June 8, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Apple accelerates app development with new intelligence frameworks andย advancedย 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
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced new intelligence capabilities, expanded productivity features in Xcode,ย and platform improvements that make apps faster, more adaptive, and easier to build.
โDevelopers 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,โ said Susan Prescott, Appleโs vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. โWith 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.โ
Intelligence Frameworks
With the latest enhancements to Apple Intelligence and the introduction of Siri AI, developers can make their appsโ 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.
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…