Animation Revolution and Real-World Fixes

Today's React Native update brings major animation improvements with transformOrigin and backfaceVisibility support, plus timestamp handling upgrades. We also see important TextInput enhancements and a critical fetch URL redirect bug fix, showing the team's focus on both new features and developer experience.

Duration: PT3M56S

Episode overview

This episode is a short developer briefing from React Native.

It explains recent repository work in plain language.

  • Show: React Native
  • Published: 2026-01-21T11:11:20Z
  • Audio duration: PT3M56S

Transcript excerpt

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Hey there, amazing React Native developers! Welcome back to another episode of our daily dive into what's happening in the React Native universe. I'm your host, and wow, do we have some exciting stuff to unpack today - January 21st, 2026.

So here's what's interesting about today - we didn't see any merged pull requests, but we got six fantastic commits that tell a really compelling story about where React Native is heading. And honestly, these commits are packed with some seriously cool improvements that I think you're going to love.

Let's start with the animation game-changers, because this is where things get really exciting. Dawid Małecki has been absolutely crushing it with animation improvements. First up, we're getting transformOrigin support in the AnimationBackend. Now, if you've ever tried to rotate or scale an element and wished you…

But wait, there's more from Dawid! He also added support for backfaceVisibility, which is fantastic for those smooth 3D flip animations, plus he snuck in support for the flex property that was mysteriously missing from AnimatedPropsBuilder. It's these kinds of attention-to-detail improvements that make me genuinely…

Now, Bartlomiej Bloniarz…

Here…

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