Apple Announces Europe's First Developer Center
MacRumors • • technology
Key Points:
- Apple will open its first Apple Developer Center in Europe later this year, located in Berlin's Mitte district, joining existing centers in Bengaluru, Cupertino, Shanghai, and Singapore.
- The Berlin center will provide in-person sessions, workshops, and one-on-one appointments in multiple languages, staffed by Apple experts to support developers across Europe.
- The center will host regular events focused on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS development, targeting teams of all sizes and stages to enhance app design, quality, and performance.
- Apple highlighted that European storefronts had over 150 million average weekly users in 2025 and emphasized support for small developers through the App Store Small Business Program with a reduced 15% commission rate.
- This initiative complements Apple's broader developer investments in Europe, including the Swift Student Challenge, 19 Apple Developer Academies, and Foundation Programs in Italy and France, along with access to over 250,000 APIs.