What’s new in the Foundation Models framework

A Podkey summary of What’s new in the Foundation Models framework, from WWDC 2026.Apple’s making a pretty big move here: the whole Foundation Models framework is going open source, and at the same time it’s widening the ways developers can use local models, cloud models, vision, search, and evaluation tools without stitching together a bunch of separate systems. The through line is flexibility with guardrails. You can run models on device, hand tougher jobs to Private Cloud Compute, plug in third-party models, and even test whether your prompt changes actually made anything better before you ship.The framework goes open sourceOne abstraction, lots of model choicesOn-device vision gets realPrivate Cloud Compute and when to use itTools, search, and smarter retrievalDynamic profiles and production quality checksCLI and Python supportThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm