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Developer Tools

Announcing the Swift SDK for Android October 24, 2025 Swift has matured significantly over the past decade — extending from cloud services to Windows applications, browser apps, and microcontrollers. Swift powers apps and services of all kinds, and thanks to its great interoperability, you can share code across platforms. Read more

• Community

  GSoC 2025 Showcase: Extending Swift-Java Interoperability November 7, 2025

  This is the second post in our series showcasing the Swift community’s participation in Google Summer of Code 2025. Learn more about the projects and work accomplished:

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• Language

  Swift 6.2 Released September 15, 2025

  We’re excited to announce Swift 6.2, a release aimed at making every Swift developer more productive, regardless of where or how you write code. From improved tooling and libraries to enhancements in concurrency and performance, Swift 6.2 delivers a broad set of features designed for real-world development at every layer of the software stack.

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• Adopters

  Swift at Apple: Migrating the Password Monitoring service from Java June 2, 2025

  Swift is heavily used in production for building cloud services at Apple, with incredible results. Last year, the Password Monitoring service was rewritten in Swift, handling multiple billions of requests per day from devices all over the world. In comparison with the previous Java service, the updated backend delivers a 40% increase in performance, along with improved scalability, security, and availability.

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• Digest

  What's new in Swift: October 2025 Edition October 31, 2025

  Editor Note: This is the first of a new series, What’s new in Swift, a monthly digest featuring what’s new in the Swift project and ecosystem, with insights and perspectives from across the Swift world. This October edition covers highlights from the Server Side Swift conference, major package releases, and the latest Swift Evolution proposals.

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