iOS Articles
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Claude Code Desktop Adds an iOS Simulator Pane: Watch Claude Test Your App Live
Claude Code Desktop opens Apple's iOS Simulator in a pane beside your conversation when Claude builds or checks your app, taps through it, and reads the screen to verify its own changes. Public beta on macOS for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans; needs Claude Desktop v1.24012.0+ and Xcode 26.x, not Xcode 27.
Cursor for iOS: Cloud Agents Go Mobile-First in Public Beta
Cursor shipped a native iOS app in public beta on all paid plans. It launches always-on cloud agents that run in isolated VMs with full dev environments, work asynchronously toward merge-ready PRs, and report back via Live Activities and push notifications. You can also remote-control agents on your computer, pick any frontier model, use voice and slash commands, review diffs and demos, leave follow-ups, and merge PRs from the phone. Composer 2.5 runs are 75% off in the app through July 5, 2026.
Codex Build iOS Apps Plugin: Mirror the Simulator in the Browser and Hot-Reload SwiftUI Previews
OpenAI's Build iOS Apps plugin lets Codex mirror the iOS Simulator in the in-app browser and hot-reload package-backed SwiftUI previews without leaving Codex. It packages Swift and iOS workflows -- designing App Intents and Shortcuts, building and refactoring SwiftUI, auditing performance, and debugging on simulators through XcodeBuildMCP-backed flows. The plugin is open source in OpenAI's plugins repo.