Notable Improvements to Coding Intelligence in Xcode 26 Beta 7

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From Apple’s Xcode 26 Beta 7 release notes:

  • Claude in Xcode is now available in the Intelligence settings
    panel, allowing users to seamlessly add their existing paid
    Claude account to Xcode and start using Claude Sonnet 4.
    (155826755)

  • When using ChatGPT in Xcode, users can now start a new
    conversation with either GPT-4.1 or GPT-5, with GPT-5 set as the
    default. (158342780)

  • ChatGPT in Xcode provides two model choices. “GPT-5” is
    optimized for quick, high-quality results, and should work well
    for most coding tasks. For difficult tasks, choose “GPT-5
    (Reasoning)“, which spends more time thinking before responding,
    and can provide more accurate results for complex coding tasks.

    In the OpenAI API, “GPT-5” corresponds to the “minimal”
    reasoning level, and “GPT-5 (Reasoning)” corresponds to the
    “low” reasoning level. (159135374)

That’s just three weeks from the launch of ChatGPT 5 to shipping support in Xcode. Also, these are just the built-in integrations. As announced at WWDC, Xcode 26 allows developers use their API keys from other AI models, or run local models (if they’re using an Apple Silicon Mac).

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