Expo SDK 49

Released July 5, 2023

Features

Integrated network debugging and React devtools

Debug in VS Code with the Expo Tools Extension

Introducing EAS Insights

Expo Router v2.0

An assortment of improvements to Expo SDK modules

Expo Modules API improvements

Expo Go for the iOS simulator now runs natively on Apple silicon

Metro is now recommended for web

npx expo start no longer requires the --dev-client flag for development builds

Expo CLI now has built-in support for environment variables in Metro

Selectively opt out of package version validations

Added Xcode 14.3.1 image, the default for SDK 49 / React Native 0.72

Large workers are now available for both Android and iOS builds