Context API is one of React’s built-in solutions for managing shared state across components. But with the release of React 19, there’s a new addition to the mix: the use() hook. The Context API lets…

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React 19 introduces the new use() hook as an alternative to useContext for accessing Context API values. The Context API enables global state management across components without prop drilling, making it ideal for shared data like authentication, themes, and cart information. The use() hook simplifies syntax by eliminating the need for useContext boilerplate and works with both contexts and async resources. While useContext remains stable for current projects, use() represents React's direction toward cleaner data access patterns, especially in server-driven environments.

React 19 State Management: Context API and the New use() API Explained

Step 3: Access the Context in Child Components

Wtf. Since when we started calling adding a weird function with ever more shitty name removing boilerplate? Why the fck you need to place completely unrelated logic of accessing context values into async values handling? Just do fckng useAwait
Maybe react will have adequate and clear api but it won’t be today

So, it’s like exactly the same as useContext, basically the same amount of code, the same need to wrap a parent in a provider, but different method name? Are you serious? Why? What’s the point?