diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/switch_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/switch_block.ts
index a0b4583304b..83d2d365017 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/switch_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/ops/switch_block.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
 import {TmplAstSwitchBlock, TmplAstSwitchBlockCaseGroup} from '@angular/compiler';
 import ts from 'typescript';
+import {markIgnoreDiagnostics} from '../comments';
 import {TcbOp} from './base';
-import type {Scope} from './scope';
 import type {Context} from './context';
 import {tcbExpression} from './expression';
-import {markIgnoreDiagnostics} from '../comments';
+import type {Scope} from './scope';
 
 /**
  * A `TcbOp` which renders a `switch` block as a TypeScript `switch` statement.
@@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ export class TcbSwitchOp extends TcbOp {
       });
     });
 
+    if (this.block.exhaustiveCheck) {
+      const switchValue = tcbExpression(this.block.expression, this.tcb, this.scope);
+      clauses.push(
+        ts.factory.createDefaultClause([
+          ts.factory.createVariableStatement(
+            undefined,
+            ts.factory.createVariableDeclarationList(
+              [
+                ts.factory.createVariableDeclaration(
+                  ts.factory.createUniqueName('tcbExhaustive'),
+                  undefined,
+                  ts.factory.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.NeverKeyword),
+                  switchValue,
+                ),
+              ],
+              ts.NodeFlags.Const,
+            ),
+          ),
+        ]),
+      );
+    }
+
     this.scope.addStatement(
       ts.factory.createSwitchStatement(switchExpression, ts.factory.createCaseBlock(clauses)),
     );
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
index 37efc8fffa6..84041077ff4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/diagnostics_spec.ts
@@ -1372,6 +1372,65 @@ class TestComponent {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('switch exhaustiveness', () => {
+    it('should report an error when a case is missing in a switch block', () => {
+      const messages = diagnose(
+        `
+          @switch (value) {
+            @case ('a') {}
+            @default never;
+          }
+        `,
+        `
+          export class TestComponent {
+            value: 'a' | 'b';
+          }
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(messages).toEqual([
+        `TestComponent.html(2, 20): Type '"b"' is not assignable to type 'never'.`,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not report an error when all cases are handled', () => {
+      const messages = diagnose(
+        `
+          @switch (value) {
+            @case ('a') {}
+            @case ('b') {}
+            @default never;
+          }
+        `,
+        `
+          export class TestComponent {
+            value: 'a' | 'b';
+          }
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(messages).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not report an error when a default case is provided', () => {
+      const messages = diagnose(
+        `
+          @switch (value) {
+            @case ('a') {}
+            @default {}
+          }
+        `,
+        `
+          export class TestComponent {
+            value: 'a' | 'b';
+          }
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(messages).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+
   // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/43970
   describe('template parse failures', () => {
     afterEach(resetParseTemplateAsSourceFileForTest);
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
index c4cacb5544c..db617bd969d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/type_check_block_spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {absoluteFrom, getSourceFileOrError} from '../../file_system';
 import {initMockFileSystem} from '../../file_system/testing';
 import {Reference} from '../../imports';
 import {OptimizeFor, TypeCheckingConfig} from '../api';
-import {ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG, setup, tcb, TestDeclaration, TestDirective} from '../testing';
+import {ALL_ENABLED_CONFIG, diagnose, setup, tcb, TestDeclaration, TestDirective} from '../testing';
 
 describe('type check blocks', () => {
   beforeEach(() => initMockFileSystem('Native'));
@@ -2141,6 +2141,89 @@ describe('type check blocks', () => {
         'switch (((this).expr)) { ' + 'case 1: break; ' + 'case 2: break; ' + 'default: break; }',
       );
     });
+
+    it('should generate a switch block with exhaustiveness checking', () => {
+      const TEMPLATE = `
+        @switch (expr) {
+          @case (1) {
+            {{one()}}
+          }
+          @case (2) {
+            {{two()}}
+          }
+          @default never;
+        }
+      `;
+
+      expect(tcb(TEMPLATE)).toContain(
+        'switch (((this).expr)) { ' +
+          'case 1: "" + ((this).one()); break; ' +
+          'case 2: "" + ((this).two()); break; ' +
+          'default: const tcbExhaustive_1: never = ((this).expr);',
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should not report unused locals for exhaustiveness check variable', () => {
+      const TEMPLATE = `
+        @switch (expr) {
+          @case (1) {}
+          @default never;
+        }
+      `;
+      const SOURCE = `
+        export class TestComponent {
+          expr!: 1|2; 
+        }
+      `;
+      expect(diagnose(TEMPLATE, SOURCE, undefined, [], undefined, {noUnusedLocals: true})).toEqual([
+        `TestComponent.html(2, 18): Type '2' is not assignable to type 'never'.`,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not generate exhaustiveness checking when there is a consecutive default case', () => {
+      const TEMPLATE = `
+        @switch (expr) {
+          @case (1) {
+            {{one()}}
+          }
+          @case (2)
+          @default {
+            {{default()}}
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+
+      expect(tcb(TEMPLATE)).toContain(
+        'switch (((this).expr)) { ' +
+          'case 1: "" + ((this).one()); break; ' +
+          'case 2: ' +
+          'default: "" + ((this).default()); break; }',
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should generate the right TCB if default is not the last case', () => {
+      const TEMPLATE = `
+        @switch (expr) {
+          @case (1) {
+            {{one()}}
+          }
+          @default
+          @case (3) {
+            {{default()}}
+          }
+          @case (2) {
+            {{two()}}
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+      expect(tcb(TEMPLATE)).toContain(
+        'switch (((this).expr)) { ' +
+          'case 1: "" + ((this).one()); break; ' +
+          'default: ' +
+          'case 3: "" + ((this).default()); break; ' +
+          'case 2: "" + ((this).two()); break; }',
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('for loop blocks', () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/combined_visitor.ts b/packages/compiler/src/combined_visitor.ts
index a198880a04b..e18876634e4 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/combined_visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/combined_visitor.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ export class CombinedRecursiveAstVisitor extends RecursiveAstVisitor implements
     this.visitAllTemplateNodes(block.children);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck): void {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: t.ForLoopBlock): void {
     block.item.visit(this);
     this.visitAllTemplateNodes(block.contextVariables);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/compiler.ts
index 3ed0ce28680..1d478d08338 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/compiler.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ export {
   SwitchBlock as TmplAstSwitchBlock,
   SwitchBlockCase as TmplAstSwitchBlockCase,
   SwitchBlockCaseGroup as TmplAstSwitchBlockCaseGroup,
+  SwitchExhaustiveCheck as TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck,
   Template as TmplAstTemplate,
   Text as TmplAstText,
   TextAttribute as TmplAstTextAttribute,
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
index a68cd57383b..3c8b04ab61b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/ml_parser/lexer.ts
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ class _Tokenizer {
     this._beginToken(TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_START, start);
     const startToken = this._endToken([this._getBlockName()]);
 
+    if (startToken.parts[0] === 'default never' && this._attemptCharCode(chars.$SEMICOLON)) {
+      this._beginToken(TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_END);
+      this._endToken([]);
+      this._beginToken(TokenType.BLOCK_CLOSE);
+      this._endToken([]);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (this._cursor.peek() === chars.$LPAREN) {
       // Advance past the opening paren.
       this._cursor.advance();
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
index e62a21dcb0e..d570bb13950 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_ast.ts
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ export class SwitchBlock extends BlockNode implements Node {
      * aren't meant to be processed in any other way.
      */
     public unknownBlocks: UnknownBlock[],
+    public exhaustiveCheck: SwitchExhaustiveCheck | null,
     sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
     startSourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
     endSourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan | null,
@@ -457,6 +458,21 @@ export class SwitchBlockCaseGroup extends BlockNode implements Node {
   }
 }
 
+export class SwitchExhaustiveCheck extends BlockNode implements Node {
+  constructor(
+    sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
+    startSourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
+    endSourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan | null,
+    nameSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
+  ) {
+    super(nameSpan, sourceSpan, startSourceSpan, endSourceSpan);
+  }
+
+  visit<Result>(visitor: Visitor<Result>): Result {
+    return visitor.visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(this);
+  }
+}
+
 export class ForLoopBlock extends BlockNode implements Node {
   constructor(
     public item: Variable,
@@ -725,6 +741,7 @@ export interface Visitor<Result = any> {
   visitSwitchBlock(block: SwitchBlock): Result;
   visitSwitchBlockCase(block: SwitchBlockCase): Result;
   visitSwitchBlockCaseGroup(block: SwitchBlockCaseGroup): Result;
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: SwitchExhaustiveCheck): Result;
   visitForLoopBlock(block: ForLoopBlock): Result;
   visitForLoopBlockEmpty(block: ForLoopBlockEmpty): Result;
   visitIfBlock(block: IfBlock): Result;
@@ -773,6 +790,7 @@ export class RecursiveVisitor implements Visitor<void> {
     visitAll(this, block.cases);
     visitAll(this, block.children);
   }
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: SwitchExhaustiveCheck): void {}
   visitForLoopBlock(block: ForLoopBlock): void {
     const blockItems = [block.item, ...block.contextVariables, ...block.children];
     block.empty && blockItems.push(block.empty);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_control_flow.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_control_flow.ts
index 1a2c7dc7cb1..78fe0434da8 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_control_flow.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_control_flow.ts
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ export function createSwitchBlock(
   const unknownBlocks: t.UnknownBlock[] = [];
   let collectedCases: t.SwitchBlockCase[] = [];
   let firstCaseStart: ParseSourceSpan | null = null;
+  let exhaustiveCheck: t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck | null = null;
 
   // Here we assume that all the blocks are valid given that we validated them above.
   for (const node of ast.children) {
@@ -239,16 +240,59 @@ export function createSwitchBlock(
       continue;
     }
 
-    if ((node.name !== 'case' || node.parameters.length === 0) && node.name !== 'default') {
+    if (
+      (node.name !== 'case' || node.parameters.length === 0) &&
+      node.name !== 'default' &&
+      node.name !== 'default never'
+    ) {
       unknownBlocks.push(new t.UnknownBlock(node.name, node.sourceSpan, node.nameSpan));
       continue;
     }
 
+    if (exhaustiveCheck !== null) {
+      errors.push(
+        new ParseError(
+          node.sourceSpan,
+          '@default block with "never" parameter must be the last case in a switch',
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+
     const isCase = node.name === 'case';
     let expression: AST | null = null;
 
     if (isCase) {
       expression = parseBlockParameterToBinding(node.parameters[0], bindingParser);
+    } else if (node.name === 'default never') {
+      if (
+        node.children.length > 0 ||
+        (node.endSourceSpan !== null &&
+          node.endSourceSpan.start.offset !== node.endSourceSpan.end.offset)
+      ) {
+        errors.push(
+          new ParseError(
+            node.sourceSpan,
+            '@default block with "never" parameter cannot have a body',
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (collectedCases.length > 0) {
+        errors.push(
+          new ParseError(
+            node.sourceSpan,
+            'A @case block with no body cannot be followed by a @default block with "never" parameter',
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+
+      exhaustiveCheck = new t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck(
+        node.sourceSpan,
+        node.startSourceSpan,
+        node.endSourceSpan,
+        node.nameSpan,
+      );
+      continue;
     }
 
     const switchCase = new t.SwitchBlockCase(
@@ -300,6 +344,7 @@ export function createSwitchBlock(
     primaryExpression,
     groups,
     unknownBlocks,
+    exhaustiveCheck,
     ast.sourceSpan,
     ast.startSourceSpan,
     ast.endSourceSpan,
@@ -570,14 +615,24 @@ function validateSwitchBlock(ast: html.Block): ParseError[] {
       continue;
     }
 
-    if (!(node instanceof html.Block) || (node.name !== 'case' && node.name !== 'default')) {
+    if (
+      !(node instanceof html.Block) ||
+      (node.name !== 'case' && node.name !== 'default' && node.name !== 'default never')
+    ) {
       errors.push(
         new ParseError(node.sourceSpan, '@switch block can only contain @case and @default blocks'),
       );
       continue;
     }
 
-    if (node.name === 'default') {
+    if (node.name === 'default never') {
+      if (hasDefault) {
+        errors.push(
+          new ParseError(node.startSourceSpan, '@switch block can only have one @default block'),
+        );
+      }
+      hasDefault = true;
+    } else if (node.name === 'default') {
       if (hasDefault) {
         errors.push(
           new ParseError(node.startSourceSpan, '@switch block can only have one @default block'),
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
index 901d890a591..549ef8a1488 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
+import {CssSelector, SelectorlessMatcher, SelectorMatcher} from '../../directive_matching';
 import {
   AST,
   BindingPipe,
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   PropertyRead,
   SafePropertyRead,
 } from '../../expression_parser/ast';
-import {CssSelector, SelectorlessMatcher, SelectorMatcher} from '../../directive_matching';
 import {
   BoundAttribute,
   BoundEvent,
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
   SwitchBlock,
   SwitchBlockCase,
   SwitchBlockCaseGroup,
+  SwitchExhaustiveCheck,
   Template,
   Text,
   TextAttribute,
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ import {
   Visitor,
 } from '../r3_ast';
 
+import {CombinedRecursiveAstVisitor} from '../../combined_visitor';
 import {
   BoundTarget,
   DirectiveMeta,
@@ -63,7 +65,6 @@ import {
 } from './t2_api';
 import {parseTemplate} from './template';
 import {createCssSelectorFromNode} from './util';
-import {CombinedRecursiveAstVisitor} from '../../combined_visitor';
 
 /**
  * Computes a difference between full list (first argument) and
@@ -397,6 +398,8 @@ class Scope implements Visitor {
     this.ingestScopedNode(block);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: SwitchExhaustiveCheck) {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: ForLoopBlock) {
     this.ingestScopedNode(block);
     block.empty?.visit(this);
@@ -589,6 +592,8 @@ class DirectiveBinder<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> implements Visitor {
     block.children.forEach((node) => node.visit(this));
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: SwitchExhaustiveCheck) {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: ForLoopBlock) {
     block.item.visit(this);
     block.contextVariables.forEach((v) => v.visit(this));
@@ -947,6 +952,10 @@ class TemplateBinder extends CombinedRecursiveAstVisitor {
     this.ingestScopedNode(block);
   }
 
+  override visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: SwitchExhaustiveCheck) {
+    // There are no bindings/references in the exhaustive check block.
+  }
+
   override visitForLoopBlock(block: ForLoopBlock) {
     block.expression.visit(this);
     this.ingestScopedNode(block);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/html_parser_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/html_parser_spec.ts
index f90012e5dfe..47b956aea40 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/html_parser_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/html_parser_spec.ts
@@ -1088,6 +1088,21 @@ describe('HtmlParser', () => {
         ]);
       });
 
+      it('should parse exhaustive default checks in a switch block', () => {
+        expect(
+          humanizeDom(
+            parser.parse(`@switch (expr) {@case ('foo') {} @default never;}`, `TestComp`),
+          ),
+        ).toEqual([
+          [html.Block, 'switch', 0],
+          [html.BlockParameter, 'expr'],
+          [html.Block, 'case', 1],
+          [html.BlockParameter, `'foo'`],
+          [html.Text, ' ', 1, [' ']],
+          [html.Block, 'default never', 1],
+        ]);
+      });
+
       it('should close void elements used right before a block', () => {
         expect(humanizeDom(parser.parse('<img>@defer {hello}', 'TestComp'))).toEqual([
           [html.Element, 'img', 0],
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
index 91ebdd3c1b1..9d7bbd1c5c7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ml_parser/lexer_spec.ts
@@ -3366,6 +3366,24 @@ describe('HtmlLexer', () => {
       expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('@if(){hello}')).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it('should parse @default never;', () => {
+      expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('@default never;')).toEqual([
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_START, 'default never'],
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_END],
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_CLOSE],
+        [TokenType.EOF],
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should parse @default never ;', () => {
+      expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('@default never ;')).toEqual([
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_START, 'default never'],
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_END],
+        [TokenType.BLOCK_CLOSE],
+        [TokenType.EOF],
+      ]);
+    });
+
     it('should parse a block with parameters', () => {
       expect(tokenizeAndHumanizeParts('@for (item of items; track item.id) {hello}')).toEqual([
         [TokenType.BLOCK_OPEN_START, 'for'],
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_ast_spans_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_ast_spans_spec.ts
index 95de11b248e..7b9d1b10eaf 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_ast_spans_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_ast_spans_spec.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class R3AstSourceSpans implements t.Visitor<void> {
       humanizeSpan(block.endSourceSpan),
     ]);
     this.visitAll([block.groups]);
+    block.exhaustiveCheck?.visit(this);
   }
 
   visitSwitchBlockCase(block: t.SwitchBlockCase): void {
@@ -156,6 +157,14 @@ class R3AstSourceSpans implements t.Visitor<void> {
     this.visitAll([block.cases, block.children]);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck): void {
+    this.result.push([
+      'SwitchExhaustiveCheck',
+      humanizeSpan(block.sourceSpan),
+      humanizeSpan(block.startSourceSpan),
+    ]);
+  }
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: t.ForLoopBlock): void {
     this.result.push([
       'ForLoopBlock',
@@ -878,6 +887,23 @@ describe('R3 AST source spans', () => {
         ['Text', 'No case matched'],
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('is correct for switch blocks with exhaustive checking', () => {
+      const html = `@switch (cond.kind) {` + `@case (x()) {X case}` + `@default never;` + `}`;
+
+      expectFromHtml(html).toEqual([
+        [
+          'SwitchBlock',
+          '@switch (cond.kind) {@case (x()) {X case}@default never;}',
+          '@switch (cond.kind) {',
+          '}',
+        ],
+        ['SwitchBlockCaseGroup', '@case (x()) {X case}', '@case (x()) {'],
+        ['SwitchBlockCase', '@case (x()) {X case}', '@case (x()) {'],
+        ['Text', 'X case'],
+        ['SwitchExhaustiveCheck', '@default never;', '@default never;'],
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('for loop blocks', () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
index eb9455b3810..6198983fce3 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_template_transform_spec.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class R3AstHumanizer implements t.Visitor<void> {
   visitSwitchBlock(block: t.SwitchBlock): void {
     this.result.push(['SwitchBlock', unparse(block.expression)]);
     this.visitAll([block.groups]);
+    block.exhaustiveCheck?.visit(this);
   }
 
   visitSwitchBlockCase(block: t.SwitchBlockCase): void {
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ class R3AstHumanizer implements t.Visitor<void> {
     this.visitAll([block.cases, block.children]);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck): void {
+    this.result.push(['SwitchExhaustiveCheck']);
+  }
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: t.ForLoopBlock): void {
     const result: any[] = ['ForLoopBlock', unparse(block.expression), unparse(block.trackBy)];
     this.result.push(result);
@@ -1685,6 +1690,14 @@ describe('R3 template transform', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('should parse a switch block with a default never case', () => {
+      expectFromHtml(`
+          @switch (cond.kind) {
+            @default never;
+          }
+        `).toEqual([['SwitchBlock', 'cond.kind'], ['SwitchExhaustiveCheck']]);
+    });
+
     // This is a special case for `switch` blocks, because `preserveWhitespaces` will cause
     // some text nodes with whitespace to be preserve in the primary block.
     it('should parse a switch block when preserveWhitespaces is enabled', () => {
@@ -1974,6 +1987,50 @@ describe('R3 template transform', () => {
         `),
         ).toThrowError(/@default block cannot have parameters/);
       });
+
+      it('should report if in a @switch block a @default never block has a body', () => {
+        expect(() =>
+          parse(`
+          @switch (cond) {
+            @default never {nope}
+          }
+        `),
+        ).toThrowError(/@default block with "never" parameter cannot have a body/);
+      });
+
+      it('should report if a switch fallthrough case is followed by a @default never block', () => {
+        expect(() =>
+          parse(`
+          @switch (cond) {
+            @case (foo)
+            @default never;
+          }
+        `),
+        ).toThrowError(
+          /A @case block with no body cannot be followed by a @default block with "never" parameter/,
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should throw if @default never is not the last case in a switch block', () => {
+        expect(() =>
+          parse(`
+          @switch (cond) {
+            @default never;
+            @case (foo) {foo}
+          }
+        `),
+        ).toThrowError(/@default block with "never" parameter must be the last case in a switch/);
+      });
+
+      it('should throw if a semicolon is missing after @default never', () => {
+        expect(() =>
+          parse(`
+          @switch (cond) {
+            @default never
+          }
+        `),
+        ).toThrowError(/Incomplete block "default never"/);
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/util/expression.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/util/expression.ts
index e9eb337574f..522f151c111 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/util/expression.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/util/expression.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ class ExpressionSourceHumanizer extends e.RecursiveAstVisitor implements t.Visit
     t.visitAll(this, block.children);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: t.SwitchExhaustiveCheck) {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: t.ForLoopBlock) {
     block.item.visit(this);
     t.visitAll(this, block.contextVariables);
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/utils/template_ast_visitor.ts b/packages/core/schematics/utils/template_ast_visitor.ts
index 517b6903061..5259b8c7baa 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/utils/template_ast_visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/utils/template_ast_visitor.ts
@@ -10,32 +10,33 @@ import type {
   TmplAstBoundAttribute,
   TmplAstBoundEvent,
   TmplAstBoundText,
+  TmplAstComponent,
   TmplAstContent,
   TmplAstDeferredBlock,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockError,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockLoading,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockPlaceholder,
   TmplAstDeferredTrigger,
+  TmplAstDirective,
   TmplAstElement,
-  TmplAstIfBlockBranch,
   TmplAstForLoopBlock,
   TmplAstForLoopBlockEmpty,
   TmplAstIcu,
   TmplAstIfBlock,
+  TmplAstIfBlockBranch,
+  TmplAstLetDeclaration,
   TmplAstNode,
   TmplAstRecursiveVisitor,
   TmplAstReference,
   TmplAstSwitchBlock,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCase,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCaseGroup,
+  TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck,
   TmplAstTemplate,
   TmplAstText,
   TmplAstTextAttribute,
-  TmplAstVariable,
   TmplAstUnknownBlock,
-  TmplAstLetDeclaration,
-  TmplAstComponent,
-  TmplAstDirective,
+  TmplAstVariable,
 } from '@angular/compiler';
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export class TemplateAstVisitor implements TmplAstRecursiveVisitor {
   visitLetDeclaration(decl: TmplAstLetDeclaration): void {}
   visitComponent(component: TmplAstComponent): void {}
   visitDirective(directive: TmplAstDirective): void {}
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck): void {}
 
   /**
    * Visits all the provided nodes in order using this Visitor's visit methods.
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/control_flow_switch_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/control_flow_switch_spec.ts
index aecaeb916b2..d619e3c683a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/control_flow_switch_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/control_flow_switch_spec.ts
@@ -372,4 +372,32 @@ describe('control flow - switch', () => {
     fixture.detectChanges();
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe(' default ');
   });
+
+  it('should support exhaustive switch checking', () => {
+    @Component({
+      template: `
+        Between here
+        @switch (case) {
+          @case (0) {
+            case 0
+          }
+          @case (1) {
+            case 1
+          }
+          @default never; 
+        }
+        and there.
+      `,
+    })
+    class TestComponent {
+      case: 0 | 1 = 2 as 1; // Intentionally incorrect to test exhaustive checking at runtime
+    }
+
+    const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TestComponent);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe(' Between here  and there. ');
+    fixture.componentInstance.case = 0;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe(' Between here  case 0  and there. ');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/semantic_tokens.ts b/packages/language-service/src/semantic_tokens.ts
index 22ba73c13c9..d590682f5ce 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/semantic_tokens.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/semantic_tokens.ts
@@ -7,36 +7,37 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  TmplAstElement,
-  TmplAstNode,
-  TmplAstTemplate,
-  TmplAstVisitor,
+  ParseSourceSpan,
   TmplAstBoundAttribute,
   TmplAstBoundEvent,
   TmplAstBoundText,
+  TmplAstComponent,
   TmplAstContent,
   TmplAstDeferredBlock,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockError,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockLoading,
   TmplAstDeferredBlockPlaceholder,
   TmplAstDeferredTrigger,
+  TmplAstDirective,
+  TmplAstElement,
   TmplAstForLoopBlock,
   TmplAstForLoopBlockEmpty,
   TmplAstIcu,
   TmplAstIfBlock,
   TmplAstIfBlockBranch,
   TmplAstLetDeclaration,
+  TmplAstNode,
   TmplAstReference,
   TmplAstSwitchBlock,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCase,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCaseGroup,
+  TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck,
+  TmplAstTemplate,
   TmplAstText,
   TmplAstTextAttribute,
   TmplAstUnknownBlock,
   TmplAstVariable,
-  TmplAstComponent,
-  TmplAstDirective,
-  ParseSourceSpan,
+  TmplAstVisitor,
 } from '@angular/compiler';
 import {NgCompiler} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/core';
 import {PotentialDirective} from '@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/api';
@@ -180,6 +181,8 @@ class ClassificationVisitor implements TmplAstVisitor {
     this.visitAll(block.children);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck) {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: TmplAstForLoopBlock) {
     this.visitAll(block.children);
     this.visit(block.empty);
diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/template_target.ts b/packages/language-service/src/template_target.ts
index 15e34d4ef30..1fb327e8fa0 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/template_target.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/template_target.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import {
   TmplAstSwitchBlock,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCase,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCaseGroup,
+  TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck,
   TmplAstTemplate,
   TmplAstText,
   TmplAstTextAttribute,
@@ -662,6 +663,9 @@ class TemplateTargetVisitor implements TmplAstVisitor {
     this.visitBinding(block.expression);
     this.visitAll(block.groups);
     this.visitAll(block.unknownBlocks);
+    if (block.exhaustiveCheck) {
+      this.visit(block.exhaustiveCheck);
+    }
   }
 
   visitSwitchBlockCase(block: TmplAstSwitchBlockCase) {
@@ -673,6 +677,8 @@ class TemplateTargetVisitor implements TmplAstVisitor {
     this.visitAll(block.children);
   }
 
+  visitSwitchExhaustiveCheck(block: TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck) {}
+
   visitForLoopBlock(block: TmplAstForLoopBlock) {
     this.visit(block.item);
     this.visitAll(block.contextVariables);
diff --git a/packages/language-service/test/legacy/template_target_spec.ts b/packages/language-service/test/legacy/template_target_spec.ts
index e6be3e8ca51..8a2419557f9 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/test/legacy/template_target_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/test/legacy/template_target_spec.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   SafePropertyRead,
   TmplAstSwitchBlock as SwitchBlock,
   TmplAstSwitchBlockCase as SwitchBlockCase,
+  TmplAstSwitchExhaustiveCheck as SwitchExhaustiveCheck,
   TmplAstTemplate as Template,
   TmplAstTextAttribute as TextAttribute,
   TmplAstTimerDeferredTrigger as TimerDeferredTrigger,
@@ -1060,6 +1061,14 @@ describe('blocks', () => {
     expect(node).toBeInstanceOf(SwitchBlockCase);
   });
 
+  it('should visit exhautive default block on switch', () => {
+    const {nodes, position} = parse(`@switch (foo) { @d¦efault never; }`);
+    const {context} = getTargetAtPosition(nodes, position)!;
+    const {node} = context as SingleNodeTarget;
+    expect(isTemplateNode(node!)).toBe(true);
+    expect(node).toBeInstanceOf(SwitchExhaustiveCheck);
+  });
+
   it('should visit if block main branch', () => {
     const {nodes, position} = parse(`@i¦f (title) { }`);
     const {context} = getTargetAtPosition(nodes, position)!;