AiOS Dispatch 13
Heads Up: WWDC 2025 Rumors Ahead!
This edition has a bit of a mix of content with the latest talk and speculation about WWDC25. If you would rather wait for the official news on 9th June and keep the surprises, feel free to skip the "WWDC25" section!
Welcome to the thirteenth edition of AiOS Dispatch, your go-to newsletter for the latest in AI and iOS development!
We finally had a bit of a breather of a week in the AI world. Updates to existing models are being rolled out, and all eyes are on Apple as WWDC25 approaches next Monday.
I am already in US, heading to Cupertino in some days to settle down and cover everything related to WWDC25.
Let's dive into the latest!
WWDC25 & Apple AI SDK
There is talk on the street that Apple might be renaming its OSes. Instead of iOS 19, we could see iOS 26, aligning with the year 2026. This change would likely ripple across the board to iPadOS, macOS (codenamed 'Tahoe'), watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS (directly going from 3 to 26!).
A consistent naming scheme sounds good to me but I am wary of explaining my mother why am I asking her to upgrade to iOS 26 in 2025.
AI SDK
Apple has kind of accepted defeated with an "AI gap" year in 2025. There are hopes of giving developers the reign with a direct access to its AI models through a new SDK. I am looking forward to it, based upon the research papers by the machine learning team of Apple.
As a developer, start thinking about the features you can build with this SDK. An efficient, on-device (multi-modal) LLM experience where you can truly personalize user experience without asking the user to download another few GBs of local model.
Swift Assist
Updates to the never-released Swift Assist are anticipated with a rumoured integration with Anthropic models and the leaks this year are explicit enough to mention about the long-awaited rich text editor in SwiftUI!
As the days go by, I am expecting more and more details about the releases related to AI at WWDC25 to build upon both hype and expectations.
DeepSeek R1 Update
DeepSeek R1 has a new update with the fresh 0528 version.
It has better coding and reasoning abilities and the benchmarks show it is getting close to the top models out there. Plus, it has support for function calling, a win for us developers using it with AI tools like Cursor or Alex Sidebar.
Trae AI IDE
There is a growing AI IDE called Trae. It has the best visual implementation of MCPs server that I have seen, yet.
For those looking to try it out, they are running a special offer: your first month for just $3. A good alternative to tools like Cursor. Worth checking out both the IDE and its privacy policy.
Alex Sidebar and Stability
Looks like the folks at Alex Sidebar have been burning the midnight oil! The experience of using it has never been better, with the latest update 3.2 update. Much better scrolling, fewer visual glitches, and additions like a "scroll to bottom" button.
You can now generate images right inside Alex! It goes from app designs, logos, assets, and much more!
Image gen is now available in @alexcodes_ai!
— daniel (@DanielEdrisian) May 25, 2025
Alex can now generate your designs, assets, logos, and app code -- all in the same chat 🚀 pic.twitter.com/kdrK4JpZCL
It could have been a 4.0 in itself, ha.
It is awesome to see Alex Sidebar pushing forward so fast, so it is either Apple catching up (unlikely) or acquiring it (highly likely).
Moving Forward
The next week will set the path for the rest of the year for us developers, developing at the intersection of AI and iOS.
Until next time, keep shipping and building cool stuff!