Expo launches cloud iOS and Android simulators for coding agents

Expo introduced Expo Simulators on November 12, 2026, a set of cloud-hosted iOS simulators and Android emulators built specifically for AI coding agents. Agents can now install a build, drive the app, and hand back screen recordings, screenshots and logs as proof that a mobile code change actually works.

What Expo Simulators add

• Works with any app that can be built for the iOS Simulator or Android Emulator, including SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Flutter and Unity apps, not just Expo or React Native projects.
• Available immediately on the Starter, Production and Enterprise plans, each including 60 simulator-minutes per month.
• Usage beyond the included minutes is billed at $0.10 per simulator-minute for either iOS or Android.
• Agents can install builds, drive the app, and return screen recordings, screenshots and logs as proof of their work.
• Teammates can open a running build through a link, without needing a TestFlight build.

Why it matters for people building with AI

This closes a gap for mobile-targeting coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Copilot, which could already generate and edit mobile code but had no way to actually run it and visually confirm the result. With Expo Simulators, an agent can reproduce and fix a bug filed in Linear, test the fix on cloud simulators in parallel, and attach a recording of the working app to the resulting pull request.

Availability

The feature is live immediately on all three plans. Teammates can open a running build through a link instead of waiting on a TestFlight build, keeping the verification loop entirely inside the development workflow.

Sources

• Introducing Expo Simulators: cloud simulators built for agents (Expo, November 12, 2026, official)

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