托管后台资源通过引入智能化的本地化分发机制,减小了游戏安装包的体积。该系统现在能自动识别玩家偏好的语言,仅下载该语言所需的特定资源包,必要时会回退到最接近的匹配项。此外,新增的 Steam 资源转换器简化了将 PC 游戏适配至 iOS、iPadOS、macOS、tvOS 和 visionOS 的流程。
游戏移植工具包 4 通过引入可供智能体使用的开源技能,加速了 Mac 游戏的开发进程。这些技能为 Metal 开发配备了苹果特有的最佳实践,大幅缩短了将游戏移植到苹果平台所需的时间。
官方 Unity 插件为最流行的游戏引擎之一带来了原生苹果集成。开发者现在可以访问苹果提供的 StoreKit 和后台资源插件,从而在现有的 Unity 工作流中,在所有苹果平台上原生实现应用内购买功能。
Reality Composer Pro 3 允许开发者在一个工具中构建完整的空间体验。结合全新的实时预览与 Mac 虚拟显示器功能,开发者现在可以在进行编辑时立即看到修改结果。
面向 iOS 27、iPadOS 27、macOS 27、watchOS 27、tvOS 27、visionOS 27 以及 Xcode 27 的开发者测试版今日起可在 developer.apple.com 获取。
Apple 智能功能仅在受支持的地区可用。
2026年6月8日 新闻稿 Apple 借助全新智能框架与先进工具,加速应用开发进程 用于集成 AI 模型的新 API 以及 Xcode 27 中扩展的智能体编码功能,为开发者提供了构建和优化应用的全新强大方式 加利福尼亚州,库比蒂诺 — Apple 今日推出了新的智能能力、Xcode 中扩展的生产力功能,以及让应用更快、更具适应性且更易于构建的平台改进。“开发者是 Apple 生态系统的核心,我们的目标是为他们提供最好的工具和技术来构建未来,”Apple 全球开发者关系副总裁 Susan Prescott 表示。“借助新的智能框架和 Xcode 27 中的智能体编码,开发者拥有了所需的工具,可以专注于他们最擅长的事情:将他们的奇思妙想变为现实。” 智能框架 借助 Apple Intelligence 的最新增强功能以及 Siri AI 的引入,开发者可以让其应用的内容和能力在整个系统中更易于被发现和访问。App Intents 框架的更新使开发者能够将其应用与 Siri AI 的能力(如个人上下文理解、应用操作和屏幕感知)相连接,从而帮助用户完成更多任务。新的智能框架允许开发者更轻松、更灵活地将 AI 功能构建到他们的应用中,并利用来自 Apple 及其他公司的强大模型。 在去年推出的基础模型框架基础上,开发者获得了将 AI 集成到其应用中的新选项。该框架现在作为一个统一的原生 Swift API,支持更强大的、具有图像输入能力的端侧模型,支持服务端模型,并能够构建自定义技能。使用此 API,开发者可以利用下一代 Apple 基础模型,这些模型是与 Google 及其 Gemini 模型合作定制构建的,旨在跨 Apple 平台提供集成体验。 为确保刚开始接触 AI 的开发者能够尽可能无障碍地使用大语言模型进行开发,加入 App Store 小型企业计划且首次 App Store 总下载量少于 200 万的开发者,可以免费使用在私有云计算上运行的下一代 Apple 基础模型,无需支付云 API 费用。开发者还可以轻松利用他们选择的模型,如 Claude 和 Gemini,或任何其他实现了新语言模型协议的提供商所提供的模型。 为了帮助开发者更轻松、更灵活地创建自适应 AI 体验,该框架还引入了动态配置文件等功能,使开发者能够动态更新模型与其应用的交互方式。对于希望将自有自定义模型引入应用的开发者,Core AI 是一个全新的框架,旨在成为在设备端运行模型的最佳方式。Core AI 提供了一种针对 Apple 芯片的统一内存和神经网络引擎优化的架构,允许开发者在本地部署全尺寸 LLM。 Xcode 27 与智能体编码 Xcode 是为 Apple 平台构建应用的最佳场所,也是使用智能体进行编码的最佳场所。Xcode 27 在智能体编码方面迈出了重要一步。今年的版本将来自 Anthropic、Google 和 OpenAI 的当今最优秀模型和智能体的全部能力直接引入开发者的工作流程。与编码智能体的对话具有交互式规划、多轮问答以及一个能够渲染 Markdown 并同时显示代码更改和预览的画布。 Xcode 27 还为编码智能体提供了验证自身工作的工具,使它们能够更长时间地自主运行,例如编写和运行测试、使用 Playgrounds 隔离地尝试想法、通过预览检查视觉更改,以及在新的设备中心中与模拟器进行交互。借助插件,开发者可以使用自定义技能扩展 Xcode,通过模型上下文协议引入他们日常使用的工具,并连接任何与智能体客户端协议兼容的智能体。GitHub 和 Figma 是首批在其工具和 Xcode 之间提供无缝安装的合作伙伴。 除了编码智能之外,Xcode 27 还带来了全面的改进。该应用现在仅支持 Apple 芯片,体积缩小了 30%,性能更快,设置过程也更简单。它也比以往任何时候都更具个性化,拥有完全可自定义的工具栏和全新的主题系统,该系统的颜色可覆盖整个编辑器。Xcode Cloud 现在速度提升高达 2 倍,新增了对使用 Metal 的应用和 visionOS 构建的支持,所有这些均由 Apple 芯片驱动。 精炼的设计与 UI 框架 Liquid Glass 提供了一种统一的视觉设计,使应用在 Apple 平台上更具表现力且立即可识别。今年,该设计继续演进,在易读性、可定制性和一致性方面进行了改进。设置中新增的透明度滑块允许用户通过根据自己的偏好调整外观来个性化视觉体验,同时该设计也能无缝适应可能选择的各种辅助功能设置。 SwiftUI 旨在处理布局、动画和平台集成的复杂性,以便开发者可以专注于使其应用独一无二。今年,SwiftUI 通过更高效的状态初始化和更快的布局渲染,使应用响应更迅速,而无需开发者更改代码。开发者现在可以使用新的可重新排序容器编写更少的自定义代码,新的空间预览框架允许 Mac 应用中的 3D 模型在流式传输到 Apple Vision Pro 时以空间方式查看。 Swift 统一了全栈开发,提供了开发者构建从功能丰富的移动应用和嵌入式固件到 Apple 生态系统之外的平台所需的速度、表现力和内存安全性。它优先考虑可用性和直观的语法,允许开发者轻松迭代他们的想法,同时编译器会沿途捕获错误。在此基础之上,Swift 6.4 旨在让日常任务变得轻松自如。它通过引入有针对性的警告抑制、简化的可用性属性(如“anyAppleOS”)以及改进的编译器诊断,简化了日常开发者体验。 面向游戏的工具和资源 对于游戏和空间开发者而言,新的工具和资源将使将高质量作品带到 Apple 平台并为玩家提供无缝体验变得更加容易。托管后台资源通过引入智能的本地化交付来减小游戏安装包体积。该系统现在会自动识别玩家的首选语言,并仅下载该语言所需的特定资源包,必要时会回退到最接近的匹配项。此外,新的 Steam 资源转换器简化了将 PC 游戏适配到 iOS、iPadOS、macOS、tvOS 和 visionOS 的流程。 游戏移植工具包 4 通过引入用于智能体的开源技能,加速了 Mac 游戏的开发,为它们配备了针对 Metal 开发的 Apple 特定最佳实践,并大幅缩短了将游戏带到 Apple 平台所需的时间。官方 Unity 插件将原生 Apple 集成引入最流行的游戏引擎之一。开发者现在可以访问 Apple 提供的 StoreKit 和后台资源插件,从而能够在现有的 Unity 工作流程中,在所有 Apple 平台上原生实现应用内购买。 Reality Composer Pro 3 允许开发者在单个工具中构建完整的空间体验。借助新的实时预览与 Mac 虚拟显示功能,开发者现在可以在进行编辑时立即看到结果。 可用性 iOS 27、iPadOS 27、macOS 27、watchOS 27、tvOS 27、visionOS 27 和 Xcode 27 的开发者测试版即日起在 developer.apple.com 上提供。Apple Intelligence 功能仅在受支持的地区可用。 关于 Apple Apple 于 1984 年推出 Macintosh,彻底改变了个人技术。如今,Apple 凭借 iPhone、iPad、Mac、AirPods、Apple Watch 和 Apple Vision Pro 引领全球创新。Apple 的六大软件平台——iOS、iPadOS、macOS、watchOS、visionOS 和 tvOS——在所有 Apple 设备上提供无缝体验,并通过包括 App Store、Apple Music、Apple Pay、iCloud 和 Apple TV 在内的突破性服务为用户赋能。Apple 超过 15 万名员工致力于打造地球上最好的产品,并让世界比我们发现的更美好。 新闻联系人 Adam Dema Apple AdamDema@apple.com Apple 媒体帮助热线 media.help@apple.com 复制文本
用于集成 AI 模型的新 API 以及 Xcode 27 中扩展的智能体编码功能,为开发者提供了构建和优化应用的全新强大方式。
加州库比蒂诺 Apple 今日推出了新的智能能力、Xcode 中扩展的生产力功能,以及多项平台改进,使应用运行更快、适应性更强且更易于构建。
“开发者是 Apple 生态系统的核心,我们的目标是为他们提供最好的工具和技术来构建未来,”Apple 全球开发者关系副总裁 Susan Prescott 表示。“借助 Xcode 27 中的新智能框架和智能体编码,开发者拥有了所需的工具,可以专注于他们最擅长的事情:将他们的非凡创意变为现实。”
智能框架
借助 Apple Intelligence 的最新增强功能以及 Siri AI 的引入,开发者可以让其应用的内容和能力在整个系统中更易于被发现和访问。App Intents 框架的更新使开发者能够将其应用连接到 Siri AI 的能力,例如个人上下文理解、应用操作和屏幕感知,从而帮助用户完成更多任务。
新的智能框架使开发者能够更轻松、更灵活地将 AI 功能构建到其应用中,并利用来自 Apple 及其他公司的强大模型。在去年推出的 Foundation Models 框架基础上,开发者获得了将 AI 集成到应用中的新选项。该框架现在作为一个统一的原生 Swift API,支持更强大的端侧模型(具备图像输入能力)、对服务器模型的支持,以及构建自定义技能的能力。
使用此 API,开发者可以接入下一代 Apple 基础模型,这些模型是与 Google 及其 Gemini 模型合作定制构建的,旨在为 Apple 平台提供集成体验。为确保刚接触 AI 的开发者能够尽可能轻松地使用大语言模型进行开发,已加入 App Store 小型企业计划、且首次在 App Store 下载总量低于 200 万的开发者,可以免费使用运行在 Private Cloud Compute 上的下一代 Apple 基础模型(无需支付云 API 费用)。开发者还可以轻松利用自己选择的模型,例如 Claude 和 Gemini,或任何其他实现了新语言模型协议的提供商所提供的模型。为了帮助开发者更轻松、更灵活地创建自适应 AI 体验,该框架还引入了动态配置文件(Dynamic Profiles)等功能,使开发者能够即时更新模型与其应用的交互方式。
对于希望将自有自定义模型引入应用的开发者,Core AI 是一个全新的框架,旨在成为在设备端运行模型的最佳方式。Core AI 提供了一种针对 Apple 芯片的统一内存和神经网络引擎优化的架构,允许开发者在本地部署全尺寸大语言模型。
Xcode 27 与智能体编码
Xcode 是为 Apple 平台构建应用的最佳场所,也是使用智能体进行编码的最佳场所。Xcode 27 在智能体编码方面迈出了重要一步。今年的版本将来自 Anthropic、Google 和 OpenAI 的当今最佳模型和智能体的全部能力直接引入开发者的工作流程。与编码智能体的对话支持交互式规划、多轮问答,以及一个可以渲染 Markdown 并同时显示代码变更和预览的画布。
Xcode 27 还为编码智能体提供了验证自身工作的工具,使它们能够更长时间地自主运行,例如编写和运行测试、在 Playgrounds 中隔离尝试想法、通过预览检查视觉变化,以及在新的 Device Hub 中与模拟器交互。
通过插件,开发者可以用自定义技能扩展 Xcode,通过模型上下文协议引入日常使用的工具,并连接任何与智能体客户端协议兼容的智能体。GitHub 和 Figma 率先实现了其工具与 Xcode 之间的无缝安装。
除编程智能外,Xcode 27 还带来了全方位的改进。该应用现仅支持 Apple 芯片,体积缩小 30%,性能更快,设置流程更简化。它还比以往更具个性化,拥有完全可自定义的工具栏和全新的主题系统,可为整个编辑器提供跨色域的色彩方案。
Xcode Cloud 现在速度提升高达 2 倍,新增对使用 Metal 的应用以及 visionOS 构建的支持,全部由 Apple 芯片驱动。
精炼的设计与 UI 框架
Liquid Glass 提供了统一的视觉设计,使应用在 Apple 各平台上更具表现力且一目了然。今年,该设计持续演进,在可读性、可定制性和一致性方面均有提升。设置中新增的透明度滑块允许用户根据偏好调整外观,从而个性化视觉体验,同时该设计也能无缝适配用户可能选择的多种无障碍设置。
SwiftUI 旨在处理布局、动画和平台集成的复杂性,让开发者能够专注于打造应用的独特之处。今年,SwiftUI 通过更高效的状态初始化和更快的布局渲染,使应用响应更迅速,而无需开发者修改代码。开发者现在可以使用新的可重排序容器编写更少的自定义代码,而新的 Spatial Preview 框架允许 Mac 应用中的 3D 模型在流式传输到 Apple Vision Pro 时以空间方式查看。
Swift 统一了全栈开发,提供了开发者构建从功能丰富的移动应用、嵌入式固件到苹果生态系统之外的平台所需的速度、表现力和内存安全性。它优先考虑易用性和直观的语法,允许开发者轻松迭代自己的想法,同时编译器会沿途捕捉错误。在此基础之上,Swift 6.4 旨在让日常任务变得毫不费力。它通过引入有针对性的警告抑制、简化的可用性属性(如“anyAppleOS”)以及改进的编译器诊断信息,简化了日常开发体验。
面向游戏的工具与资源
对于游戏和空间开发者而言,新的工具和资源将使他们更轻松地将高品质作品带到苹果平台,并为玩家提供无缝体验。
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Managed Background Assets reduce game install sizes by introducing intelligent, localized delivery. The system now automatically identifies a player’s preferred language and only downloads the specific asset packs required for that language, falling back to the closest match if necessary. Additionally, a new Steam Asset Converter streamlines the process of adapting PC games for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS.
Game Porting Toolkit 4 accelerates the development of Mac games by introducing open source skills for use with agents, equipping them with Apple-specific best practices for Metal development and dramatically cutting the time it takes to bring games to Apple platforms.
Official Unity plug-ins bring native Apple integration to one of the most popular game engines. Developers now have access to Apple-provided plug-ins for StoreKit and Background Assets, allowing them to natively implement In-App Purchases across all Apple platforms within their existing Unity workflow.
Reality Composer Pro 3 allows developers to build complete spatial experiences in a single tool. With new Live Previews combined with Mac Virtual Display, developers can now see the results of their edits immediately as they make them.
Developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and Xcode 27 are available at developer.apple.com starting today.
Apple Intelligence features are available only in supported regions.
Text of this article June 8, 2026 PRESS RELEASE Apple accelerates app development with new intelligence frameworks and advanced tools New APIs for integrating AI models and extended agentic coding in Xcode 27 provide developers with powerful new ways to build and refine their apps CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced new intelligence capabilities, expanded productivity features in Xcode, and platform improvements that make apps faster, more adaptive, and easier to build. “Developers are at the heart of the Apple ecosystem, and our goal is to provide them with the best possible tools and technologies to build the future,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “With new intelligence frameworks and agentic coding in Xcode 27, developers have the tools they need to focus on what they do best: bringing their incredible ideas to life.” Intelligence Frameworks With the latest enhancements to Apple Intelligence and the introduction of Siri AI, developers can make their apps’ content and capabilities more discoverable and accessible across the system. Updates to the App Intents framework enable developers to connect their apps to Siri AI capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, and onscreen awareness to help their users get more done. New intelligence frameworks allow developers to build AI features into their apps more easily and flexibly, tapping into powerful models from Apple and others. Building on the Foundation Models framework introduced last year, developers gain new options to integrate AI into their apps. The framework now serves as a single native Swift API that supports more powerful on-device models with image input, support for server models, and the ability to build custom skills. Using this API, developers can tap into the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, which were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models to deliver integrated experiences across Apple platforms. To ensure developing with large language models is as accessible as possible for those just getting started with AI, developers enrolled in the App Store Small Business Program with fewer than 2 million total first-time App Store downloads can access the next generation of Apple Foundation Models running on Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost. Developers can also easily leverage models of their choice, like Claude and Gemini, or those from any other provider that implements the new language model protocol. To help developers create adaptive AI experiences more easily and flexibly, the framework also introduces capabilities like Dynamic Profiles, enabling developers to update how models interact with their apps on the fly. For developers who want to bring their own custom models into their app, Core AI is a brand-new framework designed to be the best way to run models on device. Core AI provides an architecture optimized for the unified memory and Neural Engine of Apple silicon, allowing developers to deploy full-scale LLMs locally. Xcode 27 and Agentic Coding Xcode is the best place to build for Apple platforms, and the best place to code with agents. Xcode 27 takes the next big step in agentic coding. This year’s release brings the full power of today’s best models and agents from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI directly into a developer’s workflow. Conversations with coding agents feature interactive planning, multiturn Q&A, and a canvas that can render Markdown and display code changes and previews right alongside. Xcode 27 also gives coding agents the tools to validate their own work, so they can run autonomously for longer, such as writing and running tests, trying ideas in isolation with Playgrounds, checking visual changes with previews, and interacting with the simulator in the new Device Hub. With plug-ins, developers can extend Xcode with custom skills, bring in the tools they use every day through the Model Context Protocol, and connect any agent compatible with the Agent Client Protocol. GitHub and Figma are the first to offer seamless installation between their tools and Xcode. In addition to coding intelligence, Xcode 27 delivers improvements across the board. The application is now Apple silicon only, 30 percent smaller, and delivers faster performance and a simpler setup process. It’s also more personalizable than ever, with a fully customizable toolbar and a new theme system that spans colors across the entire editor. Xcode Cloud is now up to 2x faster, with new support for apps that use Metal and for visionOS builds, all powered by Apple silicon. Refined Design and UI Frameworks Liquid Glass provides a unified visual design that makes apps more expressive and instantly familiar across Apple platforms. This year, the design continues to evolve, with improvements to legibility, customizability, and consistency. A new transparency slider in Settings allows users to personalize their visual experience by adjusting the appearance to their preference, while the design also seamlessly adapts to a variety of accessibility settings users may choose. SwiftUI is designed to handle the complexities of layout, animation, and platform integration so developers can focus on what makes their app unique. This year, SwiftUI makes apps more responsive without requiring developers to change their code through more efficient state initialization and faster layout rendering. Developers can now write less custom code using new reorderable containers, and the new Spatial Preview framework allows 3D models from Mac apps to be viewed spatially when streamed to Apple Vision Pro. Swift unifies full-stack development, providing the speed, expressiveness, and memory safety developers need to build everything from full-featured mobile apps and embedded firmware to platforms beyond the Apple ecosystem. It prioritizes usability and an intuitive syntax, allowing developers to easily iterate on their ideas while the compiler catches mistakes along the way. Building on this foundation, Swift 6.4 is designed to make everyday tasks feel effortless. It streamlines the daily developer experience by introducing targeted warning suppression, simplified availability attributes like “anyAppleOS,” and improved compiler diagnostics. Tools and Resources for Games For game and spatial developers, new tools and resources will make it easier to bring high-quality titles to Apple platforms and deliver seamless experiences to players. Managed Background Assets reduce game install sizes by introducing intelligent, localized delivery. The system now automatically identifies a player’s preferred language and only downloads the specific asset packs required for that language, falling back to the closest match if necessary. Additionally, a new Steam Asset Converter streamlines the process of adapting PC games for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Game Porting Toolkit 4 accelerates the development of Mac games by introducing open source skills for use with agents, equipping them with Apple-specific best practices for Metal development and dramatically cutting the time it takes to bring games to Apple platforms. Official Unity plug-ins bring native Apple integration to one of the most popular game engines. Developers now have access to Apple-provided plug-ins for StoreKit and Background Assets, allowing them to natively implement In-App Purchases across all Apple platforms within their existing Unity workflow. Reality Composer Pro 3 allows developers to build complete spatial experiences in a single tool. With new Live Previews combined with Mac Virtual Display, developers can now see the results of their edits immediately as they make them. Availability Developer betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and Xcode 27 are available at developer.apple.com starting today. Apple Intelligence features are available only in supported regions. About Apple Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s six software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple’s more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth and to leaving the world better than we found it. 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New APIs for integrating AI models and extended agentic coding in Xcode 27 provide developers with powerful new ways to build and refine their apps
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced new intelligence capabilities, expanded productivity features in Xcode, and platform improvements that make apps faster, more adaptive, and easier to build.
“Developers are at the heart of the Apple ecosystem, and our goal is to provide them with the best possible tools and technologies to build the future,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “With new intelligence frameworks and agentic coding in Xcode 27, developers have the tools they need to focus on what they do best: bringing their incredible ideas to life.”
Intelligence Frameworks
With the latest enhancements to Apple Intelligence and the introduction of Siri AI, developers can make their apps’ content and capabilities more discoverable and accessible across the system. Updates to the App Intents framework enable developers to connect their apps to Siri AI capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, and onscreen awareness to help their users get more done.
New intelligence frameworks allow developers to build AI features into their apps more easily and flexibly, tapping into powerful models from Apple and others. Building on the Foundation Models framework introduced last year, developers gain new options to integrate AI into their apps. The framework now serves as a single native Swift API that supports more powerful on-device models with image input, support for server models, and the ability to build custom skills.
Using this API, developers can tap into the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, which were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models to deliver integrated experiences across Apple platforms. To ensure developing with large language models is as accessible as possible for those just getting started with AI, developers enrolled in the App Store Small Business Program with fewer than 2 million total first-time App Store downloads can access the next generation of Apple Foundation Models running on Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost. Developers can also easily leverage models of their choice, like Claude and Gemini, or those from any other provider that implements the new language model protocol. To help developers create adaptive AI experiences more easily and flexibly, the framework also introduces capabilities like Dynamic Profiles, enabling developers to update how models interact with their apps on the fly.
For developers who want to bring their own custom models into their app, Core AI is a brand-new framework designed to be the best way to run models on device. Core AI provides an architecture optimized for the unified memory and Neural Engine of Apple silicon, allowing developers to deploy full-scale LLMs locally.
Xcode 27 and Agentic Coding
Xcode is the best place to build for Apple platforms, and the best place to code with agents. Xcode 27 takes the next big step in agentic coding. This year’s release brings the full power of today’s best models and agents from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI directly into a developer’s workflow. Conversations with coding agents feature interactive planning, multiturn Q&A, and a canvas that can render Markdown and display code changes and previews right alongside.
Xcode 27 also gives coding agents the tools to validate their own work, so they can run autonomously for longer, such as writing and running tests, trying ideas in isolation with Playgrounds, checking visual changes with previews, and interacting with the simulator in the new Device Hub.
With plug-ins, developers can extend Xcode with custom skills, bring in the tools they use every day through the Model Context Protocol, and connect any agent compatible with the Agent Client Protocol. GitHub and Figma are the first to offer seamless installation between their tools and Xcode.
In addition to coding intelligence, Xcode 27 delivers improvements across the board. The application is now Apple silicon only, 30 percent smaller, and delivers faster performance and a simpler setup process. It’s also more personalizable than ever, with a fully customizable toolbar and a new theme system that spans colors across the entire editor.
Xcode Cloud is now up to 2x faster, with new support for apps that use Metal and for visionOS builds, all powered by Apple silicon.
Refined Design and UI Frameworks
Liquid Glass provides a unified visual design that makes apps more expressive and instantly familiar across Apple platforms. This year, the design continues to evolve, with improvements to legibility, customizability, and consistency. A new transparency slider in Settings allows users to personalize their visual experience by adjusting the appearance to their preference, while the design also seamlessly adapts to a variety of accessibility settings users may choose.
SwiftUI is designed to handle the complexities of layout, animation, and platform integration so developers can focus on what makes their app unique. This year, SwiftUI makes apps more responsive without requiring developers to change their code through more efficient state initialization and faster layout rendering. Developers can now write less custom code using new reorderable containers, and the new Spatial Preview framework allows 3D models from Mac apps to be viewed spatially when streamed to Apple Vision Pro.
Swift unifies full-stack development, providing the speed, expressiveness, and memory safety developers need to build everything from full-featured mobile apps and embedded firmware to platforms beyond the Apple ecosystem. It prioritizes usability and an intuitive syntax, allowing developers to easily iterate on their ideas while the compiler catches mistakes along the way. Building on this foundation, Swift 6.4 is designed to make everyday tasks feel effortless. It streamlines the daily developer experience by introducing targeted warning suppression, simplified availability attributes like “anyAppleOS,” and improved compiler diagnostics.
Tools and Resources for Games
For game and spatial developers, new tools and resources will make it easier to bring high-quality titles to Apple platforms and deliver seamless experiences to players.
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