Dart and Flutter Momentum at Google I/O 2025
Article Summary
Michael Thomsen from Google's Flutter team just dropped major news: Flutter now powers nearly 30% of all new free iOS apps. That's triple the market share from 2021.
At Google I/O 2025, the Flutter team unveiled significant momentum across enterprise adoption, language improvements, and AI integration. Major brands like NotebookLM, Google Cloud, and Universal theme parks are betting big on Flutter's cross-platform capabilities.
Key Takeaways
- Flutter is most used multi-platform framework since 2021 per JetBrains survey
- New dot shorthands feature cuts Flutter boilerplate code significantly
- Stateful hot reload now available for Flutter web in preview
- Direct native interop completed: platform and UI threads now merged
- LG launching webOS Flutter SDK for TV app development in 2026
Critical Insight
Flutter has evolved from a mobile framework into a production-grade platform powering everything from theme park kiosks to AI-powered research tools, with major language improvements and native platform integration landing in 2025.
