React Native for Desktop in Microsoft Word
summary
Microsoft brings an existing premium feature into Word Desktop using React Native for Windows and macOS and ships a movable native Copilot pane with theming and accessibility intact. The team reuses JavaScript and the same TurboModule spec across platforms, implements native APIs (C++, C#, Kotlin) for things like battery level, and adds a desktop target with one command. Outcome: brought Copilot from Word Web App into Word Desktop, reused the same TurboModule spec across Android Windows MacOS, one-command add desktop platform.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00React Native in Word
- 1:05Desktop apps with React Native
- 3:16Copilot AI in Word desktop
- 10:07Adding desktop platforms
- 15:48Platform-specific turbo modules
- 20:20UI for Windows and Mac
- 23:10Dependencies and community modules
- 25:17Testing with React Native Test App
- 26:20Mobile vs desktop differences
- 29:51Future of React Native desktop
- 30:55Call to action
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