# Next.js 16.4: Cache Components now recommended and default

Canonical source : [Next.js 16.4: Cache Components now recommended and default](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/links/next-js-16-4-cache-components-now-recommended-and-default>)

Next.js 16.4 makes Cache Components the recommended approach, now enabled by default for new projects created with `create-next-app`. This model lets you declare cache behavior at the component level, with APIs to control static or dynamic rendering and fine-tune prefetching. The release also brings agent tooling for migration, Turbopack optimizations (cache size, HMR, smaller bundles), support for React 19.3, and several experimental features for build and development.

- Selected on : 2026-10-15

- Resource publication : 2026-10-06

- Entry updated : 2026-11-07T20:32:37+0000

- Format : Release

- Source language : EN

- Credit : Next.js Team

Original resource : [Next.js 16.4: Cache Components now recommended and default](<https://nextjs.org/blog/next-16-4>)

Tags : [Next.js](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/nextjs>) · [Cache Components](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/cache-components>) · [Prefetching](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/prefetching>) · Turbopack

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