diff --git a/packages/deeplinks/observability/constants.ts b/packages/deeplinks/observability/constants.ts
index 45868fa3a16b2..25642ba69613a 100644
--- a/packages/deeplinks/observability/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/deeplinks/observability/constants.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ export const LOGS_APP_ID = 'logs';
 
 export const OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID = 'observability-logs-explorer';
 
+// TODO: Remove the app once context-aware switching between discover and observability logs explorer is implemented
+export const LAST_USED_LOGS_VIEWER_APP_ID = 'last-used-logs-viewer';
+
 export const OBSERVABILITY_OVERVIEW_APP_ID = 'observability-overview';
 
 export const METRICS_APP_ID = 'metrics';
diff --git a/packages/deeplinks/observability/deep_links.ts b/packages/deeplinks/observability/deep_links.ts
index 088b9c866c03d..1253b4e889fcf 100644
--- a/packages/deeplinks/observability/deep_links.ts
+++ b/packages/deeplinks/observability/deep_links.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   LOGS_APP_ID,
   METRICS_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID,
+  LAST_USED_LOGS_VIEWER_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_ONBOARDING_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_OVERVIEW_APP_ID,
   SYNTHETICS_APP_ID,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 
 type LogsApp = typeof LOGS_APP_ID;
 type ObservabilityLogsExplorerApp = typeof OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID;
+type LastUsedLogsViewerApp = typeof LAST_USED_LOGS_VIEWER_APP_ID;
 type ObservabilityOverviewApp = typeof OBSERVABILITY_OVERVIEW_APP_ID;
 type MetricsApp = typeof METRICS_APP_ID;
 type ApmApp = typeof APM_APP_ID;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ type InventoryApp = typeof INVENTORY_APP_ID;
 export type AppId =
   | LogsApp
   | ObservabilityLogsExplorerApp
+  | LastUsedLogsViewerApp
   | ObservabilityOverviewApp
   | ObservabilityOnboardingApp
   | ApmApp
diff --git a/packages/deeplinks/observability/index.ts b/packages/deeplinks/observability/index.ts
index 7185a4cfbcd6f..8bedc43f5d6a8 100644
--- a/packages/deeplinks/observability/index.ts
+++ b/packages/deeplinks/observability/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 export {
   LOGS_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID,
+  LAST_USED_LOGS_VIEWER_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_ONBOARDING_APP_ID,
   OBSERVABILITY_OVERVIEW_APP_ID,
   AI_ASSISTANT_APP_ID,
diff --git a/packages/deeplinks/observability/locators/observability_logs_explorer.ts b/packages/deeplinks/observability/locators/observability_logs_explorer.ts
index 037acb7d946ad..ae4cbc12cec6d 100644
--- a/packages/deeplinks/observability/locators/observability_logs_explorer.ts
+++ b/packages/deeplinks/observability/locators/observability_logs_explorer.ts
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@ export interface ObsLogsExplorerDataViewLocatorParams extends DatasetLocatorPara
    */
   id: string;
 }
+
+// To store the last used logs viewer (either of discover or observability-logs-explorer)
+export const OBS_LOGS_EXPLORER_LOGS_VIEWER_KEY = 'obs-logs-explorer:lastUsedViewer';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.test.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.test.tsx
index 1782dc7ad6ac7..e353fe1971ec9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.test.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,21 @@
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import React from 'react';
+import { DISCOVER_APP_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-analytics';
+import {
+  ALL_DATASETS_LOCATOR_ID,
+  OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID,
+} from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability';
 import { discoverServiceMock } from '../../__mocks__/services';
 import { LogsExplorerTabs, LogsExplorerTabsProps } from './logs_explorer_tabs';
 import { DISCOVER_APP_LOCATOR } from '../../../common';
-import { ALL_DATASETS_LOCATOR_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability';
+
+const mockSetLastUsedViewer = jest.fn();
+jest.mock('react-use/lib/useLocalStorage', () => {
+  return jest.fn((key: string, _initialValue: string) => {
+    return [undefined, mockSetLastUsedViewer]; // Always use undefined as the initial value
+  });
+});
 
 const createMockLocator = (id: string) => ({
   navigate: jest.fn(),
@@ -46,11 +57,12 @@ describe('LogsExplorerTabs', () => {
       },
     } as unknown as typeof discoverServiceMock;
 
-    render(<LogsExplorerTabs services={services} selectedTab={selectedTab} />);
+    const { unmount } = render(<LogsExplorerTabs services={services} selectedTab={selectedTab} />);
 
     return {
       mockDiscoverLocator,
       mockLogsExplorerLocator,
+      unmount,
     };
   };
 
@@ -86,4 +98,14 @@ describe('LogsExplorerTabs', () => {
     await userEvent.click(getDiscoverTab());
     expect(mockDiscoverLocator.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({});
   });
+
+  it('should update the last used viewer in local storage for selectedTab', async () => {
+    const { unmount } = renderTabs('discover');
+    expect(mockSetLastUsedViewer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(DISCOVER_APP_ID);
+
+    unmount();
+    mockSetLastUsedViewer.mockClear();
+    renderTabs('logs-explorer');
+    expect(mockSetLastUsedViewer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.tsx
index 1eec001464d2a..c7082c21344ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/components/logs_explorer_tabs/logs_explorer_tabs.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@
  */
 
 import { EuiTab, EuiTabs, useEuiTheme } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { AllDatasetsLocatorParams, ALL_DATASETS_LOCATOR_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability';
+import { DISCOVER_APP_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-analytics';
+import {
+  AllDatasetsLocatorParams,
+  ALL_DATASETS_LOCATOR_ID,
+  OBS_LOGS_EXPLORER_LOGS_VIEWER_KEY,
+  OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID,
+} from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import React, { MouseEvent } from 'react';
+import React, { MouseEvent, useEffect } from 'react';
+import useLocalStorage from 'react-use/lib/useLocalStorage';
 import { DiscoverAppLocatorParams, DISCOVER_APP_LOCATOR } from '../../../common';
 import type { DiscoverServices } from '../../build_services';
 
@@ -29,6 +36,10 @@ export const LogsExplorerTabs = ({ services, selectedTab }: LogsExplorerTabsProp
   const discoverUrl = discoverLocator?.getRedirectUrl(emptyParams);
   const logsExplorerUrl = logsExplorerLocator?.getRedirectUrl(emptyParams);
 
+  const [lastUsedViewer, setLastUsedViewer] = useLocalStorage<
+    typeof DISCOVER_APP_ID | typeof OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID
+  >(OBS_LOGS_EXPLORER_LOGS_VIEWER_KEY, OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID);
+
   const navigateToDiscover = createNavigateHandler(() => {
     if (selectedTab !== 'discover') {
       discoverLocator?.navigate(emptyParams);
@@ -41,6 +52,16 @@ export const LogsExplorerTabs = ({ services, selectedTab }: LogsExplorerTabsProp
     }
   });
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (selectedTab === 'discover' && lastUsedViewer !== DISCOVER_APP_ID) {
+      setLastUsedViewer(DISCOVER_APP_ID);
+    }
+
+    if (selectedTab === 'logs-explorer' && lastUsedViewer !== OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID) {
+      setLastUsedViewer(OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID);
+    }
+  }, [setLastUsedViewer, lastUsedViewer, selectedTab]);
+
   return (
     <EuiTabs bottomBorder={false} data-test-subj="logsExplorerTabs">
       <EuiTab
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/application_usage/schema.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/application_usage/schema.ts
index 06866afc65caa..3c40e197dbad3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/application_usage/schema.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_usage_collection/server/collectors/application_usage/schema.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ export const applicationUsageSchema = {
   monitoring: commonSchema,
   'observability-log-explorer': commonSchema,
   'observability-logs-explorer': commonSchema,
+  'last-used-logs-viewer': commonSchema,
   'observability-overview': commonSchema,
   observabilityOnboarding: commonSchema,
   observabilityAIAssistant: commonSchema,
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json b/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
index 830cffc17cf1c..616a037fbd5d1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/schema/oss_plugins.json
@@ -5111,6 +5111,137 @@
             }
           }
         },
+        "last-used-logs-viewer": {
+          "properties": {
+            "appId": {
+              "type": "keyword",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "The application being tracked"
+              }
+            },
+            "viewId": {
+              "type": "keyword",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "Always `main`"
+              }
+            },
+            "clicks_total": {
+              "type": "long",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "General number of clicks in the application since we started counting them"
+              }
+            },
+            "clicks_7_days": {
+              "type": "long",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "General number of clicks in the application over the last 7 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "clicks_30_days": {
+              "type": "long",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "General number of clicks in the application over the last 30 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "clicks_90_days": {
+              "type": "long",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "General number of clicks in the application over the last 90 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "minutes_on_screen_total": {
+              "type": "float",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen since we started counting them."
+              }
+            },
+            "minutes_on_screen_7_days": {
+              "type": "float",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen over the last 7 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "minutes_on_screen_30_days": {
+              "type": "float",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen over the last 30 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "minutes_on_screen_90_days": {
+              "type": "float",
+              "_meta": {
+                "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen over the last 90 days"
+              }
+            },
+            "views": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "items": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "appId": {
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "The application being tracked"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "viewId": {
+                    "type": "keyword",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "The application view being tracked"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "clicks_total": {
+                    "type": "long",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "General number of clicks in the application sub view since we started counting them"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "clicks_7_days": {
+                    "type": "long",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "General number of clicks in the active application sub view over the last 7 days"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "clicks_30_days": {
+                    "type": "long",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "General number of clicks in the active application sub view over the last 30 days"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "clicks_90_days": {
+                    "type": "long",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "General number of clicks in the active application sub view over the last 90 days"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "minutes_on_screen_total": {
+                    "type": "float",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "Minutes the application sub view is active and on-screen since we started counting them."
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "minutes_on_screen_7_days": {
+                    "type": "float",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen active application sub view over the last 7 days"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "minutes_on_screen_30_days": {
+                    "type": "float",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen active application sub view over the last 30 days"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "minutes_on_screen_90_days": {
+                    "type": "float",
+                    "_meta": {
+                      "description": "Minutes the application is active and on-screen active application sub view over the last 90 days"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
         "observability-overview": {
           "properties": {
             "appId": {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
index 0c6ceede07561..b2964648f8d02 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,22 @@ export function createNavTree(pluginsStart: ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart) {
             link: 'observability-overview',
           },
           {
-            link: 'discover',
+            title: i18n.translate('xpack.observability.obltNav.discover', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Discover',
+            }),
+            // 'last-used-logs-viewer' is wrapper app to handle the navigation between observability-log-explorer and discover
+            link: 'last-used-logs-viewer',
+            breadcrumbStatus: 'hidden', // avoid duplicate "Discover" breadcrumbs
             renderAs: 'item',
             children: [
               {
-                // This is to show "observability-log-explorer" breadcrumbs when navigating from "discover" to "log explorer"
-                link: 'observability-logs-explorer',
+                link: 'discover',
+                children: [
+                  {
+                    // This is to show "observability-log-explorer" breadcrumbs when navigating from "discover" to "log explorer"
+                    link: 'observability-logs-explorer',
+                  },
+                ],
               },
             ],
           },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/applications/last_used_logs_viewer.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/applications/last_used_logs_viewer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3696a9816ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/applications/last_used_logs_viewer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+import useLocalStorage from 'react-use/lib/useLocalStorage';
+import { Router } from '@kbn/shared-ux-router';
+import {
+  OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID,
+  OBS_LOGS_EXPLORER_LOGS_VIEWER_KEY,
+} from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability';
+import { DISCOVER_APP_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-analytics';
+import { AppMountParameters, CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
+
+export const renderLastUsedLogsViewerRedirect = (
+  core: CoreStart,
+  appParams: AppMountParameters
+) => {
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <Router history={appParams.history}>
+      <LastUsedLogsViewerRedirect core={core} />
+    </Router>,
+    appParams.element
+  );
+
+  return () => {
+    ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(appParams.element);
+  };
+};
+
+export const LastUsedLogsViewerRedirect = ({ core }: { core: CoreStart }) => {
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const path = `${location.pathname}${location.search}`;
+  const [lastUsedLogsViewApp] = useLocalStorage<
+    typeof DISCOVER_APP_ID | typeof OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID
+  >(OBS_LOGS_EXPLORER_LOGS_VIEWER_KEY, OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID);
+
+  if (
+    lastUsedLogsViewApp &&
+    lastUsedLogsViewApp !== DISCOVER_APP_ID &&
+    lastUsedLogsViewApp !== OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid last used logs viewer app: "${lastUsedLogsViewApp}". Allowed values are "${DISCOVER_APP_ID}" and "${OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID}"`
+    );
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (lastUsedLogsViewApp === DISCOVER_APP_ID) {
+      core.application.navigateToApp(DISCOVER_APP_ID, { replace: true, path });
+    }
+
+    if (lastUsedLogsViewApp === OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID) {
+      core.application.navigateToApp(OBSERVABILITY_LOGS_EXPLORER_APP_ID, { replace: true, path });
+    }
+  }, [core, path, lastUsedLogsViewApp]);
+
+  return <></>;
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/plugin.ts
index 798a03da0ebdf..2e6ab0aeeaa0f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/public/plugin.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ export class ObservabilityLogsExplorerPlugin
       },
     });
 
+    // App used solely to redirect to either "/app/observability-logs-explorer" or "/app/discover"
+    // based on the last used app value in localStorage
+    core.application.register({
+      id: 'last-used-logs-viewer',
+      title: logsExplorerAppTitle,
+      visibleIn: [],
+      mount: async (appMountParams: AppMountParameters) => {
+        const [coreStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+        const { renderLastUsedLogsViewerRedirect } = await import(
+          './applications/last_used_logs_viewer'
+        );
+
+        return renderLastUsedLogsViewerRedirect(coreStart, appMountParams);
+      },
+    });
+
     core.analytics.registerEventType(DATA_RECEIVED_TELEMETRY_EVENT);
 
     // Register Locators
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/tsconfig.json
index 6ea751aaed3de..be2b3c9efdff6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_logs_explorer/tsconfig.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "@kbn/core-analytics-browser",
     "@kbn/react-hooks",
     "@kbn/logs-data-access-plugin",
+    "@kbn/deeplinks-analytics",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/serverless_observability/public/navigation_tree.ts b/x-pack/plugins/serverless_observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
index e3c61ec0b29e3..5df900ee46812 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/serverless_observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/serverless_observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const navigationTree: NavigationTreeDefinition = {
           title: i18n.translate('xpack.serverlessObservability.nav.discover', {
             defaultMessage: 'Discover',
           }),
-          link: 'observability-logs-explorer',
+          link: 'last-used-logs-viewer',
           // avoid duplicate "Discover" breadcrumbs
           breadcrumbStatus: 'hidden',
           renderAs: 'item',
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
index ce6b68cd618a1..bcd9c031714f7 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/observability/navigation.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ export default function ({ getPageObject, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.expectSectionClosed('project_settings_project_nav');
 
       // navigate to the logs explorer tab by default
-      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({ deepLinkId: 'observability-logs-explorer' });
+      // 'last-used-logs-viewer' is wrapper app to handle the navigation between logs explorer and discover
+      await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.clickLink({ deepLinkId: 'last-used-logs-viewer' });
       await svlCommonNavigation.sidenav.expectLinkActive({
-        deepLinkId: 'observability-logs-explorer',
+        deepLinkId: 'last-used-logs-viewer',
       });
       await svlCommonNavigation.breadcrumbs.expectBreadcrumbExists({
         deepLinkId: 'observability-logs-explorer',