What is Swift assistance

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Swiftassist is a new feature introduced by Apple to enhance the coding experience in Xcode. It acts as a companion for coding tasks, providing assistance with coding questions and helping with tasks like experimenting with new APIs. Swiftassist leverages a powerful model that runs in the cloud, allowing developers to transform ideas into code using natural language. It is designed to improve productivity by offering predictive completions and personalized code suggestions based on the project's context, including symbols and their relationships.

Swiftassist is built with privacy and security in mind, ensuring that your code is never stored on the server and is only used for processing requests. This feature is part of Apple's broader effort to integrate intelligence into their development tools, making it an exciting time for developers working on Apple platforms.

For more details, you can refer to the Platforms State of the Union (23:58) session.