[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-seven-apps-built-for-the-iphone-duo-and-google-isnt-one":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},12160,"seven-apps-built-for-the-iphone-duo-and-google-isnt-one","Seven Apps Built for the iPhone Duo, and Google Isn't One","Mashable's tester found seven standout apps for Apple's foldable, while many popular ones, Google's among them, have yet to be redesigned for the inner display.","Apple's iPhone Duo has a software gap. Apple's own apps are built for the foldable, but many third-party apps, Google's included, have not been redesigned for its inner display.\n\nThat is the mixed verdict from Stan Schroeder, who tested the phone and picked seven apps that do it justice. Netflix was one of the first to get a full Duo overhaul, and it changes behavior depending on how the phone is folded and positioned. Edits, Instagram's video editor, uses the extra space for work that gets cramped on a standard slab phone. Headspace, the daily planner Finalist, and the weather app RainViewer fill out the practical picks. RainViewer's update is still under Apple review. Carrot Weather and Mercury Weather have also been updated.\n\nTwo retro music apps round out the list. Deck-man mimics a cassette Walkman and won't start playback until you fold the phone shut. MD Vinyl turns music into records and starts when you move the needle. Schroeder called Deck-man too annoying for serious listening, which tells you how he sees these two: as proof of what a fold can do, not as daily drivers.\n\nTwo caveats apply. Apple's apps were skipped, and some of the testing used beta versions supplied in advance, so finished apps may behave differently.\n\nThe more useful finding may be one that needs no developer effort. The Duo has a side-by-side mode that puts two apps next to each other in landscape. Schroeder says it improves even pedestrian apps, such as weather beside a video call, and that email and calendar pair well enough to be locked together. Large-screen devices, from tablets to earlier foldables, have long depended on developers catching up. A system-level feature gives the Duo something to offer while they do.\n\nThe hardest redesign may be the biggest one. Instagram has been revamped for the Duo, but its vertical-first design looks odd when the phone is held horizontally, and Schroeder expects its designers to keep tinkering.","[\"iphone-duo\",\"foldables\",\"apps\",\"ios\"]","2026-10-22T14:09:11.000Z","2026-10-22T15:19:36.712Z","2026-10-22T15:19:37.434Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Name the source and reviewer (Mashable's Stan Schroeder) instead of repeatedly saying 'a reviewer', and remove the unsupported 'timeline work' detail for Edits, which the source never mentions (it says only that the larger screen helps with a video project's minutiae).","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The draft names Stan Schroeder and drops the 'timeline work' detail, but it never names Mashable as the source or his employer, so editor-r1 is only partly fixed; add 'Mashable' in the lede or dek, and also change 'Only a handful of third-party apps have been properly redesigned' to match the source, which says many apps (Google among them) haven't been redesigned and lists seven standouts, not a count of all redesigned apps.","consumer-tech",[36,37,38,39],"iphone-duo","foldables","apps","ios",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Fiphone-duo-best-looking-apps",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,62,67,72,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",7062,"2026-10-22T17:00:39.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",1042,"2026-10-22T15:11:26.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",570,"2026-10-22T16:00:29.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Deals","deals",558,"2026-10-22T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Hardware","hardware",287,"2026-10-22T16:18:47.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":34,"count":74,"latest_published_at":18},"Consumer Tech",281,{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",214,"2026-10-22T14:59:28.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Startups","startups",142,"2026-10-22T16:05:08.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Software","software",138,"2026-10-22T04:52:10.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",122,"2026-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"General","general",96,"2026-10-22T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Gaming","gaming",86,"2026-10-22T13:17:59.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]