Google Releases Flutter 3.24 with New GPU API and Updates for iOS/macOS

TapTechNews August 7th news, Google has released Flutter 3.24. This update mainly includes an early preview version of the new Flutter GPU API, enhancements to element embedding on the web, and updates regarding iOS/macOS.

The official has announced the new early preview version of the Flutter GPU API, which is a powerful graphics API directly integrated into the Flutter SDK. This API allows developers to define custom raster pipelines and submit drawing calls directly to the GPU, enabling developers to create specialized renderers such as 2D canvas replacements, 3D scene graphs, or even particle systems without the massive overhead at the engine level.

The update of Flutter for iOS and macOS makes it easier to provide beautiful and fast applications for the Apple ecosystem. The official has introduced early support for the Swift Package Manager, enabling Flutter plugins to take advantage of a large number of pre-built functions to accelerate development.

The official claims to have solved 15 problems and added 37 missing Cupertino widget libraries in the widget catalog, and also added platformview and webview support for Flutter macOS applications, enabling developers to seamlessly integrate native macOS UI components into Flutter applications.

TapTechNews noted that the official also specifically demonstrated the case of Xiaomi using Flutter to develop companion applications for the SU7 car.