What’s new in WatchKit
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What’s New in WatchKit
Sessions Mentioned:
- Platforms State of the Union
- What’s new in watchOS 11
- Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
- Design Live Activities for Apple Watch
- What’s new in SwiftUI
- Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit
Key Updates in WatchKit:
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Live Activities:
- Live activities from iOS apps are now available on Apple Watch, appearing in the Smart Stack.
- Developers can customize the live activity view for Apple Watch using the small supplemental activity family.
- Platforms State of the Union
- What’s new in watchOS 11
- Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
- Design Live Activities for Apple Watch
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Widgets:
- Expanded capabilities for widgets, making them more actionable and glanceable in the Smart Stack.
- Developers can use the same APIs for interactive widgets on watchOS as on iOS and macOS.
- What’s new in watchOS 11
- Platforms State of the Union
- What’s new in SwiftUI
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Double Tap:
- New ways to navigate and take action in apps or widgets using the double tap gesture.
- What’s new in watchOS 11
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Health and Fitness Enhancements:
- New APIs in HealthKit and WorkoutKit, including the ability to read and write mood or emotion data using the new state of mind API.
- Custom pool swimming workouts with new goal types and customizable step names.
- What’s new in watchOS 11
- Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit
These updates provide developers with new tools and capabilities to create more engaging and functional experiences on Apple Watch.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
What’s new in watchOS 11
Explore new opportunities on Apple Watch, including bringing Double Tap support to your watchOS app, making your Smart Stack widgets even more relevant and interactive, and displaying your iOS Live Activities in the Smart Stack.
Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
Bring Live Activities into the Smart Stack on Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. We’ll cover how Live Activities are presented on Apple Watch, as well as how you can enhance their presentation for the Smart Stack. We’ll also explore additional considerations to ensure Live Activities on Apple Watch always present up-to-date information.
What’s new in SwiftUI
Learn how you can use SwiftUI to build great apps for any Apple platform. Explore a fresh new look and feel for tabs and documents on iPadOS. Improve your window management with new windowing APIs, and gain more control over immersive spaces and volumes in your visionOS apps. We’ll also take you through other exciting refinements that help you make expressive charts, customize and layout text, and so much more.
Build custom swimming workouts with WorkoutKit
Check out the latest in creating, customizing, and scheduling workouts using WorkoutKit. Sprint through the latest in pace and power alerts and expanded support for distance goals. And keep the momentum going with the benefits of custom step names.
Design Live Activities for Apple Watch
Starting in watchOS 11, Live Activities from your iOS app will automatically appear in the Smart Stack on a connected Apple Watch. Learn how to optimize the layout of your Live Activity for the wrist, and provide the right level of information and interactivity at the right time.