Apple aids app development with new intelligence frameworks and advanced tools - Apple (IN)

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08 June 2026

Apple accelerates app development with new intelligence frameworks and advanced tools

New APIs for integrating AI models and extended agentic coding in Xcode 27 provide developers with powerful new ways to build and refine their apps

Xcode 27 takes the next big step in agentic coding, bringing the full power of today’s best models and agents directly into a developer’s workflow.

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced new intelligence capabilities, expanded productivity features in Xcode, and platform improvements that make apps faster, more adaptive, and easier to build.

“Developers are at the heart of the Apple ecosystem, and our goal is to provide them with the best possible tools and technologies to build the future,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “With new intelligence frameworks and agentic coding in Xcode 27, developers have the tools they need to focus on what they do best: bringing their incredible ideas to life.”

New intelligence capabilities, expanded productivity features in Xcode, and platform improvements make apps faster, more adaptive, and easier to build.

Intelligence Frameworks

With the latest enhancements to Apple Intelligence and the introduction of Siri AI, developers can make their apps’ content and capabilities more discoverable and accessible across the system. Updates to the App Intents framework enable developers to connect their apps to Siri AI capabilities like personal context understanding, app actions, and onscreen awareness to help their users get more done.

New intelligence frameworks allow developers to build AI features into their apps more easily and flexibly, tapping into powerful models from Apple and others. Building on the Foundation Models framework introduced last year, developers gain new options to integrate AI into their apps. The framework now serves as a single native Swift API that supports more powerful on-device models with image input, support for server models, and the ability to build custom skills.

New intelligence frameworks make it easier for developers to integrate powerful AI models from Apple and others directly into their apps.

Using this API, developers can tap into the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, which were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models to deliver integrated experiences across Apple platforms. To ensure developing with large language models is as accessible as possible for those just getting started with AI, developers enrolled in the App Store Small Business Program with fewer than 2 million total first-time App Store downloads can access the next generation of Apple Foundation Models running on Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost. Developers can also easily leverage models of their choice, like Claude and Gemini, or those from any other provider that implements the new language model protocol. To help developers create adaptive AI experiences more easily and flexibly, the framework also introduces capabilities like Dynamic Profiles, enabling developers to update how models interact with their apps on the fly.

For developers who want to bring their own custom models into their app, Core AI is a brand-new framework designed to be the best way to run models on device. Core AI provides an architecture optimised for the unified memory and Neural Engine of Apple silicon, allowing developers to deploy full-scale LLMs locally.

Xcode 27 and Agentic Coding

Xcode is the best place to build for Apple platforms, and the best place to code with agents. Xcode 27 takes the next big step in agentic coding. This year’s release brings the full power of today’s best models and agents from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI directly into a developer’s workflow. Conversations with coding agents feature interactive planning, multiturn Q&A, and a canvas that can render Markdown and display code changes and previews right alongside.

Xcode is the best place to build for Apple platforms, and the best place to code with agents.

Xcode 27 gives coding agents the tools to validate their own work, so they can run autonomously for longer.

Conversations in Xcode 27 let developers work with agents to create actionable plans and review code changes side-by-side.

Xcode 27 also gives coding agents the tools to validate their own work, so they can run autonomously for longer, such as writing and running tests, trying ideas in isolation with Playgrounds, checking visual changes with previews, and interacting with the simulator in the new Device Hub.

The new Device Hub in Xcode 27 allows developers to manage physical devices, dynamically resize simulators, and interactively test their apps in a single, unified workspace.

With plug-ins, developers can extend Xcode with custom skills, bring in the tools they use every day...