One of the WWDC word clouds included the phrase "Real-time updates for widgets with app is open".
Can someone please explain what is going on there and how that is different from what was happening previously? I was under the impression that updates were always happening while the app was running and never counted against whatever app update quota was in place.
I am not sure if this is related, but I would love to know in iOS 27 has any sort of increase to the memory or CPU limits on widget updates. For years we have had ideas for more widgets but can't implement them because even staying under the 30MB limit has been nearly impossible.
Can someone please explain what is going on there and how that is different from what was happening previously?
There are situations today where apps and widgets can be on-screen together. There is way less delay now between successive updates in these scenarios. Think about mac window and widget visible together, or visionOS window and widget visible together, etc.
