Nitro Modules & The Road to React Native 1.0 With Mike Grabowski & Marc Rousavy

What is Nitro, and when should you use it over Turbo or Expo Modules? And what's the real story behind the React Native 1.0 release that’s still yet to come?

In this interview from React Universe Conf 2025, Marc Rousavy, CEO at Mergelo, breaks down why he built it as a high-performance, type-safe alternative for native modules. Then, Callstack Founder and CTO Mike Grabowski gives an inside look at the roadmap to React Native 1.0, explaining the KPIs around API stability and pre-compiled builds that need to be met.