--- title: Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out... description: Google has released Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift, targeting Swift 6.2+ and leveraging SwiftNIO's async event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support | daily.dev og:description: Google has released Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift, targeting Swift 6.2+ and leveraging SwiftNIO's async event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qGgjLDTJV.png og:image:alt: Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has released Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift, targeting Swift 6.2+ and leveraging SwiftNIO's async event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC transport, and data race safety. Google developer relations staff argue Swift 6's strict concurrency checking and ARC-based runtime make it a viable backend language, combining Rust-like data-race safety with easier ergonomics than C++ or Rust. The piece traces Swift's decade-long, stop-start history on the server, including IBM's 2016 Bluemix push and 2019 reversal, Amazon's stalled Smoke Framework, and the Swift Server Workgroup's continued efforts, while noting Swift's declining popularity in TIOBE and Stack Overflow rankings and questioning whether language ergonomics will matter as much in an AI-coding-agent era. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Google's new Swift SDK for Google Cloud and what Swift version does it require? Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift is a server-side SDK targeting Swift 6.2 and later, released by Google to let developers write cloud infrastructure code in Swift. It uses SwiftNIO's asynchronous event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC transport, and Swift's data race safety compiler flags, and is aimed at building microservices with frameworks like Hummingbird or Vapor. _daily.dev surfaces SDK releases like this for developers weighing Swift against other backend languages._ ### Why has server-side Swift struggled to gain adoption despite a decade of effort? Server-side Swift adoption stalled because major backers pulled back: IBM reversed its Swift commitment in 2019 after initially launching Swift on its Bluemix cloud in 2016, and Amazon has done little with its Smoke Framework for server-side Swift in recent years. Swift's general popularity has also declined, falling from 9th on the TIOBE index in January 2020 to 18th, and ranking 20th in Stack Overflow's 2025 developer survey. _developers tracking a language's backend viability can follow adoption shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### What changed in Swift 6 that makes it more appealing for backend development? Swift 6, released in 2024, introduced strict concurrency checking and data race safety, catching data races in the editor before a binary compiles or reaches production. Google engineers describe this as pairing Rust-like data-race safety with predictable, reference-counted performance via Automatic Reference Counting, making Swift more viable as a systems and cloud language beyond its original client-side UI role. _engineers choosing a concurrency-safe language for cloud services can keep up with moves like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Swift Server Has Another Google -- Fatbobman's Swift Weekly \#156](https://daily.dev/posts/swift-server-has-another-google----fatbobman-s-swift-weekly-156-hlv8nxymu) · Fatbobman · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [From Spring Boot to Swift: The Business Logic Was the Cheap Part](https://daily.dev/posts/from-spring-boot-to-swift-the-business-logic-was-the-cheap-part-nebmkht0n) · ITNEXT · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Don’t Separate Networking From Your UI — Eliminate It From the App](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-separate-networking-from-your-ui-eliminate-it-from-the-app-plxe82lqw) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gcp](https://daily.dev/tags/gcp), [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-02T19:55:40.304Z","dateModified":"2026-10-02T19:56:39.774Z","description":"Google has released Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift, targeting Swift 6.2+ and leveraging SwiftNIO's async event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, gRPC...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a4bffd9799b761f49836d83f40dd081?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6a4bffd9799b761f49836d83f40dd081?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"gcp,swift,grpc","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Google hearts Apple's Swift so much it's pumping out server-side support"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/google-hearts-apple-s-swift-so-much-it-s-pumping-out-server-side-support-qggjldtjv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Google's new Swift SDK for Google Cloud and what Swift version does it require?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Google Cloud API Client Libraries for Swift is a server-side SDK targeting Swift 6.2 and later, released by Google to let developers write cloud infrastructure code in Swift. 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