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 # What's new
 
+## react-map-gl v8.1
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+Release date: Oct 2025
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+The core logic in the Mapbox GL JS wrapper has been rewritten to use [Proxy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Proxy) to intercept camera updates. We expect the new approach to improve camera synchronization between the native controller and React props when terrain and/or non-mercator projections are used. See more backgrounds in [#2514](https://github.com/visgl/react-map-gl/pull/2514).
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+The Maplibre wrapper is unaffected by this change.
+
 ## react-map-gl v8.0
 
 Release date: Jan 2025