Call for speakers and hosts: If you are interested in hosting or speaking at future events, please fill out this form.

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Snapchat will be hosting us this month. Food and drink will be provided!

Welcome to yet another great evening of learning and networking! This event will be held both in person and online.

This is our annual WWDC Lightning Talks special Meetup ⚡️. Instead of the usual 2 talks, there will be short presentations covering various WWDC topics.

Agenda: • 6:00 PM - Doors Open (in-person attendees). Don't forget your ID! • 6:30 PM - Welcome (in-person and Google Meet attendees) • 6:35 PM - Lightning Talks Begin • 7:20 PM - Community Announcements • 7:30 PM - Lightning Talks Continue • 8:15 PM - Networking • 9:00 PM - Doors Close. Regroup at a bar nearby (Vanguard Wine Bar)

Lightning Talks Description:

• What's New in Swift by Stéphane Copin In this short talk, we'll go through what changed in Swift 6.2

• What's New in visionOS 26 by John Forester Overview of a few new visionOS APIs and tools

• A look at some new audio features in iOS 26 by Samir Dahmani Covering the new Native Audio Input Picker and Spatial Audio Capture functionality

• What's New in SwiftUI by Nikolai Khudiakov Overview of the new SwiftUI APIs

• What’s New in Xcode: Exploring Latest Features and Testing Enhancements by Mani Ramezan We will explore the new features introduced in Xcode and review the latest enhancements in testing capabilities

• Apple Intelligence: On-Device Foundation Models by David Rynn We will discuss the power of generative AI in your apps and on device thanks to the new Foundation Models framework.

• App Intents and Snippets by Winston Du How to add Interactivity to Content Snippets for App Intents

• First Party HealthKit / Workout API Improvements by Daniel Popov These updates enable way more first party data access and control with way less code. As my Apple rep told me it’s the way this thing should have been built initially 🤦

• The New Icon Composer by Nick Spreen Turning an existing icon into a glass version with the new composer

Location: Snapchat 229 West 43rd Street New York, NY 10036

How to find us: Use the revolving doors to the left of LOS TACOS No.1.

What you need to bring: Your ID. Note you will need to sign a waiver upon arrival. You are encouraged to sign ahead of time to speed up the check-in process. Note you have to be over 21 to attend this event.

When to arrive: Doors open at 6pm ET Event will start at \~6:30pm ET

Will food and drinks be provided? Yes! Thank you Snapchat!

Google Meet link: You can join virtually here.

Note we will start the Meetup around 6:30 PM ET, or as soon as everyone is checked in (it sometimes takes a bit longer depending on security requirements)

Call for speakers and hosts: If you are interested in hosting or speaking at future events, please fill out this form.

Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct is shared with the Women in iOS Meetup and is in effect at all of our events. Read it here.