diff --git a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.test.ts b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3aaf51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+
+import { useViewportScale } from '.';
+
+test('useViewportScale falls back to 1.0', () => {
+  const { result } = renderHook(() => useViewportScale());
+  expect(result.current).toEqual(1.0);
+});
diff --git a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.ts b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.ts
index 796cc14..df09473 100644
--- a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.ts
+++ b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScale.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { canUseDOM, managedEventListener } from './utils';
+import { canUseVisualViewport, managedEventListener } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * Tracks visual viewport scale.
  *
  * ⚗️ _The underlying technology is experimental. Please be aware about browser compatibility before using this in production._
  *
- * @returns Pinch-zoom scaling factor, falling back to `0` when unavailable.
+ * @returns Pinch-zoom scaling factor, falling back to `1.0` when unavailable.
  *
  * @example
  * function Component() {
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ import { canUseDOM, managedEventListener } from './utils';
  */
 export default function useViewportScale(): number {
   const [scale, setScale] = useState(
-    canUseDOM ? window.visualViewport.scale : 0,
+    canUseVisualViewport ? window.visualViewport.scale : 1.0,
   );
 
-  useEffect(
-    () =>
-      managedEventListener(window.visualViewport, 'resize', () => {
-        setScale(window.visualViewport.scale);
-      }),
-    [],
-  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!canUseVisualViewport) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    managedEventListener(window.visualViewport, 'resize', () => {
+      setScale(window.visualViewport.scale);
+    });
+  }, []);
 
   return scale;
 }
diff --git a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.test.ts b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e62f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+
+import { useViewportScrollCoords } from '.';
+
+test('useViewportScrollCoords falls back to [0, 0]', () => {
+  const { result } = renderHook(() => useViewportScrollCoords());
+  expect(result.current).toEqual([0, 0]);
+});
diff --git a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.ts b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.ts
index 8ad83a7..12c42ec 100644
--- a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.ts
+++ b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/useViewportScrollCoords.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { canUseDOM, managedEventListener } from './utils';
+import { canUseVisualViewport, managedEventListener } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * Tracks visual viewport scroll position.
@@ -17,21 +17,26 @@ import { canUseDOM, managedEventListener } from './utils';
  */
 export default function useViewportScrollCoords(): Readonly<[number, number]> {
   const [coords, setCoords] = useState<Readonly<[number, number]>>(
-    canUseDOM
+    canUseVisualViewport
       ? [window.visualViewport.pageLeft, window.visualViewport.pageTop]
       : [0, 0],
   );
 
-  useEffect(
-    () =>
-      managedEventListener(window.visualViewport, 'scroll', () => {
-        setCoords([
-          window.visualViewport.pageLeft,
-          window.visualViewport.pageTop,
-        ]);
-      }),
-    [],
-  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!canUseVisualViewport) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    function handler(): void {
+      setCoords([
+        window.visualViewport.pageLeft,
+        window.visualViewport.pageTop,
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    managedEventListener(window?.visualViewport, 'scroll', handler);
+    managedEventListener(window?.visualViewport, 'resize', handler);
+  }, []);
 
   return coords;
 }
diff --git a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/utils.ts b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/utils.ts
index 60e8813..3f2a30e 100644
--- a/packages/web-api-hooks/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/web-api-hooks/src/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { EventMap } from './types';
 
 export const canUseDOM = typeof window !== 'undefined';
 
+export const canUseVisualViewport = canUseDOM && 'visualViewport' in window;
+
 export function dethunkify<T>(value: T | (() => T)): T {
   return typeof value === 'function' ? (value as () => T)() : value;
 }