When was live activities introduced?
Generated on 8/4/2024
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Live Activities were introduced in iOS 16. They provide a way to show up-to-date information about an activity or event from your app in glanceable locations like the lock screen and the Dynamic Island. In watchOS 11, Live Activities have been extended to the Apple Watch, appearing in the Smart Stack.
For more details, you can refer to the following sessions from WWDC 2024:
- Design Live Activities for Apple Watch (Smart Stack)
- Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch (Review your Live Activity)
- What’s new in watchOS 11 (Live Activities)
Broadcast updates to your Live Activities
With broadcast push notifications, your app can send updates to thousands of Live Activities with a single request. We’ll discover how broadcast push notifications work between an app, a server, and the Apple Push Notification service, then we’ll walk through best practices for this capability and how to implement it.
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 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.
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.