Apple has announced a number of developers who have updated their apps to fit the iPhone Duo. Despite some pleasant surprises, many more apps have yet to be adapted, and that gap is a growing concern for the new device.
Apple's Greg Joswiak said he was proud of how well the company kept the iPhone Duo secret, which led to many surprises at its announcement. The tradeoff, however, is that the vast majority of developers have not had time to update their apps for the new form factor. Among generally glowing reviews, two criticisms keep surfacing: the device's weight, which cannot be fixed, and its apps, which can be.
For now, most iPhone apps look somewhat squashed on the outer screen and lost in the middle of the opened inner display. Developers are expected to adapt their apps and find ways to exploit the device's new form. The Omni Group, for example, has prepared compact versions of Omni Focus and Omni Outliner for the outer screen and adapted them to use the wider inner display.
Apple has redone its own apps for the iPhone Duo, a contrast with the Apple Vision Pro, which still lacks many such updates years after launch. Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations, praised the developer community's response. Netflix has also built a new experience that adapts as the device opens, closes, or turns, and other video apps, including Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, MLB, and PGA Tour on Apple TV, are on the way.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing