Since there are no releases, I assuming this is still a WIP? It would explain why they list Linux and then don’t have any screenshots of it next to the other platforms. How it works is kinda light on details. I’m interested to learn more about the under the hood aspects of how they are translating everything to the different native toolkits.
Ambitious. I’m sure they know what their problems are and how to solve them, as evidenced by the agent being able to control the UI’s timing (and it being mentioned so far up). Getting the agent to get interactivity right is pretty hard otherwise.
This is absolutely huge. If the Expo team can demonstrate that this development strategy is viable, we will finally see a resurgence of native applications and more efficient software, getting rid of the Electron bloat.
It's a long shot for now, though! There are lot of gritty nitty details they have to get right. One of the first issues I can imagine is this framework being great to use with Opus 5.5 but not good enough with i.e. Gemini 4 Argon or DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017, due to the overreliance on having AI models write the code.
It is weird. What does "agent native" mean? This looks like work that requires the use of agents to use properly.
Hence me thinking it is satire. You mean to tell we are already st a point where libraries and frameworks are being written such that they require agents (from maybe paid frontier models) to properly use?
We live in strange times, if so.
Interestingly, I was just thinking of this problem today: how can I stick with react-like declarative UIs (like one I have developed myself) but yet have them abstracted over native UI frameworks of Apple, Android, even TUIs to produce native apps? What I would have expected is a deterministic runtime, compiler, or library approach to solving this, not an agent-driven "solution".
Since there are no releases, I assuming this is still a WIP? It would explain why they list Linux and then don’t have any screenshots of it next to the other platforms. How it works is kinda light on details. I’m interested to learn more about the under the hood aspects of how they are translating everything to the different native toolkits.
Yeah, it's an early alpha they announced on twitter today.
Ambitious. I’m sure they know what their problems are and how to solve them, as evidenced by the agent being able to control the UI’s timing (and it being mentioned so far up). Getting the agent to get interactivity right is pretty hard otherwise.
Why isn't Android support there?
Presumably they’re focusing on a few platforms first. As they noted it’s coming though
This is absolutely huge. If the Expo team can demonstrate that this development strategy is viable, we will finally see a resurgence of native applications and more efficient software, getting rid of the Electron bloat.
It's a long shot for now, though! There are lot of gritty nitty details they have to get right. One of the first issues I can imagine is this framework being great to use with Opus 5.5 but not good enough with i.e. Gemini 4 Argon or DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017, due to the overreliance on having AI models write the code.
If anyone is going to get it right - I'd bet on the expo team. They know these sharp edges and have been building for them for years.
this tendency to prioritize agents over humans for new software DX makes me sympathize with the Butlerian jihad.
Is this satire?
Is this a serious question? Why would it be satire? Is it building something you don’t like or want? Say what you actually mean.
It is weird. What does "agent native" mean? This looks like work that requires the use of agents to use properly.
Hence me thinking it is satire. You mean to tell we are already st a point where libraries and frameworks are being written such that they require agents (from maybe paid frontier models) to properly use?
We live in strange times, if so.
Interestingly, I was just thinking of this problem today: how can I stick with react-like declarative UIs (like one I have developed myself) but yet have them abstracted over native UI frameworks of Apple, Android, even TUIs to produce native apps? What I would have expected is a deterministic runtime, compiler, or library approach to solving this, not an agent-driven "solution".