Millions of merchants and shoppers stand to feel the impact as Shopify rebuilds its mobile apps in Swift and Kotlin after AI tools cut duplication costs.
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For the past several years, e-commerce platform Shopify has used the mobile application framework React Native to develop its smartphone apps. However, in a blog post published on September 10, 2026, Shopify announced a reversal of its focus on React Native and a return to Swift and Kotlin, which it had previously used. Read more...