Apple Treats returns with new kind of the episode – monthly updates. Or bi-monthly. Depends. Nevertheless, here are some news for Apple developers happened in 2025 so far.
Podcast host:
- Danis Tazetdinov: associate principal software engineer at EPAM Systems, https://twitter.com/edeniska, https://mastodon.social/@Deniska
Daily source of mobile news: https://appletreats.substack.com
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And here are the topics covered in this episode.
UK government orders Apple to create and provide iCloud backdoor - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-no-longer-allows-uk-residents
Apple brings Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro with visionOS 2.4 beta 1 - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-brings-apple-intelligence-to
Apple announces iPhone 16e - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-announces-iphone-16e
Apple announces Powerbeats Pro 2 headphones with heart rate monitoring - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-announces-powerbeats-pro-2
Apple releases Invites app - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-releases-invite-app
Swift Student Challenge - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/swift-student-challenge-2025-has
Illinois residents now could use Apple Wallet to store their Driver’s License - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/illinois-residents-will-be-able-to
Asahi Linux developer lead resigns due to burnout and disagreements with Linux maintainers - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/asahi-linux-developer-lead-resigns
Parallels introduces x86 emulation support on Apple Silicon - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/parallels-introduces-x86-emulation
Apple releases iOS 18.3.1, macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 and other platforms - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-releases-ios-183-macos-sequoia, https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-issues-updates-to-its-operating
Apple publishes iOS and iPadOS adoption statistics - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/76-of-modern-iphones-have-ios-18
Another alternative iOS marketplace launches in Europe - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/another-alternative-ios-marketplace
EU alternative iOS marketplace hosts adult-content application - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/eu-alternative-ios-marketplace-hosts
New legal requirements in App Store in Vietnam and South Korea - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-announces-game-license-requirements, https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-announces-new-regulatory-requirements
Trader status becomes mandatory on App Store for EU app distribution - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-warns-developers-about-trader, https://appletreats.substack.com/p/trader-status-requirement-is-in-effect
Apple announces price and tax updates for several regions in App Store - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-announces-price-and-tax-updates-761
Apple announces updates on cryptography algorithms and certificates on App Store services - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/app-store-receipt-signing-intermediate, https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-warns-developers-on-apple-pay
Apple Push Notification service now provides more authentication key options - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-push-notification-service-now
Apple announces Advanced Commerce API - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-introduces-new-tools-for-in
Swift Build is now open source - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-open-sources-swift-build
Swift team announces gRPC Swift 2 library - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/swift-team-announces-grpc-swift-2
Visual Studio Code Swift extension is now published on marketplace - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/visual-studio-code-swift-extension
Apple now allows to migrate digital purchases between Apple accounts - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/apple-clarifies-requirements-for
Emerge Tools announce Build Distribution service - https://appletreats.substack.com/p/emerge-tools-announce-build-distribution