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New in @ expo/ui for Android: TopAppBar π
A real Material 3 top app bar for Jetpack Compose, with slots for the title, navigation icon, and actions. Insets and height handled for you - PR by @jullerino
docs.expo.dev/versions/latesβ¦
Quick launch is back! π
Xcode 27 removed Simulator.app, and we know that pressing π in Expo CLI stopped working for a lot of you.
It works again now.
We also put your simulators in a browser tab. Check out the full blog about ππ‘ππ-ππππππ-πππ from @krystofwoldrich: expo.dev/blog/xcode-27-devicβ¦
The sidebar on expo.dev is now collapsible.
Press βB or click on the icon to toggle!
New in SDK 58: expo-app-intents (alpha) - it brings Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight and Apple Intelligence to your Expo app.
expo.dev/blog/introducing-exβ¦
The @expo monorepo now publishes with Changesets π¦
π every PR notes its change + version bump
π€ changelogs are generated automatically
π each entry links back to its PR
Massive props to @_philpl for making this happen π
github.com/expo/expo/tree/maβ¦
Settings in the @expo dashboard got a glow-up β¨ Dedicated pages and a consistent sidebar, so everything's easier to find expo.dev/changelog/settings-β¦
Expo Devlog retweeted
Expo UI is production-ready π¨. Real SwiftUI on iOS, real Jetpack Compose on Android, from one set of components.
No more .ios and .android forks for the parts that should just be swift or kotlin.
try.expo.dev/ui-twitter
New skill: eas-update-insights
Want to quickly check the health and adoption of your latest EAS Update?
Check out the new @expo skill: eas-update-insights
Expo Devlog retweeted
Heads up: you might get an email from GitHub asking you to approve new permissions for the Expo GitHub bot.
It's legit, it's from us. We're shipping new agentic features for the bot and GitHub requires the permission update first.
Click approve when you see it. New stuff is coming...
View any blog or changelog as markdown by appending .md to the URL
Did you know! You can append .md to any @expo blog or changelog post to get the content as markdown (this will also work with accept headers)
Introducing our new project dashboard! Find your latest builds, releases, updates and deployments at a glance.
Expo Devlog retweeted
Expo Router v7 is now in beta!
β <Toolbar />
β <Stack.Toolbar />
β <Link.AppleZoom />
β <Tabs.BottomAccessory />
Try the new UI components today:
~ / bunx create-expo -t default@55
βΌοΈExpo SDK 55 beta is out nowπ§ͺ (RN 0.83.1 + React 19.2)
Highlights:
β’ Legacy Architecture support is gone
β’ New default template (native tabs, /src/app)
β’ Hermes v1 opt-in
β’ Smaller OTA updates with Hermes bytecode diffing
β’ More native Router APIs + better brownfield support
β’...and more and more...
We'll link to the release notes with details about breaking changes below β Please give the beta a try and report your issues π
EAS Environment Variables now have support for custom environment names. Available on Production and Enterprise plans expo.dev/changelog/custom-enβ¦
We now have RSS feeds for our Blog and Changelog
Blog: expo.dev/blog/rss.xml
Changelog: expo.dev/changelog/rss.xml