Xcode 26

Xcode 26, introduced at WWDC 2025, brings a host of new features and improvements aimed at enhancing developer productivity and app performance. Here are some highlights:

1. Predictive Code Completion: Xcode 26 continues to improve on predictive code completion, using a local model on Apple Silicon to provide intelligent suggestions based on your project and coding style. This feature is designed to make coding faster and more efficient (Platforms State of the Union).

2. Debugging Enhancements: Debugging Swift concurrency code is now easier with improvements that allow Xcode to follow execution into asynchronous functions, even across threads. The debugger UI now shows task IDs and provides easy-to-read representations of concurrency types (What’s new in Xcode).

3. Build System Improvements: Xcode 26 introduces explicitly built modules for Swift code by default, which optimizes the build pipeline and improves build efficiency and reliability (What’s new in Xcode).

4. UI Testing Upgrades: The UI Automation Recording feature has been enhanced with a new code generation system, making it easier to implement UI tests (What’s new in Xcode).

5. Integration with ChatGPT: Xcode 26 integrates ChatGPT, allowing developers to use optimized coding models directly within Xcode. This feature is available in the first beta of Xcode 26 (Platforms State of the Union).

6. Accessibility Improvements: Xcode 26 enhances support for voice control, allowing developers to dictate Swift code and navigate the interface entirely by voice (Platforms State of the Union).

These updates are designed to make Xcode a more powerful and efficient tool for developers working on Apple platforms.