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Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify

Simon Willison · Sep 10, 2026 · Industry Trends

Shopify is returning to native app development with Swift and Kotlin.

“[...] agents can now do enough of the implementation, translation, testing, and review work that it’s no longer the deciding factor it was in 2020.”

Shopify announces a shift back to native mobile development, citing improvements in agent capabilities that lessen the drawbacks of maintaining separate codebases. This move reflects a broader trend in the industry where companies reassess cross-platform frameworks for performance and efficiency.

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