- Pin a video to the top of the screen in portrait
- Your other app fits neatly in the space below
- Fold it partway and the video fills the top half
Split View only works when iPhone Duo is held in landscape. Turn it to portrait and you’re back to one app at a time, with one exception: you can pin a video to the top of the screen and carry on using another app underneath. It’s perfect for keeping the game on while you check your messages, or following a tutorial while you take notes.
This feature is exclusive to iPhone Duo, and works on the inner display in portrait.
How to pin a video
This relies on Picture in Picture, the floating video window you may already use on other iPhones.
- Unfold iPhone Duo and hold it in portrait.
- Start playing a video in an app that supports Picture in Picture, such as the Apple TV app.
- Swipe up to go to the Home Screen. The video shrinks into a floating window.
- Open the other app you want to use.
- Tap the floating video to show its controls, then tap the pin button.
The video moves to the top of the screen, and your app resizes to fit the space below. To unpin it, tap the video and tap the pin button again.
Fold it for a bigger picture
With a video pinned, fold iPhone Duo partway, like a laptop. The video grows to fill the top half, and your app moves into the bottom half. It’s a great way to watch something while you scroll, without the video getting in the way.
Not every app supports it
The video app has to support Picture in Picture, and not all of them do. At launch, reviewers found it worked with YouTube TV but not with the regular YouTube app, for example. If you don’t get a floating window when you swipe home, the app doesn’t support it yet.
Pro tip: you can still resize, move and hide a floating Picture in Picture window as usual. Pinning just gives it a fixed place, so it never covers what you’re doing.