Apple Weighs Safari Change to Unlock More iPhone Duo Outer Display as 27.1 Keeps Width Curbed
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Updated · MacRumors · Oct 25
Apple Weighs Safari Change to Unlock More iPhone Duo Outer Display as 27.1 Keeps Width Curbed
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Oct 25
Summary
Safari on iPhone Duo may let websites use more of the outer display, with Apple studying ways to extend pages beneath side-mounted controls without hiding key content.
Apple said the current web setting—viewport-fit="cover"—can already expand pages into reserved areas, but its research found many sites fail to protect content along every edge.
Safari 27.1 still confines webpages to the safe area beside the controls and fills the remaining strip with the page background color, reducing usable width on the shorter, wider outer screen.
Safari 27.1 also adds automatic two-page PDF viewing when the phone is partially folded, while experimental feature flags let developers test fold-posture detection and layout around the center crease.