Disable the first query snapshot when adding a snapshotListener

Question

Firestore realtime updates documentation here

Here is the comment you can find in the documentation.

Important: The first query snapshot cont

Answer 1

There is no way to suppress getting the initial data.

Depending on the use-case, you may want to attach your listener to a subset of the data. E.g. if you have an append-only scenario (such as chat), you can start listening for data that was modified after "now".