Not to pat ourselves on the back, but we did have a clever idea.
The iOS 27 developer beta for the first time allows iOS apps to be stretched to an arbitrary size.
So what?
Well, it’s a huge clue about the upcoming, hotly anticipated folding iPhone.
When unfolded, the still-secret iPhone will have an inner screen about the size of an iPad mini. And thanks to Apple’s latest software, iPhone apps will be able to stretch to fill the expanded screen space.
Cult of Mac writer D. Griffin Jones had the clever idea of using the latest developer beta to see what they looked like.
And here are the results: A gallery of Apple apps that have been modified to support larger screen sizes.
It’s pretty instructive, especially with data-rich apps like the Weather app, which really show the potential for the folding iPhone.
Also in today’s newsletter:
Some great Siri AI features are coming to Apple Watch — or rather, some Apple Watches. For the first time, Apple is aggressively scaling back which devices exactly get which features. And here’s why, according to Apple’s own engineers.
Apple Music usually keeps its cards close to its chest, but the service just dropped a surprise ranking of its 20 most-streamed artists ever. And while many are familiar, a couple of obscure acts made the list.
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I’m personally looking forward to a lot of these CarPlay enhancements, especially streaming video right to the dashboard!
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