At WWDC 2023, the background asset feature was introduced, allowing essential resources to be downloaded before the game is first launched. How does this differ from including all necessary resources directly in the installation package? What are the advantages of this approach, and how does it enhance the user experience?

https://vimeo.com/957974306 Canvas #1(Unity) stopped rendering context when I switch tab on inspector. Also my device 13 pro max running iOS 17.5.1 lost context when I screenshot. It has no log in console. Not happened on 13 pro max running iOS 16.4

Dear Apple Developer Support, I have a question regarding the Background Assets feature for a game we are planning to release on the App Store. Specifically, I would like to understand the user experience during the initial installation process. If our game utilizes the Background Assets feature and we have essential assets specified in the BAExtension, will the end user need to wait for these essential assets to be fully downloaded before they can open the game after installing it from the App Store? Additionally, during this download process, will there be any indication of the essential assets' download status on the App Store or on the home screen icon of the game? Your guidance on how this process is managed and what the user can expect would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your assistance.

Hello, First of all, I understand that GKVoiceChat has been deprecated and replaced by shareplay but for my situation, it does not seem useful as I will be matching with the random players hence I can not utilise the Facetime(Shareplay) capability. I have set up a voice chat function using the GKVoiceChat object, my game connects with another player successfully but the voice chat does not work for some reason. The code snippet below is how I implemented it with the help of the tutorial from : apple (Start Voice chat between players) class OnlineGame { var voiceChat: GKVoiceChat? = nil ... // When online game succesfully connected and game view loaded self.startVoiceChat() func startVoiceChat() { // Handle an unknown, connected, or disconnected player state. /// - Tag:voiceChatChangeHandler /// if voiceChat == nil { // Create the voice chat object. voiceChat = myMatch?.voiceChat(withName: "Gamesession") } let voiceChatChangeHandler = { (player: GKPlayer, state: GKVoiceChat.PlayerState) -> Void in switch state { case GKVoiceChat.PlayerState.connected: self.voicechatstate = 1 case GKVoiceChat.PlayerState.disconnected: self.voicechatstate = 2 case GKVoiceChat.PlayerState.speaking: self.voicechatstate = 3 case GKVoiceChat.PlayerState.silent: self.voicechatstate = 4 case GKVoiceChat.PlayerState.connecting: self.voicechatstate = 5 @unknown default: print("Player unknown state.") } } // Exit early if the app can't start a voice chat session. guard let voiceChat = voiceChat else { return } // Handle an unknown, connected, or disconnected player state. voiceChat.playerVoiceChatStateDidChangeHandler = voiceChatChangeHandler // Set the audio volume. // Activate the shared audio session. do { let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() try audioSession.setCategory(AVAudioSession.Category.playAndRecord, mode: AVAudioSession.Mode.gameChat, options: AVAudioSession.CategoryOptions.allowBluetooth) try audioSession.setActive(true, options: []) } catch { print("ERROR: \(error.localizedDescription).") } voiceChat.volume = 0.8 voiceChat.start() voiceChat.isActive = true } } Thats my implementation of it and hope it explains my issue. Thanks for your assistance in advance!.