iOS 27 Rumored to Include Split-Screen App Adaptation Feature

[groove-agent]

This makes sense because of the iPhone ultra’s larger screen. What would be my dream is if you could hook up any pro iPhone to an external monitor and it extended the screen to the full width of that extended monitor. Imagine using you iPhone as a desktop computer like a Samsung Dex setup!

 

[ReliableSource]

I love PIP on my iPhone, I sure would love to be able to have an app float in from like the iPad, plenty of ram and specs to do this easily. This will probably never reach the non-foldable and that makes me super sad.

I’d love if there were some kind of PiP API for non-video stuff. I know some apps have it as a workaround; I use Yoink’s clipboard monitor that I think is a clever implementation, but it’d be nice if they could do more with the PiP window.

I don’t think I’d need two apps running side-by-side in landscape all that much, but if I could have little bits of things like a clipboard monitor or sticky notes that worked like PiP windows, I’d use them all the time.

 

[AlexESP]

Based on the description, it has nothing to do with split screen. Split screen on a phone display doesn’t make any sense. Targets are tiny, and interactions are awkward. I guess it’s a cool demo, but real usage must be ridiculous.

 

[QuarterSwede]

It’s AI, but this gives you an idea-

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And this is the only context in which it makes sense. It’s useless on a regular slab phone form facto even in landscape. Foldable and up (iPad) is where it’s useful.

 

[Premium1]

Could easily do this for pro max if they wanted.

They could do it for all of them. They had it on the iPhone 6 plus which was 5.5" Just another way for Apple to gate keep.

 

[DrJR]

Finally, the Max def needs some kind of better multi-tasking….. now do something for the watch.

 

[MrGunny94]

Told my wife the other day, I'd only consider an Ultra If I can have MS Teams and Excel open side by side.

 

[svish]

While split screen functionality is very much needed for a foldable iPhone, I would like to see it being available on a Pro Max too.

 

[mrr]

I still want my iPhone to support the Apple Pencil.