{
  "id": 11515984,
  "title": "Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/google-hearts-apples-swift-so-much-its-pumping-out-server-side-support",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:52:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/02/google-hearts-apples-swift-so-much-its-pumping-out-server-side-support/5300921"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google has recently introduced Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift, indicating that the search giant sees potential for the language on the server-side. Swift, initially developed by Apple for client-side applications, has evolved into a systems and cloud language due to its performance and ease of use. Google Cloud Platform Swift libraries, targeting Swift 6.2 and above, leverage SwiftNIO's asynchronous event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC transport, and data race safety features. Swift's development has been considered developer-friendly and suitable for low-level resource control, which sets it apart from languages like C++ and Rust. Google praises Swift's lightweight runtime, Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), expressive syntax, and compile-time concurrency checking. The new Server Side Cloud Swift SDK is designed for use in servers, containers, and DevOps environments, making it well-suited for building microservices with Swift web frameworks such as Hummingbird or Vapor. Swift's server-side adoption has been slow, but with the release of Swift 6 featuring data race safety checks, it has become a more intriguing option for backend applications.",
  "summary": "After a decade of false starts, Swift is showing backend appeal",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Software",
        "title": "Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/google-hearts-apples-swift-so-much-its-pumping-out-server-side-support-11517796",
        "published": "2026-10-02T19:52:40.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}