Add React Native 0.86 release blog post#5121
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Covers edge-to-edge improvements on Android 15+, DevTools light/dark mode emulation, deprecations, and other changes including JSI API additions, networking fixes and accessibility improvements.
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…-edge intro, rename DevTools section, link to /releases
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| ### React Native DevTools Improvements | ||
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| React Native DevTools now support **light/dark mode emulation** via `Emulation.setEmulatedMedia`, allowing you to test your app's appearance mode handling directly from the DevTools without changing your device settings. |
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I wouldn't say we need to include this item, but if we want to:
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| React Native DevTools now support **light/dark mode emulation** via `Emulation.setEmulatedMedia`, allowing you to test your app's appearance mode handling directly from the DevTools without changing your device settings. | |
| React Native DevTools now supports **light/dark mode emulation** via `Emulation.setEmulatedMedia`, allowing you to test your app's appearance mode handling directly from DevTools without changing your device settings. Use `cmd`/`ctrl` + `shift` + `P` to access from the Command Palette. | |
| As with the web, this is a temporary switch that will reset when DevTools is disconnected. |
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| We want to send a special thank you to those community members that shipped significant contributions in this release. | ||
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| - [Mathieu Acthernoene](https://github.com/zoontek) for edge-to-edge support on Android and StatusBar improvements | ||
| - [Rubén Norte](https://github.com/rubennorte) for React Native DevTools performance tracing |
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Not explicitly launched/touched in this release.
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| - [Rubén Norte](https://github.com/rubennorte) for React Native DevTools performance tracing |
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yarn startand verify the post renders correctly at/blog/2026/06/11/react-native-0.86yarn lintandyarn prettier