What changed in App Intents?

App Intents has changed in a few major ways across the newer WWDC sessions:

• More control over where intents run

  • The framework now lets you target the right process more explicitly with ExecutionTargets.
  • You can choose the main app, an App Intents extension, a WidgetKit extension, or a combination.

• Better entity handling

  • New ways to share entities across apps with ValueRepresentation.
  • You can register relevant content with the system so entities show up at the right moment.
  • EntityCollection helps process large numbers of entities more efficiently.
  • SyncableEntity adds support for using entities across devices.

• Richer parameter support

  • App Intents now support native types more broadly.
  • There’s also support for union value parameters.

• Longer-running intents

  • Intents can now run longer than the earlier limits, using LongRunningIntent.
  • They can also handle cancellation more gracefully.

• More system integrations

  • App Intents continue to power experiences across Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, widgets, Control Center, and more.
  • In newer sessions, Apple frames App Intents as a key foundation for Apple Intelligence and Siri’s app integration.

• Developer experience improvements

  • In Xcode 16, you no longer always need to manually provide titles for some entity properties and intent parameters.
  • App Intents types can now be shared more flexibly between frameworks, apps, and extensions.

If you want, I can also summarize what changed year by year from WWDC 2024 to 2026.