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iPhone Duo apps: 100,000+ built, but many still don’t work right

Apple says 100,000+ apps are built for the iPhone Duo — but many still show black bars, hide features, or haven’t updated at all.

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The Software Desk · (4 hours ago)

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Apple says more than 100,000 apps on the App Store are now built for the iPhone Duo — and thousands more are being added every day. The announcement came Friday, November 6, 2026, as Apple tries to close the software gap that reviewers flagged at launch: too few apps taking advantage of the foldable’s dual-screen layout, leaving many stuck with a black bar on the side and buried controls.

The company confirmed over a dozen major new Duo-optimized releases, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Zoom, NBA and NHL apps, Etsy, LTK, Goodnotes, Extra, and Halide Mark III. They join earlier adopters like Netflix, YouTube, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Other names on Apple’s list include Spotify, CBS, Tubi, BBC iPlayer (U.K.), Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Sportsnet (Canada), Facebook Messenger, Google Chat, ChatGPT, Grok Bot, Microsoft Copilot, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP Concur, monday.com, PDF Expert, Documents, iA Writer, Substack, The Washington Post, FOX News, Kalshi, Yahoo Finance, Canva, Suno, Tinder, Google Translate, Strava, Alma, Withings, MyFitnessPal, Bevel, Transit, Citi Bike, ParkMobile, Viator, Tesla Robotaxi, Priceline, Kroger, Domino’s, Taco Bell, Untappd, The Weather Channel, FOX Weather, and RainViewer.

But not all are live yet. Spotify still shows the black bar on the Duo, and its App Store listing doesn’t yet show an update available, even though Apple included it in the official rollout tally. Apple attributes the pace to developer workshops: more than 2,000 developers attended over 50 in-person sessions across 19 cities, using actual Duo units with Apple engineers.

The hardware itself remains scarce. The iPhone Duo starts at $1,999 for 256GB in the US and ₹1,69,900 in India. It sold out within hours of pre-orders opening, and current ship times stretch into early 2027. On its latest earnings call, Apple said it’s “hard to predict” when supply constraints will ease.

Susan Prescott, Apple’s VP of Worldwide Developer Relations, called the developer response “incredible”, but the real test isn’t headcount or workshop attendance. It’s whether those 100,000+ apps actually work well on the Duo today. Right now, many don’t. And users searching for “iPhone Duo issues” aren’t looking for workshop stats.

They’re waiting for the updates to land.

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