The first iPhone Duo apps built for the foldable’s larger screen are lined up for Friday, October 23, when the phone goes on sale. Netflix, Prime Video, Instagram Edits, Zoom, Slack and Asphalt Legends are among the apps that use the inner display, which Apple says is 50 percent larger than the screen on the iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Apple announced the apps today, just a day before the iPhone Duo’s launch. New editorial collections for iPhone Duo apps and games go live on the App Store on Friday, and apps built for the foldable carry a Made for iPhone Duo badge on their product pages.
Netflix, Prime Video and MLB Use the Fold to Separate Video From Details
Netflix members can scroll through Clips on the outer display, then open the iPhone Duo to keep watching on the inner display. Clips switch between vertical and horizontal views as the phone opens, closes or turns.
Prime Video plays a title on the top half of the screen when the iPhone Duo is partially folded, with X-Ray cast details and bonus content on the bottom half. Paramount+ adds richer playback controls and expanded browsing for shows and live channels, and Apple TV also uses the larger canvas. Propped open on a table, the iPhone Duo plays video hands-free without a stand.
Sports apps follow the same idea. MLB and PGA Tour show live games and highlights, along with real-time scores, stats and leaderboards, on the larger display. MLB says its app is ready for the World Series, with the live game on the upright half of a partially folded iPhone Duo and the stats on the half resting on the table.
Zoom, Slack and Fantastical Take Advantage of Split View and the Wider Inner Display
Split View puts two apps side by side on an iPhone for the first time, and it uses a fixed 50/50 layout. Zoom turns the inner display into a video conference room that shows shared content and other participants at once. Slack brings a whole workspace into view so channels and threads are easy to follow, and Salesforce shows more of its dashboards at a time.
Microsoft Word and Outlook arrive in the coming weeks. Word’s formatting tools will sit beside the document, and the Outlook inbox will sit next to a full message.
Fantastical shows calendars, tasks and menus together on the inner display. Flexibits CEO Michael Simmons says it “feels like the full Fantastical experience from Mac and iPad,” and Split View lets it sit next to Cardhop for contact lookups or beside an inbox for planning a week. Notewise puts notes, documents and AI tools in one view, and Things and Bear make tasks and organization easier to manage on screen.
Instagram Edits, Detail and Asphalt Legends Use the Larger Display and A20 Pro
Instagram shows more posts and Stories on screen, and Instagram Edits puts the timeline, editing tools and video in one view. VLLO gives video editors more controls and footage at once.
Detail uses the new Core AI framework to run its AI models on device. CEO Paul Veugen says the extra width fits a video next to its transcript, and that captions, filler-word removal and audio enhancement stay fast and private.
For games, Apple says A20 Pro and a custom vapor chamber give the iPhone Duo up to 35 percent better sustained performance than the iPhone 17 Pro. Asphalt Legends lets players race more than 350 cars against up to seven online opponents. Zenless Zone Zero adapts its controls to each way of holding the phone, and UnGodly, a dark fantasy RPG from Azra Games, shows a taller view of its open worlds when the iPhone Duo is closed.
On Apple Arcade, Sneaky Sasquatch and Retrocade are built for the folding display. Deck-Man, an indie app, turns the iPhone Duo into a retro cassette player. Open it to pick an album and insert the tape, then close it to start playback from Apple Music.
Lyft, American Airlines, NYT Cooking and Yelp Cover Everyday Errands
Lyft shows ride options and the route on a larger map at the same time. American Airlines puts boarding passes, seat selection and terminal maps within reach, and United Airlines moves its navigation to the right side of the display for booking flights and managing trips. Flighty adds a dedicated flight-tracking mode for when the iPhone Duo is propped up.
NYT Cooking shows more detailed recipes with richer visuals when the iPhone Duo is partially folded on a counter. Yelp puts maps and reviews side by side, and OpenTable adapts its layout for restaurant details, availability and booking. LTK, Lowe’s and Shop all get more room for products, and DoorDash is adding a larger delivery map later this year.
Developers are also bringing regional apps, including Taobao, Weibo and iQIYI in China, KakaoTalk and WEBTOON in Korea, Airmail and Craft in Europe, and SmartGym and Moises in Latin America.
Microsoft Word, Outlook and DoorDash Are Still Weeks or Months Away
Several of these apps are not ready yet, and Apple says more updates will roll out throughout the year.
- Microsoft Word and Outlook arrive in the coming weeks
- Zenless Zone Zero gets its iPhone Duo update next month
- UnGodly launches on the App Store in November
- DoorDash adds its larger delivery map later this year
Early iPhone Duo reviews pointed to third-party apps that had not been updated for the foldable. Developers can adapt with new APIs in the iOS 27.1 SDK, and apps built on standard SwiftUI and UIKit components adjust to each display on their own. Apple opened App Store submissions for optimized apps earlier this month, and Xcode 27.1 includes Device Hub for testing a simulated iPhone Duo in every pose.
The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999, or $83.29 a month for 24 months, and it is available Friday, October 23, in more than 70 countries and regions, with 28 more following on October 30.
