--- title: "It's Not New: How 'The Architecture' Unlocks React Native's Future" description: "Riccardo Cipolleschi (Meta) explains why the New Architecture is now just The Architecture and how it serves as the foundation for concurrent rendering, DOM APIs, and Hermes V1." url: https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/its-not-new-how-the-architecture-unlocks-react-natives-future updated: 2026-10-24T08:39:42.669Z --- # It's Not New: How 'The Architecture' Unlocks React Native's Future Riccardo Cipolleschi (Meta) explains why the New Architecture is now just The Architecture and how it serves as the foundation for concurrent rendering, DOM APIs, and Hermes V1. _Guest: Riccardo Cipolleschi, Software Engineer @ Meta · Host: Łukasz Chludziński, Engineering Manager @ Callstack · Published 2025-11-24 · Duration 06:22 · Category: React Native_ Listen: [YouTube](https://youtu.be/vYS7uLNjItw) The main theme of the React Native keynote was clear: the New Architecture is no longer "new"; it is now simply The Architecture. Riccardo Cipolleschi (Meta) explains that after years of work, it's "time to make it a reality and harvest all the benefits." This architecture is the foundational block that enables the next generation of React Native features. Cipolleschi outlines how it unlocks: - **Concurrent rendering:** Provides the ability to create concurrent rendering paths and manage thread priority. - **New React 19 features:** Directly enables features like the `` component to work on native by providing the necessary concurrency support. - **DOM APIs:** Serves as the base that allows for the implementation of web-standard DOM APIs on native. - **Hermes V1:** Acts as the foundation for Hermes V1 (the new name for Static Hermes). Insights ## Learn more about React Native Here's everything we published recently on this topic. [View all](https://www.callstack.com/insights) - [Same Destination, Different Roads: Migrating a Live App at Scale](https://www.callstack.com/events/same-destination-different-roads-migrating-a-live-app-at-scale) (Oct 8 · Talk): Łukasz Chludziński compares Greenfield and Brownfield approaches to migrating a live app, weighing continuity, delivery speed, cost, and risk. - [Building a Modern Navigation Library: The Hard Parts](https://www.callstack.com/events/building-a-modern-navigation-library-the-hard-parts-2) (Oct 7 · Talk): At reactCon, Satyajit Sahoo explores the design choices behind React Navigation 8 and the challenges of creating a navigation library that works across platforms. - [JSX to Live Activity: The Story of Voltra](https://www.callstack.com/events/jsx-to-live-activity-the-story-of-voltra-react-native-connection-2026) (Sep 24 · Talk): Szymon Chmal will show how Voltra brings iOS Live Activities and widgets to React Native without requiring developers to write native UI code. - [Building a Modern Navigation Library: The Hard Parts](https://www.callstack.com/events/building-a-modern-navigation-library-the-hard-parts) (Sep 24 · Talk): Satyajit Sahoo will share the decisions and trade-offs behind React Navigation 8 and building a modern cross-platform navigation library. - [VisionCamera V5 With Marc Rousavy](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/visioncamera-v5-with-marc-rousavy) (Aug 4 · Podcast): Marc Rousavy joins Mike Grabowski to unpack VisionCamera v5, Nitro Modules, the constraints API, migration work, and what changed for React Native camera apps. - [From JSX to SwiftUI: How Voltra Powers iOS Live Activities](https://www.callstack.com/events/from-jsx-to-swiftui-how-voltra-powers-ios-live-activities) (Jul 9 · Talk): See how Voltra lets React teams build iOS Live Activities and Dynamic Island UIs without Swift by translating JSX into SwiftUI under tight native limits. - [Redraw for Effects Beyond Skia](https://www.callstack.com/podcasts/redraw-for-effects-beyond-skia) (Jul 1 · Podcast): William Candillon talks about where Redraw fits next to Skia, from physics-based rendering to camera effects, AR, and new UI patterns. - [Less Boilerplate, More Type Safety: React Navigation 8's Typed Hooks](https://www.callstack.com/blog/less-boilerplate-more-type-safety-react-navigation-8s-typed-hooks) (Jun 29 · Article): React Navigation 8 improves typed hooks with screen-aware types, less boilerplate, and fewer unsafe casts in shared UI and nested navigators. - [KLJS x React Universe Meetup, Kuala Lumpur](https://www.callstack.com/events/kljs-x-react-universe-meetup-kuala-lumpur) (May 5 · Meetup): Join Callstack and Ryt Bank on May 5 in-person for a React Universe meetup with practical talks for engineers working with React and React Native in production.