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Set up Hot Updater with an agent or your terminal, then verify an OTA update on a native app.
What is Hot Updater?
Hot Updater delivers JavaScript and asset updates to React Native apps over the air. You host the update infrastructure in your own account, using Cloudflare, Supabase, AWS, Firebase, Vercel, Azure or a custom server. Native code changes require a new native app build.
Choose your starting point
| Your task | Start here |
|---|---|
| Let a coding agent inspect and set up your project | Set up with an agent |
| Choose a provider or connect custom infrastructure | Choose infrastructure |
| Configure the app and server from your terminal | Set up manually |
| Move an existing v0 app to v1 | Move from v0 to v1 |
| Connect an app to infrastructure you already prepared | Connect your app |
| Prove that an integrated app receives updates | Test an OTA update |
Install the latest stable release
Install packages lists the CLI, SDK, required build adapter and provider packages and runtime prerequisites.
For an existing v0 app, follow the migration guide before changing the SDK or server.
What a completed setup looks like
Both the agent and manual paths lead to the same verified result:
- The app has compatible SDK, CLI and plugins.
- The deployed server has a known base URL and working client authentication.
- A native Release build loads Hot Updater and uses the intended channel and compatibility target.
- A JavaScript and asset change arrives through OTA and is visible after the app applies it.
- You can inspect that update in the Console and verify its rollback behavior and, when the app runs the Insights plugin, its Insights reports.
Server deployment, native launch and OTA application are separate checks. An agent should report which passed and any remaining native release steps.
Find the next task
- Deliver updates: Deploy, Rollout & Cohorts, and Default Channel Setup.
- Operate: Console, host the Console, Insights, and Doctor.
- Understand the model: How it works, automatic crash rollback, and Plugin System.
- Protect delivery: Bundle Signing and Security.