Apple Developer - Platforms State of the Union
On-device foundation model
Task-specific.
Compression with Quantization.
Utilization of language (LLM) and image (Diffusion) models.
Private Cloud
Do not store data on Cloud.
Open to external audit.
Apple Intelligence Architecture
App Intents
Expansion into a platform format supported by various domains.
Required to support Siri actions in third-party apps.
Model
Whisper, Stable Diffusion, Llama, etc. can be imported.
Improved LLM performance on latest versions of MacOS.
Code Completion
Function name auto-completion.
Generate code based on comments.
Swift Assist
Generate code with imperatives.
Swift 6
Data-race safety. Verification at compile time.
Swift Testing
Declared with @Test attribute.
Write easy-to-read test code.
Easy integration with Test Plan.
SwiftUI
Expanding components shared with UIKit.
SwiftData
Add attribute.
Index support.
Custom data store support: Repositories other than Core Data can be used.
history tracking.
iOS
Control Center API Open.
iPadOS
Tabbar: Provides shortcut-type UI.
watchOS
Smart Stack improvements: Live Activities integration.
Double tap support expanded.