Check out Expo release channels.
When you build your standalone apps to iOS or Android it binds that build to whatever release channel was specified. It is set to default channel by default.
You can build your apps to a specific channel by running:
expo build:ios --release-channel <your-channel>
expo build:android --release-channel <your-channel>
Then, when you want to publish to that release channel you do so by running:
expo publish --release-channel <your-channel>
YouTube
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Using Expo OTA Updates in your React Native app - Eric Samelson at @ReacteuropeOrgConf 2020 - YouTube
Get next edition's tickets info here: https://www.react-europe.org/#ticketsThis talk will focus on the recently released expo-updates library that allows you
Published May 17, 2020
Morioh
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Using Expo OTA Updates in your React Native app
This talk will focus on the recently released expo-updates library that allows you to use Expo’s OTA updates in any React Native app.
react native - Expo sending OTA updates - Stack Overflow
I had no idea Expo did this. But I created a small office application and working on an update. While working on the update, I did expo publish So that the team I'm working with could use the Exp... More on stackoverflow.com
Expo "Over The Air Update" Is Awesome
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🐛 Bug Report Originally, I used "expo-updates" as a manual update library. When I updated the Expo SDK from 37 to 39, it couldn't work anymore. So I tried to change the app.json so that Expo standalone can update automatically via OTA, b... More on github.com
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How to show notifications for OTA updates with Expo?
Look into their documentation, you can configure the ota updates programatically
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When to use over the air updates | Three important OTA use cases ...
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How to use over the air updates to share previews with your team ...
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Sending Over-the-Air (OTA) Updates with EAS Update | Step-by-Step ...
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EAS Update + Github = Automatic OTA updates | Live Expo Demo - YouTube
Medium
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How to implement over the air updates with expo-updates in React Native | by Jamon Holmgren | Red Shift
September 20, 2021 - This allows Expo to host my JS bundle and lets expo-updates retrieve any updated bundles from their servers. I took note of my username (jamonholmgren) and the project slug (OTAHack), as we’ll be setting those in two places below.
Expo Documentation
docs.expo.dev › versions › latest › sdk › updates
Updates - Expo Documentation
It communicates with the configured remote update service to get information about available updates. The expo-updates library can be automatically configured using EAS Update, which is a hosted service that manages and serves updates to your app.
Expo Documentation
docs.expo.dev › bare › updating-your-app
Use EAS Update in an existing project
August 4, 2022 - Learn how to get started with the setup required to configure and use EAS Update in your project.
Better Programming
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How to Support Over-the-Air Updates on Multiple Expo ...
October 3, 2020 - The OTA updates work for any published changes to the JS bundle. You add the new feature to the app, run the Expo build, and publish. And that’s it. Users get the update right away on their devices — in the background and without updating ...
Expo Documentation
docs.expo.dev › deploy › send-over-the-air-updates
Send over-the-air updates - Expo Documentation
May 2, 2025 - Learn how to send over-the-air updates to push critical bug fixes and improvements to your users.
Reddit
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r/reactnative on Reddit: Expo "Over The Air Update" Is Awesome
September 22, 2024 -
Just tired and implemented the expo OTA. It's great and I really enjoyed. This one reason is enough for me to prefer it over Flutter. 😅
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It's crazy expensive, I'd only ever push an update there in an emergency
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OTA’s are great but remember these take an initial app launch to download, and another app launch to kick in (I.e first time installs from the App Store won’t have the OTA yet ) You can delay the UI and relaunch the app manually after it downloads but depending on the devices network, this can take 30 seconds and destroy a very important part of the mobile-apps UX ( it can also fail to download for xyz reasons ) TLDR: over the air updates are awesome but binary updates are preferred in 95% of enterprise use cases
Boostrand
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How to update your app through Expo - Boostrand
February 24, 2022 - This can be done in two ways: Building the app and resubmitting it to stores.Using the Expo OTA (Over the Air) updates Resubmit to stores This would be a straightforward approach to implement the updates, this can be by repeating ...
npm
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expo-updates - npm
The expo-updates module enables your app to manage remote updates to your application code.
» npm install expo-updates
Published Jul 08, 2025
Version 0.28.17
Author 650 Industries, Inc.
Repository https://github.com/expo/expo
GitHub
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OTA Updates Not working on Expo SDK 39 · Issue #10417 · expo/expo
September 28, 2020 - 🐛 Bug Report Originally, I used "expo-updates" as a manual update library. When I updated the Expo SDK from 37 to 39, it couldn't work anymore. So I tried to change the app.json so that Expo standalone can update automatically via OTA, b...
Published Sep 28, 2020
GitHub
github.com › expo › expo › discussions › 17230
OTA update fetched by EAS dev client but not installed on reload · expo/expo · Discussion #17230
Update is a hosted service that serves updates for projects using the expo-updates library. refer below mentioned official link · however i am also facing same issue while migrated from classic build system, eas is not updating ota client side
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Expo Documentation
docs.expo.io › bare › updating-your-app
Get started with EAS Update - Expo Documentation
Learn how to get started with the setup required to configure and use EAS Update in your project.
Morioh
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How to Support Over-the-Air Updates on Multiple Expo SDKs in Parallel
Expo is fantastic. It helps you develop, build, and deploy iOS, Android, and web apps — from the same code base. It builds the binaries for both Android and iOS on its servers and provides support for the release channels and the over-the-air (OTA) updates.
Reddit
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r/reactnative on Reddit: How to show notifications for OTA updates with Expo?
April 14, 2018 -
Hi all,
My team is considering enabling OTA updates on our RN app using Expo. My newbie question being, can we enable an alert for users on active sessions that a critical update has been made available, so they can restart their app and have it updated? I understand that this might be a bit of an intrusive experience but it could be very important when rolling out critical patches.
Thanks!
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Look into their documentation, you can configure the ota updates programatically
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There may be a better way but what I am thinking is keep track of the version of your app in asyncstorage and check when the application starts if the new version is different that the current, and if it is just display a local push notification.
React Native School
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Strengths and Limitations of Over-the-Air Updates
They're updates that can happen ... feel the performance improvements). ... If you're using Expo then you can use Expo's built in OTA update infrastructure....
Stack Overflow
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Expo App can't find any OTA updates on production? - Stack Overflow
When I check my app’s builds on expo.io, I don’t see any builds done today. I don’t see what is going wrong and what I can do to debug that… ... Updates.checkForUpdateAsync().then(update => { if(update.isAvailable && (Constants.manifest.revisionId !== update.manifest.revisionId)) { setUpdateObj(update); Updates.fetchUpdateAsync().then(response => { setModalAppUpdateOpened(true); }) ; } }); ... Nevermind, after 6 hours, my app is seeing the OTA updates poping up in my production bundle, I guess it's just an unusual delay on Expo service.
DEV Community
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React Native OTA Updates with Expo EAS: Step-by-Step Guide & Best Practices - DEV Community
May 12, 2025 - Over-the-air (OTA) updates through Expo's EAS Update revolutionize mobile app development by enabling rapid deployment of bug fixes, performance optimizations, and new features, bypassing the delays of traditional app store reviews.
Pagepro
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OTA Updates With Expo - Pagepro
April 30, 2025 - This is where Expo’s over-the-air update function comes in handy for all mobile app developers. Expo OTA updates let you send critical bug fixes immediately without even worrying about verification times, which helps to improve user experience!