--- title: What’s new in Next.js 16: Turbo Builds, Smart Caching,... description: Next.js 16 stabilizes Turbopack as the default bundler, delivering 2-5× faster production builds and 10× faster hot reloading. The release introduces Cache... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-next-js-16-turbo-builds-smart-caching-ai-debugging-91xiemcve twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s new in Next.js 16: Turbo Builds, Smart Caching, AI Debugging | daily.dev og:description: Next.js 16 stabilizes Turbopack as the default bundler, delivering 2-5× faster production builds and 10× faster hot reloading. The release introduces Cache... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-next-js-16-turbo-builds-smart-caching-ai-debugging-91xiemcve og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/91xiEmcVe.png og:image:alt: What’s new in Next.js 16: Turbo Builds, Smart Caching, AI Debugging 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. # What’s new in Next.js 16: Turbo Builds, Smart Caching, AI Debugging **[Syncfusion](https://daily.dev/sources/syncfusion)** · [@sureshmohan](https://daily.dev/sureshmohan) · 7 min read · 33 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Next.js 16 stabilizes Turbopack as the default bundler, delivering 2-5× faster production builds and 10× faster hot reloading. The release introduces Cache Components with explicit opt-in caching via the 'use cache' directive, replacing implicit caching for more predictable behavior. AI-assisted debugging arrives through Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration in DevTools, enabling AI agents to access unified logs and suggest fixes. The update includes React Compiler support for automatic memoization, enhanced routing with layout deduplication, and replaces middleware.ts with proxy.ts. Breaking changes include requiring Node.js 20.9+, removing AMP support, and making params/searchParams async. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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