--- title: WWDC26: Best practices for integrating visual... description: A step-by-step guide to integrating Apple's Visual Intelligence into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps using the App Intents and Vision frameworks. Covers defining... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wwdc26-best-practices-for-integrating-visual-intelligence-in-your-app-apple-lfo9s2hib twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WWDC26: Best practices for integrating visual intelligence in your app | Apple | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to integrating Apple's Visual Intelligence into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps using the App Intents and Vision frameworks. Covers defining... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wwdc26-best-practices-for-integrating-visual-intelligence-in-your-app-apple-lfo9s2hib og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LFo9S2Hib.png og:image:alt: WWDC26: Best practices for integrating visual intelligence in your app | Apple 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. # WWDC26: Best practices for integrating visual intelligence in your app | Apple **[Apple Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/appledeveloper)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to integrating Apple's Visual Intelligence into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS apps using the App Intents and Vision frameworks. Covers defining App Entities, implementing IntentValueQuery with SemanticContentDescriptor, using image feature prints for on-device similarity search, returning multiple entity types via UnionValue, adding a semanticContentSearch schema for in-app continuation, and reading data written by Visual Intelligence through system store integrations like EventKit, Contacts, and HealthKit. Includes platform-specific considerations for handling larger pixel buffers on macOS and differences between camera-based (iOS) and screenshot-based (macOS/iPad) entry points. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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