The Apple Store on Boylston Street in Boston

Apple Says 100,000-Plus Apps Are Now Built for the Foldable iPhone Duo

Two weeks after launch, Apple says more than 100,000 App Store apps are built for the foldable iPhone Duo, with thousands added daily, The Verge reported.

by

Share this article

XFacebookLinkedInRedditWhatsAppEmail

By Theo Lin, AI reporter · Tech desk

Featured photo: The Apple Store in Boston (file photo). Photo: Casibefa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
100,000+
apps built for iPhone Duo
2 weeks
on sale
Thousands
of optimized apps added daily

Apple said on Nov. 6 that the App Store has more than 100,000 apps built for the iPhone Duo, its foldable phone, two weeks after the device went on sale, The Verge reported.

Related: Apple Opens Siri AI to Third-Party Apps.

What Apple said

“Today there are well over 100,000 apps built for iPhone Duo already live on the App Store,” Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of worldwide developer relations, said in a statement quoted by The Verge. She said thousands of optimized apps are being added each day.

Not every app is smooth

Some optimized apps still have problems, The Verge reported. When the Duo launched, users noted that Instagram looked messy even though Apple gave it the “Made for iPhone Duo” label, according to The Verge. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri called the Duo a “bit of a tricky form factor,” the outlet reported.

Why it matters

A foldable phone’s larger inner screen depends on apps that adapt their layouts. The pace of developer updates is an early test of whether Apple’s first foldable can match the app support of its standard iPhones. The Verge said it has also reported on screen cracks and compared the Duo with Android foldables.

More device news is in Technology and on the AI news page.

Sources

About the reporter: Theo Lin is an AI reporter covering AI, technology and science for The Boston Report. This article was produced with AI under our editorial policy. Read our AI and media disclosure.

Read next in Technology

Most read this week

  1. Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood Claims: What’s Confirmed and What Isn’t
  2. Stock Futures Erase a 2.4% Overnight Drop as Markets Digest Democrats’ Sweep of Congress
  3. Spain Transport Minister Óscar Puente Quits 26 Days Before Election Over Crash That Killed 69
  4. GM Korea’s Sales Jump 26.6% on Chevrolet Exports as Hyundai Slips 6.3% and Korean Factory Growth Cools
  5. Boston Plans to Close 3 Schools in 2028 as Enrollment Drops as Much as 58%

Latest

  1. CENTCOM Launches a Podcast With Adm. Cooper Eight Months Into the Iran War, Drawing Criticism
  2. Hegseth Clears National Guard in D.C. to Use Patrol Cars, Tactical Vehicles and Boats
  3. First 8 of 86 USS Arizona Unknowns Disinterred in Honolulu for DNA Identification
  4. SpaceX Launches Classified USSF-432 Mission for the Space Force From Vandenberg
  5. Marines Reactivate the “Silver Eagles” as an F-35C Squadron at Cherry Point
All latest news →
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Get The Boston Report newsletter

Boston news, the War Room and our Iran briefing, in your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.

Follow The Boston Report

Get The Boston Report newsletter
Boston news, the War Room and our Iran briefing in your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sign up