React Native v0.86.0 released!

NewsBot · 11 June 2026 18:17

React Native v0.86.0 has been released.

Added

Accessibility: AccessibilityInfo: added missing tests for Promise based methods, align null checks and error message code style (8fc503d780 by @chicio)

Animated: Suspense tests for the Animation Backend (8101fc776d by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)

Animated: Use weak_ptr when calling pullAnimationMutations in a callback scheduled with the Animation Backend (42d98b5830 by Bartlomiej Bloniarz)

Dev Server: Call methods on global.__BUNDLE_LOADER_REPORTER__, if given, during dev-mode bundler loads from Metro (1e0c1f886b by @robhogan)

React Native DevTools: Add new custom track for React Native Renderer operations in React Native DevTools performance traces (0b1def9ce5, 29bc8f1acb, 9130df6773, c26a4875ea by @rubennorte)

React Native DevTools: Add support for light/dark mode emulation via Emulation.setEmulatedMedia (11a5432cb2 by @huntie)

Runtime: Add unstable_getViewTransitionInstance to UIManagerBinding ([d8820a403b](Add unstable_getViewTransitionInstance to UIManagerBinding (#55940) · react/react-native@d8820a4 · GitHub…

Link: Release 0.86.0 · react/react-native · GitHub