# Next.js 16.4: faster navigation without prefetching everything

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To reduce loading skeletons in v0, the team combines Next.js Partial Prefetching with cache rules suited to public and personalized data. Playwright `instant()` tests check that priority content is ready at click time, and remain in the codebase as CI regression checks.

Prefetching also responds to user intent: in large grids, details load on hover, focus, or touch rather than for every visible card. That adjustment followed a 2.9× increase in prefetch requests. The overall comparison reports lower daily costs, while cautioning that the change cannot be attributed to this refactor alone.

- Selected on : 2026-10-23

- Resource publication : 2026-10-16

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

- Format : Article

- Source language : EN

- Credit : Aurora Scharff

Original resource : [Next.js 16.4: faster navigation without prefetching everything](<https://nextjs.org/blog/improving-navigation-experience-in-v0-with-nextjs-16-4>)

Tags : [Next.js](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/nextjs>) · [Prefetching](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/prefetching>) · [Cache Components](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/cache-components>) · [End-to-end testing](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/end-to-end-testing>) · [Web Performance](<https://sebastien.rigaux.be/en/tech-watch/tags/web-performance>)

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