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How to Push Over-the-Air (OTA) Flutter Updates with Shorebird — Complete 2026 Guide
One of the biggest frustrations for mobile devs is still waiting days or weeks for App Store or Play Store approvals to ship a small bug fix, UI tweak, or critical security patch.
What if you could push those changes instantly, over-the-air, directly to your users’ devices? No resubmission, no waiting, no lost users.
That’s exactly what Shorebird’s Code Push delivers: true over-the-air (OTA) updates for Dart code in Flutter apps. Today we’re doing a complete how-to: set up Shorebird from scratch, create your first release, push a patch live, and see it update in seconds. This is production-level magic, let’s get your app update-ready!
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Top questions Flutter devs are asking and how Shorebird answers most of them:
- How do I fix production bugs without 7–14 day review cycles?
- Can I push UI changes or small features without full app updates?
- Is there a reliable code push for Flutter that works on both Android and iOS?
- How does Shorebird compare to CodePush or traditional OTA?
- What’s the setup cost…
