A Weibo leaker known as “Fixed Focus Digital” claimed on June 2 that Apple is developing a feature for iOS 27 that would automatically adapt iPhone apps for wide and landscape displays at the system level — without requiring developers to rebuild their apps. MacRumors reported that the leaker used the term “Parallel View” as a reference point for the type of solution Apple is pursuing, borrowing from a Huawei HarmonyOS feature of the same name, rather than suggesting a direct copy. The leaker noted that Apple already applies a similar approach on iPadOS and pointed to that as Apple’s own precedent; iOS has never had an equivalent mechanism, leaving virtually every iPhone app designed exclusively for tall, narrow screens. Fixed Focus Digital acknowledged iOS is “indeed excellent” overall while noting its large-screen adaptation has consistently fallen short.
The leak is framed squarely around the foldable iPhone, whose 7.8-inch inner display would expose that limitation starkly: without a system-level fix, standard iPhone apps would appear letterboxed on the larger panel. The claim corroborates earlier Bloomberg reporting from March, in which Mark Gurman said iOS 27 would support two apps side-by-side on the foldable iPhone’s inner display, with an iPad-like layout and left-side navigation bars in supported apps. Apple is expected to unveil iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, which begins June 8 — less than a week away — ahead of a fall release alongside the foldable iPhone.