HealthKit in iOS 27: Workout Zones, New Types
iOS 27 makes workout heart-rate zones first-class HealthKit data via HKWorkoutZoneConfiguration and HKWorkoutZoneGroup, plus new menopausalState types.
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iOS 27 makes workout heart-rate zones first-class HealthKit data via HKWorkoutZoneConfiguration and HKWorkoutZoneGroup, plus new menopausalState types.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 gives SwiftData first-class change observation with ResultsObserver, persistent-history observation with HistoryObserver, and codable attribute storage.
AI & TechnologySwift 6.3 and 6.4 from WWDC26: anyAppleOS availability, module selectors, borrow/mutate accessors, the Iterable protocol, Swift Testing interop, and MLX.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 adds GenerationOptions.ToolCallingMode to steer how the on-device model uses tools, plus built-in Vision tools: OCRTool and BarcodeReaderTool.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 cuts camera launch in half with Deferred Start, adds Pro Video Storage for ProRes writes, and brings the Center Stage square front camera to your app.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 adds a server-scale Foundation Model on Private Cloud Compute with on-device privacy, plus a protocol to plug in your own LLM provider.
AI & TechnologyiOS 27 gives App Intents background execution past 30 seconds via LongRunningIntent, cross-device identity with SyncableEntity, and Spotlight reindexing.
AI & TechnologyAI agents have two untrusted inputs: code the model writes and tool output it reads. One now has a real WASM sandbox; the other, MCP tool poisoning, does not.
AI & TechnologyApple's Translation framework: free on-device translation via translationPresentation and TranslationSession, plus the offline-download edges demos skip.
AI & TechnologySwift 6.2 inverts concurrency: default your module to MainActor (SE-0466), run nonisolated async on the caller (SE-0461), escape with @concurrent.
AI & TechnologyiOS 26 widgets, Control Center controls, and Live Activities are all App Intents surfaces. One intent powers buttons, controls, and Live Activity actions.
AI & TechnologyApple's Foundation Models framework: LanguageModelSession, @Generable guided generation, tool calling, availability, and when to leave the on-device model.
AI & TechnologyTechnical writing at Introl
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