New JavaScript Support, Enhanced Peer-to-Peer Sync, and Multi-Region Resilience Reduce Integration Complexity and Downtime Risk for Mobile AI Apps in Disconnected Environments
Couchbase, Inc., the developer data platform powering mission-critical applications in the AI era, today announced major updates to its Couchbase Mobile platform, enabling AI-powered applications to run seamlessly on devices at the disconnected edge.
The platform’s new JavaScript support for Couchbase Lite allows the embedded database to operate in any web browser, delivering a universal client capable of running offline-first web applications and synchronizing data across web, mobile, desktop, and custom hardware environments. Enhancements to peer-to-peer (P2P) synchronization include device auto-discovery, mesh support that adapts as users join or leave networks, and network auto-switching capabilities, ensuring uninterrupted collaboration even in offline or dynamic network conditions. Additionally, improvements to deployment resilience and failover mechanisms help ensure applications remain fast, available, and reliable regardless of internet connectivity.
“Building AI-powered applications at the edge requires delivering fast, personalized, and always-on experiences even in completely disconnected environments,” said Matt McDonough, SVP of Product at Couchbase. “These updates to Couchbase Mobile empower developers to build and ship applications faster while ensuring uninterrupted uptime. While other vendors are scaling back mobile support due to complexity, Couchbase is expanding mobile and edge capabilities, now including browser-based JavaScript apps.”
Always-On Applications Enable Business Continuity
As AI applications increasingly run on edge devices with intermittent connectivity, cloud-only solutions often fall short. Forrester reports that nearly half of enterprise IT professionals view edge technology adoption as a top priority, underscoring the need for reliable mobile experiences in disconnected environments. Couchbase Mobile addresses this by enabling AI applications to synchronize data between edge devices even in internet dead zones while automatically adapting to changing network conditions.
Global retailer Aptos relies on Couchbase to power its cloud-native point-of-sale (POS) system. Using Couchbase Capella™, Aptos ONE delivers seamless transactions beyond traditional checkout counters. “Reliable synchronization from cloud to retail devices is critical for our customers,” said John Carney, VP and Head of Architecture at Aptos. “Couchbase Mobile’s P2P replication allows us to deliver always-on experiences with lower total cost of ownership. Capella alone reduced our infrastructure footprint from 12 deployments with over 100 nodes to a single deployment with 31 nodes, saving over $1 million annually.”
Unified Platform Reduces Complexity and Risk
Organizations building AI applications face trade-offs: cloud-only databases require constant internet access, while mobile-only embedded databases demand costly custom integrations. Couchbase Mobile eliminates these challenges with a unified solution that seamlessly syncs data from cloud to edge to device to web.
Key features include:
Couchbase Lite for JavaScript – Embed Couchbase Lite in browser-based web apps for offline-first experiences. Local data processing ensures faster, more secure, and always-available applications that synchronize seamlessly with Capella App Services and Sync Gateway.
Enhanced Peer-to-Peer Sync – Automatic device discovery, adaptive mesh networking, and upcoming network auto-switching simplify P2P integration for iOS and Android, reducing implementation code from dozens of lines to around five.
XDCR and Multi-Cluster Resilience – Cross-data center replication in Capella App Services and Sync Gateway 4.0 provides zero-downtime disaster recovery, seamless failover, and mobile user migration across clusters for maximum uptime.
Couchbase Edge Server – A lightweight database server for resource-constrained environments, designed to power applications in isolated locations like airplanes, warehouses, retail stores, and restaurants.
Couchbase Mobile is available now. Learn more about delivering offline-first AI applications at www.couchbase.com.