WWDC26: Live Activities essentials | Apple @AppleDeveloper
WWDC26: Live Activities essentials | Apple  @AppleDeveloper
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Elevate your app experience with Live Activities. Explore many of the places where Live Activities appear, including a new style in the Dynamic Island that delivers more information when iPhone is used in landscape. Learn how to tailor your Live Activity for each space, structure your content and data, and drive real time updates from start to finish using ActivityKit and push notifications.

Explore related documentation, sample code, and more:
Human Interface Guidelines: Live Activities: developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/live-activities
Starting and updating Live Activities with ActivityKit push notifications: developer.apple.com/documentation/ActivityKit/starting-and-updating-live-activities-with-activitykit-push-notifications
ActivityKit: developer.apple.com/documentation/ActivityKit
Design dynamic Live Activities : developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10194
SwiftUI essentials: developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10150
Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch: developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10068

More Apple Developer resources:
Video sessions: apple.co/VideoSessions
Documentation: apple.co/DeveloperDocs
Forums: apple.co/DeveloperForums
App: apple.co/DeveloperApp
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