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React Native just made the leap from mobile screens to VR headsets. Meta announced official support for Quest devices at React Conf 2025, letting developers build immersive experiences with the same codebase th...
React Native 0.84 just dropped with automatic performance wins for every app. No migration needed, no config changes required—just faster execution and lower memory usage out of the box.
React Native 0.83 just dropped with a historic first: zero breaking changes. The team is finally delivering on their promise of predictable, painless upgrades.
React Native just dropped its most significant release ever. Version 0.82 completely removes the Legacy Architecture, marking what the team calls 'the start of a new era' for mobile development.
React Native 0.81 just dropped with a game-changing performance boost: iOS builds up to 10x faster. But there's a catch that'll affect every Android developer.
React Native 0.80 is making a bold move: deprecating deep imports and introducing auto-generated TypeScript types. This is the foundation for a truly stable API.
React Native 0.77 just dropped with over 1,061 commits from 161 contributors. The team is bringing web-standard CSS properties to mobile and making a bold move to Swift for iOS templates.
After 6 years of development, React Native's complete ground-up rewrite is finally here. The New Architecture in version 0.76 fundamentally changes how JavaScript and native code communicate—and the performance...
Six years in the making, React Native 0.76 just dropped with the New Architecture enabled by default. This is the production-ready moment the mobile dev community has been waiting for.
React Native just made its biggest architectural recommendation in years. The core team now officially recommends using frameworks (specifically Expo) for all new apps.
React Native 0.73 just dropped with a game-changing shift: the team is finally killing off Flipper and the legacy bridge. This is the biggest architectural pivot since the New Architecture announcement.
React Native 0.72 just dropped with the two most requested Metro features that developers have been waiting years for. Monorepo teams and pnpm users, this one's for you.
React Native just closed a major compatibility gap with the JavaScript ecosystem. Metro now supports Package Exports, unlocking 16,600+ npm packages that were previously broken or inaccessible.
A single character in a Gradle config file took down Android builds for every React Native version simultaneously. Here's how the React Native team handled a 4-day global outage.
React Native 0.71 just dropped with TypeScript as the default, and it's the biggest developer experience upgrade in years. If you're still wrestling with layout spacing or accessibility props, this changes ever...
React Native just made TypeScript the default. No more @types/react-native dependency, no more version lag, and a completely TypeScript-first developer experience starting with version 0.71.
React Native just dropped experimental Pointer Events support, and it's a game-changer for cross-platform input handling. No more forking the framework to support mouse, pen, or keyboard interactions.
React Native 0.70 just made Hermes the default JavaScript engine. This marks a major turning point for performance and developer experience across both iOS and Android.
React Native just made a massive default change that could speed up your app launches and shrink your bundle size. Here's what the benchmarks show.
React Native 0.69 just dropped with React 18 support and bundled Hermes. This is the release that finally bridges the gap between React's latest features and mobile development.