How do you bring a feature as game-changing as native mobile app development to a mature platform like Bubble?

In this episode, we go behind the scenes with a very special guest, Nick Carroll, the product manager who leads the mobile charge at Bubble.

Nick shares the exclusive inside story of their native mobile platform launch—a journey that started years ago as a "when, not if" dream for the founders.

We dive deep into the strategic decisions, the engineering challenges, and the "lightbulb moments" that turned this vision into a reality for hundreds of thousands of no-code developers.

This is a must-listen for anyone interested in product management, SaaS, and the future of building software without code.

00:58 - The Genesis of Bubble's Native Mobile Platform02:30 - Why Web Wrappers Weren't Enough & The Importance of a True Native Experience04:26 - The Challenge of Integrating Mobile into the Existing Bubble Editor07:43 - Reusing Web Components in Native Mobile Apps09:35 - Surprising and Complex Apps Already Built with Bubble Mobile12:45 - The "Hardest Part": How Bubble Solved App Store Publishing & Versioning17:35 - OTA (Over-the-Air) Updates vs. New Builds: When to Use Each21:05 - The Future Roadmap: In-App Purchases, Deep Linking & Advanced Offline Support24:45 - How AI Will Supercharge Both Web & Mobile App Building in Bubble27:00 - Using the API Connector Now to Build AI Features into Your Mobile Apps28:10 - Where to Get Started with Bubble Native Mobile29:30 - Find Out More About Nick's Talk at the Create With Conference

Find Out More:

• Bubble Native Mobile: https://bubble.io/mobile

• Bubble Summer Mobile Hackathon: https://bubble.io/c/mobile-summer-hackathon

• Follow the host, James Devonport: https://x.com/jamesdevonport