Foundation Models framework
Apple updated its Foundation Models framework to support server LLMs like Claude and Gemini alongside on-device models, adding Dynamic Profiles, image understanding, and Private Cloud Compute access.
The native Swift API now connects to third party cloud models through a unified Language Model protocol as well as Apple Foundation Models on-device and on Private Cloud Compute. Developers gain Dynamic Profiles to switch models, instructions, and tools within a single continuous session, alongside multimodal image understanding and an Evaluations testing framework. Apple also offers free Private Cloud Compute API access for developers in the App Store Small Business Program with fewer than two million downloads.
- Date
- Thursday 12 November 2026
- Lab
- Apple
- Kind
- infra
- Access
- closed API
- Price
- Free on Private Cloud Compute for App Store Small Business Program members under two million downloads
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| App Store download limit for free Private Cloud Compute access | 2000000 developers in the App Store Small Business Program with fewer than two million first-time downloads can access Apple Foundation Models on Private Cloud Compute with no cloud API cost | company |
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