Welcome to this week's edition of our newsletter.

We haven’t seen such a week full of announcements in a long time, with perhaps unexpected collaborations and a new service for creatives.

After a long time since the announcement of its collaboration with OpenAI, Apple is changing the game once again, this time by relying on Google to improve its Foundation Models through the power of Google’s Gemini family. This also means that (according to the statement) the long-awaited new Siri is coming this year.

Joint statement from Google and Apple

Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google’s Gemini models and clou…

Google

But the week didn’t end there. Apple also announced Apple Creator Studio, a service that will provide access to Apple’s creative suite of revamped apps such as Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and the newest member of the family, Pixelmator Pro, along with new AI features for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers.

Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps

Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.

Apple Newsroom

This Week

This week we have covered EventKit, SwiftUI and Document-based apps.

Creating reminder lists with EventKit from your app

Gabriel and Tiago show how to use EventKit to create and manage reminder lists from your SwiftUI app covering how to request permission, define reminders, and save them.

Creating reminder lists with EventKit from your app

Create new calendars in EventKit to organize reminders or events under custom lists

Create with SwiftGabriel Fernandes Thomaz

Crafting document-based apps in SwiftUI

Alfonso explains what a document-based app is and how SwiftUI supports it with DocumentGroup, FileDocument and ReferenceFileDocument differences, and correctly defining UTTypes so your files integrate with system workflows.

Crafting document-based apps in SwiftUI

Understand document-based apps with SwiftUI.

Create with SwiftAlfonso Tarallo

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The Community

Rendering Markdown in SwiftUI

Artem shows how to display Markdown content in SwiftUI using Apple’s Markdown support from basic rich text formatting to handling links, lists, and custom styles.

Rendering Markdown in SwiftUI

Learn how to render Markdown in SwiftUI using Text and AttributedString

Artem Novichkov

Agent Skills explained: Replacing AGENTS.md with reusable AI knowledge

Antoine explores a new standard for organizing AI agent knowledge by modeling them as Agent Skills, reusable chunks of logic and knowledge that replace monolithic Markdown files.

Agent Skills explained: Replacing AGENTS.md with reusable AI knowledge

Discover how Agent Skills replace duplicated AGENTS.md files with reusable AI knowledge that scales consistently across projects.

SwiftLeeAntoine van der Lee

CKSyncEngine questions and answers

Christian dives into his experience using Apple’s new CKSyncEngine API for CloudKit syncing, answering common questions and sharing practical insights on real-world issues.

CKSyncEngine questions and answers

I didn’t know what to put as a header so here are some iClouds (interesting clouds) in Maine I’ve had a lot of fun working with CKSyncEngine over the last month or so. I truly think it’s one of the best APIs Apple has built, and they’ve managed to take a very complex topic (cloud syncing) and make it very digestible and easy to integrate, without having to get into the weeds of CKOperation and whatnot like you had to in previous years.

Christian Selig

Daft Music

Listening to music on a Mac is something many of us do every day, yet the experience often feels heavier and more complicated than it needs to be. Large music apps try to do everything at once, which can make simple actions like browsing your library, starting a playlist, or just enjoying an album feel slower and less intentional than they should.

Daft Music, developed by Oliver, is a great alternative to the native client, with a clean and minimal interface, smooth animation and an organization of the content that feels more intuitive, making navigating in our playlist simpler. It is worth noting that the app icon perfectly reflects the personality of Daft Music itself: playful, modern, and instantly recognizable.

Daft Music: Music Player App - App Store

Download Daft Music: Music Player by OBRHOFF Software Labs GmbH on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Daft…

App StoreOBRHOFF Software Labs GmbH

Looking at the big picture, this week's two announcements appear closely connected: tools that have long helped creatives are now becoming even more powerful, probably also thanks to more advanced models enabled through this new collaboration.

We can’t wait to see what you will Create with Swift.

See you next week!