I run a weather forecast with SwiftUI widgets, and I update the location and then forecast in the background. Is there anything new in background transfers?

Generated on 8/3/2024

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Yes, there are new enhancements in background transfers that could be beneficial for your weather forecast app using SwiftUI widgets. Specifically, Apple has introduced support for a binary format called flat buffers, which expedites data transfers. This can yield up to a 25% decrease in payload size and up to a 90% decrease in parse time compared to JSON. This optimization is available for free if you are using the Swift API, and it is optional for the REST API, where you can activate it by specifying an accept header.

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