12.13.0

The Firebase Apple SDK (12.13.0) is now available. For more details, see the Firebase Apple SDK release notes.

To install this SDK, see Add Firebase to your project.

What's Changed

• [AI] Maps Grounding by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15911
• [AI] Fix no member 'autoFunctionDeclaration' compile error by @morganchen12 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16037
• [Release] Update Carthage artifacts for 12.12.0 by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16053
• [AI] Annotate Imagen integration tests as deprecated by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16054
• Update upload-symbols with better logging and reading DEVELOPER_DIR to get Xcode path for CoreSymbolication by @tejasd in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16007
• feat(firestore): add array expressions by @milaGGL in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16001
• Fix AI logic link to console by @rizafran in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16055
• docs: Remove deprecated product recontext model samples from docstrings by @copybara-service[bot] in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16057
• [AI] Consolidate duplicate generateContentStream code by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16046
• [AI] Remove unused decoder constant by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16047
• chore: Clean up no-op converters by @copybara-service[bot] in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16056
• fix(ci): address GHA issue for missing swift sdk with static frameworks by @ncooke3 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16049
• fix(storage): key InstanceCache by app name and bucket (#16039) by @llamington in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16040
• feat: Add Live Avatar new fields by @copybara-service[bot] in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16058
• Fix a recent style regression in Firestore source by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16068
• chore: support new config mappings and fields for gemini-embedding-2 on GenAI SDK by @copybara-service[bot] in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16065
• Implement help option in add_copyright.sh by @ryanwilson in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16063
• [AI] Add Maps grounding tests using GenerativeModelSession by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16062
• [SPM] Fix unfound file warnings from swift build by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16041
• [Perf] Defer class disposal in FPRObjectSwizzler to avoid race by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16074
• Fix missing thoughts in GenerativeModelSession.streamResponse by @peterfriese in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16075
• Optimize Firestore CI and Migrate Test Retries to xcodebuild by @cherylEnkidu in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16024
• [AI] feat: Add Google Maps Grounding support for Server Prompt Templates by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16067
• fix(ci): link in swift sdk to objc test apps by @ncooke3 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16048
• Fix NSURLSession delegate instrumentation for NSProxy delegates #14478 by @JesusRojass in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15869
• [AI] Add wrapper for FoundationModels.SystemLanguageModel by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16086
• [Perf] Fix MapTable race by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16072
• tests(ai): add missing deprecation marker to test by @daymxn in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16094
• Remove spm-binary and add xcodetest_nightly to required tests by @cherylEnkidu in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16097
• chore: Merge release 12.12 by @ncooke3 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16096
• chore: Update versions for Release 12.13.0 by @ncooke3 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16099
• [Perf] Format files by @dlarocque in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16101
• Fix race in FIRCLSContextMarkAndCheckIfCrashed (#15384) by @JesusRojass in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16092
• Refactor GenerateContentResponse text accessors by @ryanwilson in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16087
• [AI] Add wrapper for FoundationModels.GenerationOptions by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16103
• fix(ai): migrate gemma 3 models to gemma 4 by @daymxn in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16093
• [AI] Add GenerationOptionsRepresentable for hybrid generation opts by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16105
• [AI] Extract Gemini-specific logic into GeminiModelSession by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16109
• [AI] Add HybridModel to support a fallback model by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16110
• [AI] Add visionOS 26.0 to @available annotations by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16114
• [CI] Remove OS=${xcode_version} from watchos_flags in build.sh by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16115
• [AI] Add hybrid support with Foundation Models by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16111
• [AI] Add hybrid tag in x-goog-api-client header by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16118
• [AI] Lazily initialize sessions in HybridModelSession by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16119
• [AI] Refactor GeminiModelSession to use text(isThought:) by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16122
• Upgrade cmake version by @cherylEnkidu in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16124
• feat(firestore): Added search stage support for languageCode, offset, limit, and retrievalDepth by @MarkDuckworth in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16113
• Implement Experiment Metadata Tracking for Realtime Config Updates by @tusharkhandelwal8 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15976
• Fix: Preserve caller stack trace and timestamp for queued Crashlytics API calls by @mghaznav in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16126
• [AI] Add ImageConfig support for generateContent by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15923
• [AI] Finish Reasons by @paulb777 in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15931
• feat(ai): add live session resumption by @cynthiajoan in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15904
• chore: update changelogs for 12.13.0 release by @daymxn in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16128
• Analytics 12.13.0 by @htcgh in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16129
• chore: fix AI logic changelog entries by @daymxn in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16131
• [AI] Remove GenerativeModelSession public initializer by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16130
• [AI] Add GenerateContentResponse.modelVersion to public API by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16132
• [AI] Add hybrid and Foundation Models debug logging by @andrewheard in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16134
• chore: update Firestore binary for 12.13.0 by @daymxn in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16138

New Contributors

• @llamington made their first contribution in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/16040
• @cynthiajoan made their first contribution in https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/pull/15904

Full Changelog: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/compare/12.12.1...12.13.0