What's New in Flutter 3.44
Flutter 3.44 has been released, introducing significant updates for developers. Key features include Hybrid Composition++ for Android, Swift Package Manager as the default for iOS/macOS, and improved Vulkan support. The release emphasizes community contributions and aims to enhance the developer experience with new tools and performance improvements.
- ▪Flutter 3.44 introduces Hybrid Composition++ for Android and Swift Package Manager as the new default for iOS/macOS.
- ▪The release highlights the importance of community, with over 1,700 contributors making 5,800 changes in the past year.
- ▪New developer tools and performance improvements have been added to enhance the app development experience.
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| Original publisher | Medium |
| Canonical URL | https://blog.flutter.dev/whats-new-in-flutter-3-44-b0cc1ad3c527 |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 08:13:07 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-22T08:32:01.187Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-22T08:32:01.187Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | None |
| Cluster logic | Not yet clustered, or no peer story found in the clustering window. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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Press enter or click to view image in full sizeFlutter 3.44: Scaling to more users on more devices!What’s new in Flutter 3.44Khanh Nguyen23 min read·1 day ago--6ListenShareEmpowering developers at Google I/O 2026Flutter 3.44 is here, and it’s a big one! This release celebrates a milestone in the Flutter timeline: Hybrid Composition++ for Android, Swift Package Manager as the new iOS/macOS default, and improved Vulkan support for Impeller. We’re previewing multi-window desktop support with Canonical as our new lead maintainer, and embarking on a major architectural evolution by decoupling Material and Cupertino from the core framework. We’re redefining UX for agentic user experiences with GenUl and reimagining developer experience with Agentic Hot Reload and Dart & Flutter Agent Skills.
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