Developers bring incredible new app experiences to iPhone Duo

Starting this Friday, iPhone Duo users can discover amazing apps and games optimized for the first foldable iPhone. Developers bring incredible new app experiences to iPhone Duo. UPDATE October 22, 2026 Developers bring incredible new app experiences to iPhone Duo From streaming and gaming to creativity and productivity, developers worldwide are taking advantage of the unique capabilities of the first foldable iPhone Developers are optimizing their apps and games for iPhone Duo, creating exciting new experiences for capturing and sharing memories, streaming entertainment, gaming, multitasking, and much more.

With an inner display that’s 50 percent larger than iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the flexibility to use iPhone Duo in a variety of poses, developers are enhancing their apps to create exciting new experiences for capturing and sharing memories, streaming entertainment, gaming, multitasking, and much more. Because both displays share the same aspect ratio, apps transition smoothly from the outer display to the inner display and scale proportionally, so users can pick up right where they left off. And with the breakthrough performance of A20 Pro and new capabilities for iPhone — including Split View — iPhone Duo helps users enjoy their favorite apps and experiences while staying productive wherever they are.

“The response to iPhone Duo from our developer community has been incredible, and we’re inspired by how quickly they’ve embraced its larger display and new ways to interact,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. “From watching popular shows and content on the expansive inner display to multitasking across windows or playing console-quality games, developers around the world are reimagining what their apps can do. We can’t wait for users to discover these experiences beginning this Friday, with many more app experiences to follow.” With the larger display on iPhone Duo, every show, movie, and match in apps like Netflix becomes a big-screen moment that still fits in a user’s pocket.

One of the major issues raised by early reviews of the iPhone Duo is limited support by third-party apps. As we noted in our own review, there are three tiers of support currently, the worst of which sees an iPhone app stranded in the center of a mostly black area of the display.

The good news is that Apple says the position is changing rapidly, citing “incredible” support for the larger display of the folding iPhone … more…. Apple says developers are showing ‘incredible’ support for the iPhone Duo.

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