diff --git a/example/src/App.js b/example/src/App.js
index 8dcf528..5f93e01 100644
--- a/example/src/App.js
+++ b/example/src/App.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native'
+import React, { useState } from 'react'
+import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Button } from 'react-native'
 import Steve from 'react-native-steve'
 
 const topics = [
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const topics = [
 ]
 
 export default function App() {
+    const [data, setData] = useState(topics)
     const {
         topicContainer,
         topicText,
@@ -84,19 +85,27 @@ export default function App() {
         )
     }
 
+    const handleUpdateDataButtonClick = () => {
+        setData(topics.filter((_, index) => index < Math.random() * 10).reverse())
+    }
+
     return (
         <View style={container}>
             <Text style={title}>
                 {'TOPICS TO EXPLORE'}
             </Text>
             <Steve
+                {...{ data }}
                 isRTL={false}
-                data={topics}
                 itemSpacing={10}
                 renderItem={renderTopic}
                 itemStyle={{ margin: 5 }}
                 containerStyle={steveContainer}
                 keyExtractor={item => item.text}/>
+
+            <Button
+                title={'Update Data'}
+                onPress={handleUpdateDataButtonClick}/>
         </View>
     )
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf88afd..f7dea93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
     "publishConfig": {
         "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
     },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "react-fast-compare": "^3.2.0"
+    },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^11.0.0",
         "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Steve.js b/src/Steve.js
index ddbaba1..4cc7c2c 100644
--- a/src/Steve.js
+++ b/src/Steve.js
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-import React, { useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react'
 import Animated, {
     useAnimatedGestureHandler,
     useSharedValue,
     withSpring,
     cancelAnimation,
     useAnimatedStyle,
-    withDecay
+    withDecay,
+    withTiming
 } from 'react-native-reanimated'
-import { Dimensions } from 'react-native'
+import { Dimensions, LayoutAnimation } from 'react-native'
 import { PanGestureHandler } from 'react-native-gesture-handler'
+import isEqual from 'react-fast-compare'
+import { useObjectState } from 'hooks'
 
 const { width: screenWidth } = Dimensions.get('window')
+const TIMING_ANIMATION_DURATION = 300
 
 const getContainerHorizontalSpacing = style => {
     const {
@@ -28,8 +32,11 @@ const getContainerHorizontalSpacing = style => {
 }
 
 export const Steve = ({ data, renderItem, keyExtractor, containerStyle, isRTL, itemStyle }) => {
+    const [{ dataCache, itemLayouts }, setState] = useObjectState({
+        dataCache: data,
+        itemLayouts: {}
+    })
     const itemLayoutsCache = useRef({})
-    const [itemLayouts, setItemLayouts] = useState({})
     const containerHorizontalSpacing = getContainerHorizontalSpacing(containerStyle)
     const translateX = useSharedValue(0)
     const rtlStyle = isRTL ? { flexDirection: 'row-reverse' } : {}
@@ -98,10 +105,25 @@ export const Steve = ({ data, renderItem, keyExtractor, containerStyle, isRTL, i
                 )
             }
         }
-    })
+    }, [itemLayouts])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        (async () => {
+            if (!isEqual(dataCache, data)) {
+                translateX.value = withTiming(0)
+                LayoutAnimation.easeInEaseOut()
+                await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, TIMING_ANIMATION_DURATION))
+                setState({
+                    dataCache: data,
+                    itemLayouts: {}
+                })
+                itemLayoutsCache.current = {}
+            }
+        })()
+    }, [data, dataCache])
 
     const Items = () => {
-        return data.map((item, index) => {
+        return dataCache.map((item, index) => {
             const itemKey = keyExtractor(item, index)
             return (
                 <Item
@@ -174,7 +196,7 @@ export const Steve = ({ data, renderItem, keyExtractor, containerStyle, isRTL, i
                 accumulator.sumWidthOfLayer[current.layout.y] += current.layout.width + spacingBetweenItems
                 return accumulator
             }, itemLayoutsCache.current)
-        setItemLayouts(itemLayoutsCache.current)
+        setState({ itemLayouts: itemLayoutsCache.current })
     }
 
     const getSpacingBetweenItems = () => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/index.js b/src/hooks/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ccd34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from 'hooks/useObjectState'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hooks/package.json b/src/hooks/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2902f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name": "hooks"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hooks/useObjectState.js b/src/hooks/useObjectState.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7b89b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useObjectState.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+
+export const useObjectState = initialState => {
+    const [state, setState] = useState(initialState)
+    return [state, state => setState(prevState => ({ ...prevState, ...state }))]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a86697a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "name": "src"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e501765..fdd4473 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7818,6 +7818,11 @@ react-devtools-core@^4.6.0:
     shell-quote "^1.6.1"
     ws "^7"
 
+react-fast-compare@^3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-fast-compare/-/react-fast-compare-3.2.0.tgz#641a9da81b6a6320f270e89724fb45a0b39e43bb"
+  integrity sha512-rtGImPZ0YyLrscKI9xTpV8psd6I8VAtjKCzQDlzyDvqJA8XOW78TXYQwNRNd8g8JZnDu8q9Fu/1v4HPAVwVdHA==
+
 react-is@^16.12.0, react-is@^16.8.1, react-is@^16.8.4:
   version "16.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-is/-/react-is-16.13.1.tgz#789729a4dc36de2999dc156dd6c1d9c18cea56a4"