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title: "React Native Conf 2025: React Foundation, Compiler 1.0 & Future of React Native"
description: "React Native Conf 2025 brought huge announcements: React Foundation under Linux Foundation, React Compiler 1.0 and Hermes v1. What’s next for React Native and newest React Features."
url: https://www.callstack.com/events/live-dev-session-react-conf-2025-recap
updated: 2026-10-24T08:39:20.320Z
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# React Native Conf 2025: React Foundation, Compiler 1.0 & Future of React Native

React Native Conf 2025 brought huge announcements: React Foundation under Linux Foundation, React Compiler 1.0 and Hermes v1. What’s next for React Native and newest React Features.

_Livestream · 10/9/2025, 5PM CEST · Online · Recording: 01:47:14 · Category: Community_

Organizer: Callstack

Speakers: Kewin Wereszczyński (Software Engineer @ Callstack), Burak Güner (Software Developer @ Callstack), Łukasz Chludziński (Engineering Manager @ Callstack), Mike Grabowski (CEO & Founder @ Callstack)

[Watch the recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taqjzMj5_As)

This week’s stream was special, as Łukasz and Mike joined right after [React Conf 2025](https://conf.react.dev/), giving us first-hand insights straight from the event.

We talked about the biggest announcement: the creation of the [React Foundation](https://www.callstack.com/news/callstack-joins-as-founding-member-of-the-newly-launched-react-foundation), which will govern React, React Native, and JSX. Founding members include Amazon, Callstack, Expo, Meta, Microsoft, Software Mansion, and Vercel; a major step toward React’s open and community-driven future.

Then came the tech talk.

We dove into the new React Compiler 1.0, now production-ready with deep code optimization and ESLint integration, as well as research projects like Forest and Fir, exploring new approaches to React performance.

We explored `<ViewTransition>`, now available in Canary, bringing shared element transitions and layout animations, with future support for React Native and beyond.

There’s also `<VirtualView>`, a core component that boosts performance for scroll-heavy UIs, and \*\*\*\*the experimental Hermes v1, the next-gen JS engine for React Native.

Finally, we discussed React Strict DOM, the project aiming to unify React DOM and React Native under a strict spec for cross-platform compatibility.

Honestly, there were _so many_ updates that we barely scratched the surface, so make sure to catch the full stream on YouTube!