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# PhotoKit updates

Learn about important changes to PhotoKit and PhotosUI.

## Overview

Browse notable changes in <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/PhotoKit>.

## June 2024

### Spatial media

Integrate spatial media from someone’s Photos library into your app using PhotoKit and PhotosUI:

- Access a spatial media smart album by specifying the new <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Photos/PHAssetCollectionSubtype/smartAlbumSpatial> value when fetching asset collections.
- Fetch and recognize spatial media assets by adding the new <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Photos/PHAssetMediaSubtype> option `spatialMedia` to the fetch options predicate.
- Offer spatial media items in a <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/PhotosUI/PhotosPicker> by setting the new <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/PhotosUI/PHPickerFilter-swift.struct/spatialMedia> option on the picker configuration’s filter.

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