--- title: Everything New in React 18 | daily.dev description: React 18 Alpha is here and includes many new features and improvements. The new root API allows you to use all of the react 18 improvements including... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/everything-new-in-react-18-ymsj-nnjn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Everything New in React 18 | daily.dev og:description: React 18 Alpha is here and includes many new features and improvements. The new root API allows you to use all of the react 18 improvements including... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/everything-new-in-react-18-ymsj-nnjn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ymSJ-nNJN.png og:image:alt: Everything New in React 18 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Everything New in React 18 **[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 3 min read · 86 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary React 18 Alpha is here and includes many new features and improvements. The new root API allows you to use all of the react 18 improvements including concurrent features. Suspense lets you suspend something until it’s ready to be rendered. The startTransition API helps in keeping the current webpage responsive and being able to do heavy non-blocking UI updates. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mariobm** · 2 upvotes > Great overview of upcoming React version. **@renis** · 0 upvotes > Very good actualization-- ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/everything-new-in-react-18-ymsj-nnjn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Everything New in React 18","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/everything-new-in-react-18-ymsj-nnjn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/everything-new-in-react-18-ymsj-nnjn"},"datePublished":"2021-06-16T05:20:29.784Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"React 18 Alpha is here and includes many new features and improvements. 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