Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.

Apple on Monday seeded the third betas of its upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing.

For years, the wall between iOS and Android development was defined by the languages used to build them. If you wanted an app on an iPhone, you likely used Swift. On the other hand, for Android, the ...

Apple on Monday seeded the second betas of its upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing.