Apple’s Xcode 26 Beta Now Supports GPT-5 and Claude

Xcode 26 debuts with AI integration, a redesigned tab system, workflow refinements, and performance boosts, first previewed at WWDC 2025.

Having first entered beta testing in June, Apple has now released the seventh version of Xcode 26. The update, which requires macOS Sequoia 15.5 or later, introduces expanded AI capabilities with support for models from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Apple’s press release introducing Xcode 26 reads, in part: “Developers can connect large language models directly into their coding experience to write code, tests, and documentation; iterate on a design; fix errors; and more. Xcode has built-in support for ChatGPT, and developers can use API keys from other providers, or run local models on their Mac with Apple silicon, to choose the model that best suits their needs.”

What is Xcode 26?

The latest version of Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE), Xcode 26 was first previewed at the Worldwide ...