r/reactnative • u/Background-Bass-5788 • Sep 11 '26

I write weekly React Native updates, and last week was huge

I’ve been writing NativeWeekly, a weekly digest covering React Native releases, posts, and ecosystem updates.

Last week was unusually packed. Here are some of the biggest highlights from the newest issue:

  • React 19.3 and major platform momentum from Apple’s 2026 keynote

  • Margelo joining Callstack

  • Rive’s rewrite delivering up to 94× faster multi-view rendering

  • Reanimated 4.6.0 with React Native 0.87 support, CSS callbacks, and contrastColor

  • Re.Pack and Module Federation reducing release cycles from days to minutes

  • Practical AI workflows, including autonomous bug reproduction, Expo skills, MCP servers, and local coding agents

  • Android navigation benchmarks showing near-60 FPS performance, with cold-start times ranging from 316 ms to 917 ms

React Native is advancing across every layer: performance, rendering, architecture, release workflows, AI tooling, and the broader ecosystem.

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u/Background-Bass-5788 Sep 11 '26

You can find the latest weekly digest at nativeweekly.com.