Apple today highlighted more than 50 third-party App Store apps that are or will soon be fully optimized for the iPhone Duo and its various layouts and poses. You can hold the iPhone Duo and set it down in a number of ways, such as partially folded like a book, placed down on a surface, or standing on its edges: With the Netflix app, for example, Apple said iPhone Duo users can scroll through a feed of short, vertical movie and TV show clips on the outer display to discover something new to watch, and then open the device to keep watching on the inner display.

Apple's screenshot shows the Netflix app on an iPhone Duo in a "seated" pose. Apple also showed off Amazon's Prime Video app in a "seated" position. The official MLB app was updated with iPhone Duo support yesterday and now shows live games, scores, stats, and more across the full width of the inner display. In the Zoom app, iPhone Duo users can see shared content and other participants all at once. Slack and Lyft also take full advantage of the iPhone Duo's larger inner display. In the coming weeks, Apple said Microsoft's Word and Outlook apps will roll out a "desktop-class experience" that includes Word's formatting tools appearing alongside a document and Outlook's inbox visible next to a full message. Other apps and games that are or will soon be optimized for the iPhone Duo include Flighty, Fantastical, Things, Bear, Notewise, SmartGym, Airmail, Paramount+, PGA Tour, Instagram, Edits, Sneaky Sasquatch, Retrocade, NYT Cooking, Lowe's, DoorDash, OpenTable, Yelp, Lyft, American Airlines, United Airlines, Weibo, and more. All existing iPhone apps can run on the iPhone Duo, but their appearances will vary based on whether they use the iOS 26, iOS 27, or iOS 27.1 SDK. Popular StoriesApple Retail Staff Told to Warn Against iPhone Duo Walk-In Purchases Some Apple retail employees have been told to warn customers against visiting to purchase an iPhone Duo without a pre-order on Friday, October 23. Apple Store employees told MacRumors that they have been advised that there will likely be no iPhone Duo stock available for walk-in purchases on launch day.

Staff have been instructed to discourage customers without pre-orders from coming in... Here's What Apple's Apps Look Like on the iPhone Duo Tuesday October 20, 2026 11:12 am PDT by Juli Clover With just three days to go until the iPhone Duo is released, Apple is getting ready for the launch. Behind the scenes, the App Store now has screenshots of Apple's built-in apps running on the Duo.

We've seen some apps in marketing materials, but images of the ones we haven't seen give us an idea of what it will be like using the iPhone Duo day to day. Many apps are shown in landscape... Mark Gurman: Apple Made 'Major Mistake' With iPhone Duo Pre-Orders Despite knowing that the iPhone Duo would face "severe supply constraints" due to manufacturing challenges, Apple chose to begin iPhone Duo pre-orders on Friday instead of waiting until it had more inventory ready, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, he called this decision a "major mistake." "Let me cut to the chase: Apple made a major mistake here," he...