React 18 will be the next major release from the React team. The updates in React 18 will be primarily for the maintainers of third-party libraries. Many improvements like automatic batching, new APIs, new streaming server renderer with support for React.lazy will be in the new version. The upgrade strategy is redesigned for gradual adoption because of the breaking of applications due to concurrent mode in previous versions. This will enable you to adopt React18 without rewrites and can try new features whenever you want to. If you are a developer who is keenly interested in React you can try Alpha releases. It is published to npm using @alpha tag. A bugfix or new feature will appear in an alpha after its merge. The beta versions will be available only after several months. Release candidates will be available after the Beta release.