diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 8c1afdd8903bd0..32bd1afd3d5404 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 	__unstableCreateElement,
 	isEmpty,
 	insert,
+	remove,
 	create,
 	split,
 	toHTMLString,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ function RichTextWrapper(
 		onSplit,
 		__unstableOnSplitAtEnd: onSplitAtEnd,
 		__unstableOnSplitMiddle: onSplitMiddle,
+		__unstableOnSplitAtDoubleLineEnd: onSplitAtDoubleLineEnd,
 		identifier,
 		preserveWhiteSpace,
 		__unstablePastePlainText: pastePlainText,
@@ -339,14 +341,28 @@ function RichTextWrapper(
 				splitStart === splitEnd &&
 				splitEnd === text.length;
 
-			if ( shiftKey || ( ! canSplit && ! canSplitAtEnd ) ) {
+			if ( shiftKey ) {
 				if ( ! disableLineBreaks ) {
 					onChange( insert( value, '\n' ) );
 				}
-			} else if ( ! canSplit && canSplitAtEnd ) {
-				onSplitAtEnd();
 			} else if ( canSplit ) {
 				splitValue( value );
+			} else if ( canSplitAtEnd ) {
+				onSplitAtEnd();
+			} else if (
+				// For some blocks it's desirable to split at the end of the
+				// block when there are two line breaks at the end of the
+				// block, so triple Enter exits the block.
+				onSplitAtDoubleLineEnd &&
+				splitStart === splitEnd &&
+				splitEnd === text.length &&
+				text.slice( -2 ) === '\n\n'
+			) {
+				value.start = value.end - 2;
+				onChange( remove( value ) );
+				onSplitAtDoubleLineEnd();
+			} else if ( ! disableLineBreaks ) {
+				onChange( insert( value, '\n' ) );
 			}
 		},
 		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/code/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/code/edit.native.js
index 58188d0b2119f0..3353dbc3c25a01 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/code/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/code/edit.native.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { View } from 'react-native';
 import { PlainText } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { usePreferredColorSchemeStyle } from '@wordpress/compose';
+import { createBlock, getDefaultBlockName } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -22,7 +23,15 @@ import styles from './theme.scss';
 // Note: styling is applied directly to the (nested) PlainText component. Web-side components
 // apply it to the container 'div' but we don't have a proper proposal for cascading styling yet.
 export function CodeEdit( props ) {
-	const { attributes, setAttributes, onFocus, onBlur, style } = props;
+	const {
+		attributes,
+		setAttributes,
+		onFocus,
+		onBlur,
+		style,
+		insertBlocksAfter,
+		mergeBlocks,
+	} = props;
 	const codeStyle = {
 		...usePreferredColorSchemeStyle(
 			styles.blockCode,
@@ -40,16 +49,21 @@ export function CodeEdit( props ) {
 		<View>
 			<PlainText
 				value={ attributes.content }
+				identifier="content"
 				style={ codeStyle }
 				multiline={ true }
 				underlineColorAndroid="transparent"
 				onChange={ ( content ) => setAttributes( { content } ) }
+				onMerge={ mergeBlocks }
 				placeholder={ __( 'Write code…' ) }
 				aria-label={ __( 'Code' ) }
 				isSelected={ props.isSelected }
 				onFocus={ onFocus }
 				onBlur={ onBlur }
 				placeholderTextColor={ placeholderStyle.color }
+				__unstableOnSplitAtDoubleLineEnd={ () =>
+					insertBlocksAfter( createBlock( getDefaultBlockName() ) )
+				}
 			/>
 		</View>
 	);
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/preformatted/test/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/preformatted/test/edit.native.js
index 1fdb4532dacab6..153b1b9e9b0ab5 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/preformatted/test/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/preformatted/test/edit.native.js
@@ -70,4 +70,42 @@ describe( 'Preformatted', () => {
 		<!-- /wp:preformatted -->"
 	` );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'should split on triple Enter', async () => {
+		// Arrange
+		const screen = await initializeEditor();
+
+		// Act
+		await addBlock( screen, 'Preformatted' );
+		const preformattedTextInput = await screen.findByPlaceholderText(
+			'Write preformatted text…'
+		);
+		typeInRichText( preformattedTextInput, 'Hello' );
+		fireEvent( preformattedTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+		fireEvent( preformattedTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+		fireEvent( preformattedTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+
+		// Assert
+		expect( getEditorHtml() ).toMatchInlineSnapshot( `
+		"<!-- wp:preformatted -->
+		<pre class="wp-block-preformatted">Hello</pre>
+		<!-- /wp:preformatted -->
+
+		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
+		<p></p>
+		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->"
+	` );
+	} );
 } );
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/verse/test/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/verse/test/edit.native.js
index c91c261c89c358..8794419775d325 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/verse/test/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/verse/test/edit.native.js
@@ -78,4 +78,41 @@ describe( 'Verse block', () => {
 		<!-- /wp:verse -->"
 	` );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'should split on triple Enter', async () => {
+		// Arrange
+		const screen = await initializeEditor();
+		await addBlock( screen, 'Verse' );
+
+		// Act
+		const verseTextInput =
+			await screen.findByPlaceholderText( 'Write verse…' );
+		typeInRichText( verseTextInput, 'Hello' );
+		fireEvent( verseTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+		fireEvent( verseTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+		fireEvent( verseTextInput, 'onKeyDown', {
+			nativeEvent: {},
+			preventDefault() {},
+			keyCode: ENTER,
+		} );
+
+		// Assert
+		expect( getEditorHtml() ).toMatchInlineSnapshot( `
+		"<!-- wp:verse -->
+		<pre class="wp-block-verse">Hello</pre>
+		<!-- /wp:verse -->
+
+		<!-- wp:paragraph -->
+		<p></p>
+		<!-- /wp:paragraph -->"
+	` );
+	} );
 } );
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
index 9316c4693cfaa6..600f855ba0ec11 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ For each user feature we should also add a importance categorization label  to i
 -->
 
 ## Unreleased
+-   [*] Exit Preformatted and Verse blocks by triple pressing the Return key [#53354]
 
 ## 1.105.0
 -   [*] Limit inner blocks nesting depth to avoid call stack size exceeded crash [#54382]