() = this
+private fun Map<RoomId, List<TimestampedEventId>>.toEventIds() = this.mapValues { it.value.map { it.first } }
+
+private fun Map<RoomOverview, List<RoomEvent>>.toTimestampedIds() = this
     .mapValues { it.value.toEventIds() }
     .mapKeys { it.key.roomId }
 
+private fun List<RoomEvent>.toEventIds() = this.map { it.eventId to it.utcTimestamp }
+
 private fun <T> Flow<T>.avoidShowingPreviousNotificationsOnLaunch() = drop(1)
 
 data class NotificationDiff(
@@ -76,3 +97,5 @@ data class NotificationDiff(
     val removed: Map<RoomId, List<EventId>>,
     val newRooms: Set<RoomId>
 )
+
+typealias TimestampedEventId = Pair<EventId, Long>
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diff --git a/features/notifications/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest.kt b/features/notifications/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest.kt
index fdce470..1a932fe 100644
--- a/features/notifications/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest.kt
+++ b/features/notifications/src/test/kotlin/app/dapk/st/notifications/ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package app.dapk.st.notifications
 import app.dapk.st.matrix.sync.RoomEvent
 import app.dapk.st.matrix.sync.RoomOverview
 import fake.FakeRoomStore
-import fixture.*
 import fixture.NotificationDiffFixtures.aNotificationDiff
+import fixture.aRoomId
+import fixture.aRoomMessageEvent
+import fixture.aRoomOverview
+import fixture.anEventId
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOf
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.toList
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
@@ -12,8 +15,8 @@ import org.amshove.kluent.shouldBeEqualTo
 import org.junit.Test
 
 private val NO_UNREADS = emptyMap<RoomOverview, List<RoomEvent>>()
-private val A_MESSAGE = aRoomMessageEvent(eventId = anEventId("1"), content = "hello")
-private val A_MESSAGE_2 = aRoomMessageEvent(eventId = anEventId("2"), content = "world")
+private val A_MESSAGE = aRoomMessageEvent(eventId = anEventId("1"), content = "hello", utcTimestamp = 1000)
+private val A_MESSAGE_2 = aRoomMessageEvent(eventId = anEventId("2"), content = "world", utcTimestamp = 2000)
 private val A_ROOM_OVERVIEW = aRoomOverview(roomId = aRoomId("1"))
 private val A_ROOM_OVERVIEW_2 = aRoomOverview(roomId = aRoomId("2"))
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ class ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest {
                 changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE),
                 newRooms = setOf(A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.roomId)
             ),
-            A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2) to aNotificationDiff(changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2))
+            A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2) to aNotificationDiff(changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE_2))
         )
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ class ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest {
         val result = useCase.invoke().toList()
 
         result shouldBeEqualTo listOf(
-            A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2) to aNotificationDiff(changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2))
+            A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE_2) to aNotificationDiff(changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE_2))
         )
     }
 
@@ -76,6 +79,26 @@ class ObserveUnreadRenderNotificationsUseCaseTest {
         result shouldBeEqualTo emptyList()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `given new and then historical message, when reading a message, then only emits the latest`() = runTest {
+        fakeRoomStore.givenUnreadEvents(
+            flowOf(
+                NO_UNREADS,
+                A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE),
+                A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE, A_MESSAGE.copy(eventId = anEventId("old"), utcTimestamp = -1))
+            )
+        )
+
+        val result = useCase.invoke().toList()
+
+        result shouldBeEqualTo listOf(
+            A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.withUnreads(A_MESSAGE) to aNotificationDiff(
+                changedOrNew = A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.toDiff(A_MESSAGE),
+                newRooms = setOf(A_ROOM_OVERVIEW.roomId)
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `given initial unreads, when reading a duplicate unread, then emits nothing`() = runTest {
         fakeRoomStore.givenUnreadEvents(