Expo Release notes and new features

Expo SDK 58

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Native crash reporting in Expo's Observability service

EAS Observe now records native crashes from Android and iOS alongside JavaScript errors, with stack traces, session context, and crash-free session rates.

Connect PostHog to your Expo app in one command

Connect PostHog to your Expo app with one command. Every event carries the EAS update it came from, and EAS Workflows can gate rollouts on PostHog metrics.

Login now required for running projects in Expo Go

Connect Expo in the Claude desktop app

Add the Expo MCP server from Claude's connector directory. Your EAS builds and store operations then work in any Claude app, including the one on your phone.

Sign in with passkeys

You can now add passkeys to your Expo account and use them to sign in. Passkeys are a primary authentication factor that is more secure than a password combined with OTP.

Expo SDK 57

A small release that brings React Native 0.86 to Expo

Maestro testing: insights, clearer results, and faster retries

Maestro testing in EAS Workflows gets a new insights dashboard, clearer results on every run, and retries that re-run only the flows that failed.

Automate iOS device registration for internal builds in EAS Workflows

Register and approve test devices as a step in EAS Workflows, then build internal iOS apps with a refreshed ad hoc provisioning profile. Profile refresh is also available for non-interactive EAS Build runs in CI.

The Expo MCP Server is now available on the Free plan

Connect your AI coding assistant to your Expo project from any Expo plan.

Expo SDK 56

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Changes to project loading behavior in Expo Go

Expo Go now restricts which EAS Update projects can be loaded, and only supports HBC bundles for EAS Update.

Expo Go and the App Store in May 2026

An update on the current status of Expo Go for SDK 55 and 56 on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Gradle cache for Android builds

Enable Gradle caching for Android builds on EAS to reuse task outputs between builds. Set EAS_GRADLE_CACHE=1 and see up to 50% faster build times.

Sign in with GitHub

You can now use your GitHub account to sign up or log in to Expo. And you may have received an email about it. That email from Github is legit.

Expanded permissions for the Expo GitHub bot

You may have received an email from GitHub asking you to approve new permissions for the Expo GitHub bot. This is a legitimate request from us.

Expo SDK 55

Learn about the changes and how to upgrade

MCP tools for EAS Build and Workflows

Compiler cache for builds and Workflows

Control build caching behavior on EAS with environment variables to speed up subsequent builds by up to 30%.

Workflows insights

Workflows insights provides analytics and monitoring for your CI/CD Workflows, helping you identify trends and diagnose issues across all your workflow runs.

Slack job type for Workflows

We've added a new pre-packaged job type to EAS Workflows for sending Slack notifications.

[Updated] Mitigating Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in React Server Components

Require Two-Factor Authentication for Organization Members

Scheduled cron jobs for Workflows

Run workflows automatically on a schedule using cron syntax to automate builds, submissions, and updates without manual intervention.