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Ship Backward-Compatible Mobile Features

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You are preparing to ship a new mobile feature to a large installed base where many users stay on older app versions for weeks or months. The feature depends on new client behavior, but your backend and product experience still need to work for users who have not updated yet.

Question

How do you think about backward compatibility when shipping mobile features to a large installed base?