Expo 57.0.10

OK EXPO 57.0.10 JUST DROPPED ☕️ — and this one actually does stuff, unlike 57.0.9, which shipped with literally zero user-facing changes period.

Biggest headline: the minimum Node.js version is now ^22.13.0. If you're still on Node 20 or an older 22.x, npx expo is about to get very unfriendly. Update Node first, then update Expo. Simple as that.

iOS Fixes Galore 🍎

The iOS side of this patch is stacked:

• Apps built with the iOS 27 SDK now use the UIKit scene-based lifecycle — ExpoAppSceneDelegate is here to stay, and it's marked unavailable in extensions and widgets.
• Cold-start deep links fixed: Linking.getInitialURL() was returning null and dropping URLs on the new scene lifecycle. Now it just works.
• expo/fetch: Response.text() and .arrayBuffer() used to hang forever when a request failed after the response arrived (network drop, abort()). Fixed.
• The dev server port is now resolved from the RCTMetroPort Info.plist key at runtime — bare projects without expo-dev-client no longer fight over port 8081.
• Builds against React Native 0.87+ are fixed by dropping the legacy bridge RCTRootViewFactoryConfiguration setup.

Android & Under the Hood 🤖

• ExpoReactHostFactory now passes host handlers' DevSupportManagerFactory to ReactHostImpl.
• URL and URLSearchParams got an IDNA/TR-46 upgrade — spec adherence is way up, performance improved, and the gaps compared to browsers are barely noticeable now.
• RCTHostRuntimeDelegate conformance restored for react-native-macos.

Should You Update?

Yes. Especially if you're on the iOS 27 SDK, React Native 0.87+, or you've been haunted by cold-start deep links. Run npx expo install expo@^57.0.10 and go build something period.

Full changelog: Expo changelog on GitHub 🔗