Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Explore what’s new in the Foundation Models framework. Learn how to access Private Cloud Compute, integrate third-party and open source models, and work with vision capabilities. Discover context management APIs, built-in semantic search, and powerful primitives for creating agentic experiences in your apps.

Explore related documentation, sample code, and more:
Expanding generation with tool calling: developer.apple.com/documentation/FoundationModels/expanding-generation-with-tool-calling
Analyzing images with multimodal prompting: developer.apple.com/documentation/FoundationModels/analyzing-images-with-multimodal-prompting
Composing dynamic sessions with instructions and profiles: developer.apple.com/documentation/FoundationModels/composing-dynamic-sessions-with-instructions-and-profiles
Adding server-side intelligence with Private Cloud Compute: developer.apple.com/documentation/FoundationModels/adding-server-side-intelligence-with-private-cloud-compute

00:00 - Introduction
02:34 - New on-device model
03:21 - Vision: image understanding
04:20 - Private Cloud Compute
06:46 - Model abstraction layer
07:32 - Partner model integrations
09:40 - System tools: Vision and Spotlight
10:57 - Dynamic Profiles for agentic apps
13:46 - Composing models and configurations
15:30 - Evaluations framework
16:02 - The fm command line tool
17:13 - Foundation Models Python SDK
17:55 - Open source and framework utilities
19:24 - Next steps

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