# Next.js 16.3: Instant Navigations

DevFeed: [Next.js 16.3: Instant Navigations](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/next-js-16-3-instant-navigations-3225.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nextjs.org/blog/next-16-3-instant-navigations>)

Author: Josh Story

Published: 2026-06-25T20:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Next.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/next-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

Next.js 16.3 introduces Instant Navigations, an opt-in set of behaviors designed to make server-driven applications feel as responsive as single-page apps. The article discusses faster navigations, Cache Components, and choices for handling asynchronous server data.

## Source excerpt

A new suite of tools that brings the responsiveness of a single-page app to the server-centric model of Next.js.