iPhone Duo Pencil Support Expected With iOS 27.2

Apple Pencil support is expected to reach the iPhone Duo with the public release of iOS 27.2, which is anticipated next week. The feature has been reported working in a release-candidate version of the software, but the public rollout has not yet occurred. Creative Strategies analyst Max Weinbach said in a post on X that Pencil support was enabled on his iPhone Duo after he installed the iOS 27.2 release candidate. His report is the basis for the account that the feature is already functioning in pre-release software; the reports do not cite a public Apple announcement confirming the rollout date. The iPhone Duo is reported to work only with the Apple Pencil USB-C. The Apple Pencil Pro and other Pencil models are not compatible, according to the reports. That means owners of other versions would need the USB-C model to use a stylus with the phone. With the feature enabled, the USB-C Pencil can be used to draw, annotate and scroll in supported apps on both the Duo’s inner and outer displays. The reports do not establish how well the Pencil will work across the foldable screen’s crease, an aspect reviewers have yet to test. Apple said when it unveiled the iPhone Duo in September...