---
title: "What's new in Swift 6.1?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-swift-6-1--fpua0qzow
source_url: https://www.hackingwithswift.com/articles/276/whats-new-in-swift-6-1
type: article
source: "Hacking with Swift"
published: 2025-05-01T10:56:33.430Z
updated: 2025-05-01T10:56:48.857Z
tags: ["apple", "ios", "swift"]
reading_time: 17
upvotes: 5
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# What's new in Swift 6.1?

**[Hacking with Swift](https://daily.dev/sources/hackingwithswift)** · 17 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Swift 6.1 introduces minor enhancements such as trailing commas, metatype key paths for static properties, inferred task group types, and improved visibility for imports. It also includes better control over compiler warnings and formalizes language mode terminology, providing incremental refinements to the language ahead of Swift 6.2's anticipated larger updates.

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