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Apple Reportedly Testing Parallel View in iOS 27 to Adapt Apps for a Foldable iPhone

The feature would let iOS automatically reshape phone apps for wider landscape split‑screen layouts so a larger inner display can run apps without developer rewrites.

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Overview

  • Tech outlets on June 2 reported that a Weibo leaker called Fixed Focus Digital described a system-level feature named “Parallel View” that would adapt iPhone apps for wider and split-screen layouts.
  • The claim echoes earlier Bloomberg reporting that iOS 27 aims to bring iPad-style side-by-side multitasking and left-side navigation bars to iPhone software for a foldable model.
  • Reporters say the change is meant to prevent letterboxed or distorted apps on a roughly 7.6–7.8‑inch inner foldable display by letting the OS rearrange and scale app interfaces automatically.
  • Coverage stresses the report is unconfirmed because Apple has not announced the feature and the Weibo source has a mixed accuracy record, so final details will depend on Apple’s WWDC 2026 reveal and developer betas.
  • If implemented, the OS-level approach would let existing iPhone apps run on a wider screen without developer rewrites and could narrow a longstanding gap between iOS and Android-style split-screen multitasking.