Apple’s April 2026 Hello Developer highlights WWDC26 and App Store analytics

Apple has published its Hello Developer: April 2026 roundup, pointing developers to WWDC26 preparation material, new sample code, the latest design-gallery additions, and what the company describes as the biggest update yet to Analytics in App Store Connect. Apple posted the bulletin on April 7, 2026, on its developer news site.

The monthly bulletin itself is short. Apple says this edition includes new Apple Developer presence on bilibili and LinkedIn, recommended sessions to revisit before WWDC26, a travel-app sample-code project, a new design-gallery installment, and a closer look at the analytics changes inside App Store Connect.

App Store Connect analytics is the main update

The most substantial item in the April bulletin is the App Store Connect analytics expansion. On Apple’s “What’s New” page for the App Store, the company says Analytics has received its biggest update since launch, including more than 100 new metrics, support for up to seven filters at once, and a new App Store Analytics Guide in App Store Connect Help.

Apple also says data now found in Sales and Trends will be moved into Analytics over time. According to the same page, that migration will begin in mid-2026 with the deprecation of the Sales and Trends Subscriptions dashboards, followed by the remaining dashboards and reports through 2027. Once that transition is finished, Apple says Sales and Trends will be removed from App Store Connect.

Apple is also pushing developers toward WWDC26 preparation

Outside analytics, the bulletin is largely a pointer page for developers already working in Apple’s ecosystem. Apple says developers can catch up on essential sessions before WWDC26, browse a new design-gallery edition, and use sample code to build a travel app. The post does not add deeper product announcements on its own, but it serves as a current index of the areas Apple wants developers to focus on this month.

The timing also lines up with Apple’s broader developer calendar. Apple’s upcoming requirements page says apps uploaded to App Store Connect will need to be built with Xcode 26 or later using the latest platform SDKs starting April 28, 2026. That gives the April Hello Developer bulletin a practical role as Apple pushes developers toward current tooling and App Store workflows ahead of WWDC26.