Microsoft portrayed today's announcement as extending the reach of React Native apps to Windows 10 devices, including PCs, mobile devices, Xbox One and HoloLens.

In partnerships with Samsung and Microsoft, React Native apps can now be written for Windows, Xbox, smart TVs and wearables.

Also new is a React Native Gallery app the team created to show off all the functionality of the Windows tool while helping development efforts, such as cross-platform module testing, [Click on image ...

Microsoft appears to be reworking its Xbox beta app for PC, dropping the Electron framework for React Native, with significant performance enhancements in tow.