iPhone Duo Apps: what to try and what to install

A film playing on a wide car dashboard display, in a car parked above the coast at dusk

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CARPLAY VIDEO

Your own library, on the car screen.

Plays your Plex, Jellyfin or Emby library on a parked car display, and casts YouTube or TikTok from the phone.

DashowMovies, TV and live channels, on CarPlayView

EDITOR PICKS

Worth opening first.

Browse the profiles

THINGS TO TRY

Two screens, and what they are for.

CAMERA

iPhone Duo camera tricks the outer display makes possible

FACETIME

Dual Capture in FaceTime: show a room and your face

SAFARI

Open two Safari windows and compare without switching

HOW IT WORKS

The parts worth understanding.

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iPhone Duo multitasking: Split View explained

Two apps, two windows, or two panes? Start with the difference.

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iPhone Duo fold and unfold: what happens to an app

Apple documents the resize across poses. It says nothing about what your app remembers.

Screen & video3 min read

iPhone Duo black bars: video fit or app layout?

Empty space can preserve the picture. Here is how to tell.

An iPhone Duo standing half-open, a colour gradient across both halves of the inner display

A SCREENSHOT, RENDERED

See your app on iPhone Duo.

Drop a screenshot onto an iPhone Duo in 3D, set the fold angle, then export a still or a short video.

Open the 3D mockup studio

Good discoveries deserve company

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