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Apple announced their successor to macOS Catalina called Big Sur. Big Sur is Apple’s latest operating system for the Mac line of products.
macOS Big Sur’s name is inspired by the place Big Sur located in California’s Central Coast region between Carmel and San Simeon. Apple claims, macOS Big Sur brings a whole new set of fantastic features for app developers.
In this new macOS release, you will be looking at the new WidgetKit framework for developing and making them available across iOS and iPadOS platforms as well. Apple has made some significant changes to the UI as well in this release. Apart from that, with the new Safari extensions, you can build extensions that can read and analyze webpages and interact with native apps as well. Furthermore, you can convert your iPad app to macOS app with the help of new frameworks available in the Big Sur release. Let’s check them all in the coming sections.
New Features Included in macOS Big Sur
1. WidgetKit
As said earlier, the WidgetKit framework helps you build consistent widgets that work fine across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. You also get access to a new widget API for SwiftUI and give power to your users in terms of resizing your widgets according to their likes.
Source: apple.com
Along with this, the Big Sur also offers a widget gallery wherein users can search and customize the widget sizes and place them on the home screen. An additional feature included in this release is Smart Stacks. It analyzes the widgets based on activity, location, and time using on-device intelligence, and displays the right widget that might need your users’ attention.
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