PhotoKit updates

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
• Accessibility updates
• ActivityKit updates
• AdAttributionKit Updates
• App Clips updates
• App Intents updates
• AppKit updates
• Apple Intelligence updates
• AppleMapsServerAPI Updates
• Apple Pencil updates
• ARKit updates
• Audio Toolbox updates
• AuthenticationServices updates
• AVFAudio updates
• AVFoundation updates