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# PhotoKit updates

Learn about important changes to PhotoKit and PhotosUI.

## Overview

Overview Browse notable changes in PhotoKit. June 2024 Spatial media Integrate spatial media from someone’s Photos library into your app using PhotoKit and PhotosUI: Access a spatial media smart album by specifying the new PHAssetCollectionSubtype.smartAlbumSpatial value when fetching asset collections. Fetch and recognize spatial media assets by adding the new PHAssetMediaSubtype option spatialMedia to the fetch options predicate. Offer spatial media items in a PhotosPicker by setting the new spatialMedia option on the picker configuration’s filter.

## See Also

### Technology and frameworks

- [Accelerate updates](updates/accelerate.md)
- [Accessibility updates](updates/accessibility.md)
- [ActivityKit updates](updates/activitykit.md)
- [AdAttributionKit Updates](updates/adattributionkit.md)
- [App Clips updates](updates/appclips.md)
- [App Intents updates](updates/appintents.md)
- [AppKit updates](updates/appkit.md)
- [Apple Intelligence updates](updates/apple-intelligence.md)
- [AppleMapsServerAPI Updates](updates/applemapsserverapi.md)
- [Apple Pencil updates](updates/applepencil.md)
- [ARKit updates](updates/arkit.md)
- [Audio Toolbox updates](updates/audiotoolbox.md)
- [AuthenticationServices updates](updates/authenticationservices.md)
- [AVFAudio updates](updates/avfaudio.md)
- [AVFoundation updates](updates/avfoundation.md)