There’s something very satisfying about seeing an app actually understand what the iPhone Duo is.
Netflix is one of the first big-name apps to get properly optimized for Apple’s new foldable, and @iJustine has given us a quick look at what that experience is like.
And honestly? This is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to see.
Rather than simply stretching the existing iPhone app across a bigger display, Netflix has clearly been designed around the Duo’s folding screen.
Open it up and the interface takes advantage of all that extra space, while folding it back down keeps everything feeling natural on the outer display.
It sounds like a small thing, but this is where the Duo could become much more interesting than simply being an iPhone that folds.
The big screen gives Netflix room to breathe. You can browse your library, jump between content and explore recommendations without everything feeling like a blown-up phone interface.
And then there are those little transitions between the different positions of the Duo. The app adapts as the hardware changes, rather than making you feel like you’ve suddenly switched to an entirely different device.
That attention to detail is going to matter.
Apple has already shown that iOS 27 on the Duo can move apps around, split the screen, pair apps together and adapt to different orientations. Netflix is one of the first examples of a major third-party developer taking those ideas and actually putting them to work. (TechRadar)
It also gives us an early glimpse at what could become one of the Duo’s biggest selling points: the software.
The hardware might be the thing that gets people talking about a foldable iPhone, but apps like Netflix are going to be what make it feel genuinely different from a regular iPhone.
And if this is what the first wave of Duo-optimized apps looks like, I’m very curious to see what developers come up with next.