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+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "win32 has implemented the focus method on UIManager for quite a while at this point",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui-react-native/interactive-hooks",
+  "email": "30809111+acoates-ms@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/interactive-hooks/src/useViewCommandFocus.win32.ts b/packages/utils/interactive-hooks/src/useViewCommandFocus.win32.ts
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-import * as React from 'react';
-import { findNodeHandle, UIManager } from 'react-native';
-
-import type { ViewWin32 } from '@office-iss/react-native-win32';
-
-import { setAndForwardRef } from './setAndForwardRef';
-
-export type IFocusable = ViewWin32;
-/**
- * A hook to add an imperative focus method to functional components which simply dispatch a focus command to
- * something View-derived on the native side.  In practice, this effectively applies to all components in our Win32
- * react native implementation.
- * @param forwardRef - The componentRef from your component's props where you're exposing a imperative focus method.
- * @returns The inner View-type you're rendering that you want to dispatch to & focus on.
- */
-export function useViewCommandFocus(
-  forwardedRef: React.Ref<ViewWin32 | null> | undefined,
-  // initialValue?: React.Component
-): (ref: React.ElementRef<any>) => void {
-  /**
-   * Set up the forwarding ref to enable adding the focus method.
-   */
-  const focusRef = React.useRef<any>();
-
-  const _setNativeRef = setAndForwardRef({
-    getForwardedRef: () => forwardedRef,
-    setLocalRef: (localRef: any) => {
-      focusRef.current = localRef;
-
-      /**
-       * Add focus() as a callable function to the forwarded reference.
-       */
-      if (localRef) {
-        localRef.focus = () => {
-          UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand(findNodeHandle(localRef), UIManager.getViewManagerConfig('RCTView').Commands.focus, null);
-        };
-      }
-    },
-  });
-  return _setNativeRef;
-}