wwdc 2024
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Welcome to the WWDC 2024 overview! This year's conference introduced several exciting updates and innovations across Apple's platforms. Here are some highlights:
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Apple Intelligence: A new personal intelligence system that integrates powerful generative models into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. This system enhances user interactions by providing context-aware actions and features like writing tools and Genmoji.
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Swift and Xcode: Swift is expanding to Windows and Linux, and new tools like Swift Assist are designed to transform ideas into code more efficiently. Xcode continues to be a vital tool for developers, offering features like SwiftUI, detailed performance insights, and Xcode Cloud for testing and distribution.
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RealityKit and Spatial Computing: RealityKit 4 introduces new APIs for creating dynamic 3D experiences across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. VisionOS 2 enhances spatial computing with support for volumetric apps and new enterprise APIs.
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Gaming on Apple Devices: With advancements in Metal and Apple silicon, Apple devices are becoming a unified gaming platform capable of running console-class games. The Gameporting Toolkit 2 helps developers bring high-end games to Apple devices more efficiently.
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macOS and watchOS Updates: macOS now supports Apple Intelligence features like writing tools and Genmoji, while watchOS 11 introduces interactive widgets and double-tap support for quick actions.
For more detailed insights, you can explore the Platforms State of the Union session, which covers these topics extensively.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
Go small with Embedded Swift
Embedded Swift brings the safety and expressivity of Swift to constrained environments. Explore how Embedded Swift runs on a variety of microcontrollers through a demonstration using an off-the-shelf Matter device. Learn how the Embedded Swift subset packs the benefits of Swift into a tiny footprint with no runtime, and discover plenty of resources to start your own Embedded Swift adventure.
Optimize for the spatial web
Discover how to make the most of visionOS capabilities on the web. Explore recent updates like improvements to selection highlighting, and the ability to present spatial photos and panorama images in fullscreen. Learn to take advantage of existing web standards for dictation and text-to-speech with WebSpeech, spatial soundscapes with WebAudio, and immersive experiences with WebXR.
What’s new in Xcode 16
Discover the latest productivity and performance improvements in Xcode 16. Learn about enhancements to code completion, diagnostics, and Xcode Previews. Find out more about updates in builds and explore improvements in debugging and Instruments.
What’s new in Swift
Join us for an update on Swift. We’ll briefly go through a history of Swift over the past decade, and show you how the community has grown through workgroups, expanded the package ecosystem, and increased platform support. We’ll introduce you to a new language mode that achieves data-race safety by default, and a language subset that lets you run Swift on highly constrained systems. We’ll also explore some language updates including noncopyable types, typed throws, and improved C++ interoperability.
Platforms State of the Union 5-Minute Recap
Watch a quick recap of the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
Introducing enterprise APIs for visionOS
Find out how you can use new enterprise APIs for visionOS to create spatial experiences that enhance employee and customer productivity on Apple Vision Pro.
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.