Upgrading React Native doesn’t have to be painful anymore. At React Universe Conf 2025, Jorge Cohen, Engineering Manager on the React team at Meta, unveiled a strategic overhaul of the React Native release process. This talk dives deep into how Meta is making React Native more predictable, stable, and developer-friendly than ever before. Skip the intro ⏩ 0:39 🔹 Why React Native upgrades earned a bad reputation, and how that’s changing. 🔹 The shift from 2 releases a year → 6 predictable releases a year, shipped on time, every two months. 🔹 Automation with bots and GitHub Actions to cut human error and reduce release crew workload. 🔹 New end-to-end testing, nightly builds, and ecosystem-wide compatibility checks. 🔹 Clear support windows and fewer breaking changes to make upgrades simple and boring (in a good way). 🔹 A look ahead to the path towards React Native 1.0. If you’ve ever dreaded an upgrade, this talk will show you how React Native is building a stable foundation for the next decade. See you at another React Universe Conf 🎟️  Follow React Universe Conf on X to stay up to date 🐦  Check out Callstack content 📚