What’s New in React Native 0.83, React 19.2, New DevTools features
Beto, December 13, 2025 · 10,947 views
React Native 0.83 ships with React 19.2, and the new , , and APIs change how you handle async data, tab state, and event subscriptions. DevTools also gained a network inspector and performance tracing, which alone might justify the upgrade. I demo everything on a Pokedex app in the video, including how to try it today with Expo's Canary template.
What's inside
- plus Suspense to replace manual loading state management
- for keeping hidden tabs alive without layout jumps or state resets
- for subscriptions without dependency array pain
- Inspecting fetch, XHR, and image requests inside React Native DevTools
- Performance tracing to find slow JavaScript in your app
- A security heads-up if you use experimental React server components
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