--- title: "React 16.5.0 Released" publication: "React Status" issue: 104 published_at: "2018-09-07" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/104" --- This week's React news #104 — September 7, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/104) react status [Announcing styled-components v4](https://medium.com/styled-components/announcing-styled-components-v4-better-faster-stronger-3fe1aba1a112) — [styled-components](https://github.com/styled-components/styled-components) brings the power of JavaScript and CSS together for styling components. v4, now available in beta, is a lot smaller and faster, includes a not hot-loadable global style API, and more. Evan Jacobs [React 16.5.0 Released](https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1650-september-5-2018) — There’s no official blog post but 16.5 is out and is principally a bugfix release although support for the React DevTools Profiler has been [added](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/13058) and work is taking place on a new [scheduler](https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/12624). React GitHub Repo [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/0c588559.png)](https://www.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native-error-reporting/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=free-trial&utm_campaign=react-native&utm_term=react-status-20180907) [Get Powerful React Native Crash Reporting 🚀](https://www.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native-error-reporting/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=free-trial&utm_campaign=react-native&utm_term=react-status-20180907) — Automatically detect crashes in your React Native apps using Bugsnag. 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