Apple’s developer news feed carried six platform-facing announcements in the ten weeks around WWDC26, its Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park, June 8 through 12, 2026. They range from a deprecated class in one of Apple’s frameworks to a new developer center opening abroad, and Apple’s own posts give most of them a single line:…
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Apple Reversed Its Sign In With Apple Domain Change After Developer Feedback
Apple has reversed part of a domain migration for Sign in with Apple. A June 15, 2026 developer news post said both new Sign in with Apple relay addresses and iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses would move to a single new domain, private.icloud.com. An August 24, 2026 update partly undid that: Hide My Email addresses…
Xcode 27's Release Candidate Targets Six Platforms That Don't Share a Build Number
On September 9, 2026, Apple shipped release candidates for all six operating systems due September 14, plus the Xcode 27 Release Candidate developers need to build against them. Apple’s own developer release index lists twelve builds across September 8 and 9, and their version numbers share almost nothing: macOS’s build does not even start with…
Apple Sets an April 2027 SDK Deadline for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS
Starting in April 2027, Apple will require every iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS app or game submitted to App Store Connect to be built with that platform’s 27-generation software development kit or later. Apple published the requirement inside a September 9, 2026 developer news post that also declared the six new operating systems ready…