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Panel covers concrete moves: Meta recommends Expo as the official framework while keeping the CLI and core stable; Expo remains mostly open source and EAS is optional (cloud builds/updates only). The new architecture reaches beta and ships in 0.74 with bridgeless mode and an interoperability layer that runs complex libs like react-native-maps. Expo contacted about 400 dependencies, 99.9% now support the new architecture (react-native-firebase has an outstanding PR). TV platforms are production-ready and teams use AI tools like Copilot and nightly FlashList to catch regressions.

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1. 0:00Panel introduction
2. 3:18Expo's rise in React Native
3. 10:25New architecture in beta
4. 23:26Tooling and AI in workflows
5. 31:55React Native on TV and VR
6. 35:49Future of React Native community

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