Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android.

In addition to language enhancements, the programming language brings improvements for connecting platforms beyond Apple's ecosystem.

By far the more impactful news for solution providers was about Apple's Swift programming language, a new development environment that it says will be faster and easier to use than Objective-C.

But one part of the Swift story is often overlooked: Swift is a cross-platform programming language, with support for Linux, Android, and Windows.

Expelling Russia from SWIFT—short for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications—has been weighed as a so-called “nuclear option” in sanctions in the Ukraine crisis.

Apple's Swift has far-reaching effects on all platforms, not just iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. Learn why Swift matters, how to use the programming language and how it differs from Objective-C.

The Swift programming language has come to Windows, as the open source project makes tools available for download.

Apple touts Swift 5.3's major performance improvements over building apps with its legacy Objective-C language.

Apple has always had big ambitions for Swift, the rapidly growing programming language it created for iPhone and iPad apps.