Expo Blog - "Development" category posts

Development

All published blog posts in the "Development" category.

Product, React Native, Development

Expo UI in SDK 55: Jetpack Compose now available for React Native apps

Expo UI in SDK 55 brings Jetpack Compose to beta and aligns SwiftUI APIs with Apple's conventions, so your native framework knowledge transfers directly.

March 17, 2026•6 minutes read

Kudo, Nishan, and Aleksander

Engineering

Introducing Expo Agent: build native apps with Expo and AI

Product, Development, React Native

Introducing Expo Agent (beta): build native apps with Expo and AI

Describe the app you want. Expo Agent builds it. A real, shippable native app for iOS, Android, and the web. Join the waitlist to try the beta.

March 10, 2026•4 minutes read

Expo Team

Product

Product, Development, React Native

Home screen widgets and Live Activities in Expo

The new expo-widgets library lets you build home screen widgets and Live Activities using Expo UI components, with zero native setup.

March 4, 2026•6 minutes read

Jakub Grzywacz

Engineering

Product, React Native, Development

Expo Router v55: more native navigation, more powerful web

Expo Router v55 upgrades navigation with a new Stack API, native tabs, dynamic colors, and toolbars plus experimental SSR and data loaders.

March 2, 2026•9 minutes read

Jakub and Hassan

Engineering

Product, Development, React Native

Ship smaller OTA updates: bundle diffing comes to EAS Update in SDK 55

SDK 55 introduces bundle diffing in EAS Update. Devices now download patches instead of full bundles, reducing download sizes by up to 75%.

February 27, 2026•4 minutes read

Quin and Alan

Engineering

Users, Development, React Native

Automating OTA Updates: How Onespot deploys to 200+ apps without touching a laptop

Deploy OTA updates to 200+ React Native apps with one tap. See how Onespot automated multi-app publishing with Expo's OTA Updates, GitHub Actions, and a phone.

February 20, 2026•14 minutes read

Sean Cann

Guest Author