WebSockets, gRPC, And GraphQL In The CoreA hands-on walk through the three connectivity features that landed together this week, building a live chat over the new core WebSocket API and typed clients from a GraphQL schema and a proto file.Jun 14, 2026·7 min read
AI, OAuth, And Other Platform APIs In The CoreDeeper AI integration in the framework core, modern authentication via OAuth / OIDC and WebAuthn passkeys driven from the system browser, and a few smaller additions (WiFi / connectivity, share-sheet result callbacks) alongside.Jun 7, 2026·22 min read
On-Device Debugging And JUnit 5A walk-through of the new JDWP-based on-device debugging pipeline for ParparVM iOS apps and Android apps, with a step-by-step IntelliJ tutorial for each. Plus a short tutorial on the new standard JUnit 5 integration against the JavaSE simulator…Jun 6, 2026·14 min read
Metal Default, A New Build Cloud, And A New FormatThe iOS Metal renderer is now the default, the new Build Cloud console is wired into every Dashboard link on the site, and the weekly release blog is moving to a shorter format with deeper follow-up posts during the week.Jun 5, 2026·6 min read
NFC, Crypto, Biometrics, And A New Build CloudDevice APIs move into the framework core, revolutionary Bluetooth debugging, and the Build Cloud's new UI is live in preview.Jun 2, 2026·20 min read
Skills, Java 17, And Theme AccentsJava 17 is the new Initializr default, generated projects ship an AGENTS.md authoring skill that any AI agent can pick up (including a workflow that lets agents drive jdb against the simulator), native themes get a runtime accent palette, plus Metal…Jun 2, 2026·15 min read
Metal and SkinsA new Metal rendering backend for iOS, a browser-hosted Skin Designer that retires the skin downloader, an iOS Reminders-style Return-as-Done flag, status-bar tap diagnostics, a simulator dark/light toggle, and a candid look at how we balance…May 16, 2026·20 min read