Uh-oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it

techcrunch.com Oct 26, 2026

Uh-oh, it sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it

Curated by Shubham · TechCapsules · Oct 26, 2026

AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

Apple’s iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable smartphone unveiled at the Surprise and Shine event, is already facing durability complaints. Bloomberg reports that a subset of early owners experienced screen cracks within hours or days, often hearing a loud “crunch” before the damage appears. Additional reports describe display malfunctions and pronounced creases running down the middle of the $2,000 folding panel. Apple acknowledged the problem, telling Bloomberg it is “aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units.” The complaints echo longstanding challenges with foldable designs, which have historically suffered from fragile hinges and screens despite manufacturers’ claims of breakthroughs. Apple has not yet issued a repair program or timeline for a fix.

💡 Why It Matters

· Early structural failures threaten Apple’s credibility in a market where durability is the litmus test for foldable success.

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Apple announces Siri AI will expand to these new languages soon

Apple expanded Siri AI to five new languages—French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish—during the iOS 27.2 update, increasing the assistant’s reach from a single language to six. The company also announced that four additional languages will be added by year‑end, likely with the upcoming iOS 27.3 release in December, whose beta may appear soon. While Siri AI will support Traditional Chinese, it remains unavailable in China, where Apple plans to launch other AI features later in the year.

💡 By broadening Siri’s linguistic coverage, Apple moves closer to global user parity, enabling a wider audience to access its AI assistant and reinforcing its competitive stance in the multilingual smart‑assistant market.

appleinsider.com · Oct 27

iPadOS 27.2 is now available, and places Siri AI front and center

Apple released iPadOS 27.2, adding a new Siri AI feature that appears when users select text with a trackpad or mouse. The contextual “Ask Siri” popup, already present on macOS, also brings back Writing Tools commands such as rewrite and proofread. Siri now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. The update introduces Apple TV user profiles on iPad, anniversary reminders during calls, and yearly App Tracking Transparency prompts for EU users. The Health app redesign will return in iPadOS 27.3.

💡 By integrating Siri AI directly into text selection, Apple streamlines on‑device productivity, reducing reliance on external apps and enhancing accessibility across multiple languages. The added TV profiles and privacy prompts reflect Apple’s push toward a more personalized, privacy‑focused user experience.

9to5mac.com · Oct 26

From iPhone Duo to Mac, Craft shows what a native productivity app…

Apple’s fall rollout introduced iOS and macOS 27, the iPhone Duo, and upcoming Mac updates. The Duo, Apple’s first device with a dual‑screen form factor, has drawn the most buzz, offering a larger display and new multitasking modes. Craft, a cross‑platform productivity app that merges notes, tasks and documents, launched a Duo‑optimized version the same day the phone shipped, redesigning its interface to exploit the split screen. The company also rolled out incremental enhancements for Craft on iPhone, iPad and Mac in recent months. Users can access a permanent 40 % discount with the code 9to5Mac40 via an exclusive 9to5Mac promotion. The update demonstrates how developers can adapt native apps to novel hardware, delivering richer workflows without waiting for OS releases.

💡 Craft’s rapid Duo integration shows that third‑party apps can immediately unlock the value of Apple’s hardware innovations, turning a novel form factor into a productivity advantage.

appleinsider.com · Oct 26

Siri AI expands to five more languages as EU users remain left…

Apple released the iOS, iPadOS, macOS 27.2 update on Monday, adding Siri AI support for French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. The expansion lets the assistant retrieve personal data from messages, emails and photos and execute multi‑step actions such as batch editing and sharing images. Siri AI also gains onscreen awareness, enabling it to respond to content displayed on the device. Apple says traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese will be added before year‑end. The feature remains blocked for users in the European Union and for anyone under 13, despite the new language availability. The rollout marks the broadest linguistic reach for Apple’s AI‑driven voice assistant to date. Developers can now integrate the capabilities into third‑party apps via Apple's API.

💡 By reaching speakers of five major languages outside the EU, Apple accelerates global adoption of its contextual AI while sidestepping regulatory hurdles.

9to5mac.com · Oct 26

Apple addressed at least 329 unique security vulnerabilities across today’s system updates

Apple released updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS and Safari, addressing 329 security vulnerabilities and 1,265 CVE entries. The patches include a CoreMedia flaw (CVE‑2026‑86990) that could let a malicious app capture camera footage on iPhone, iPad, Mac or Vision Pro without consent, and an Apple Intelligence bug (CVE‑2026‑86987) that permits remote extraction of user data on supported devices. A Siri weakness in macOS Tahoe (CVE‑2026‑43736) and several WebKit issues that enable arbitrary code execution were also fixed. Apple credited research for many discoveries, continuing a recent surge in WebKit remediation after exploit kits like Coruna and DarkSword targeted older iOS versions. A lingering CoreGraphics vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑86950) affecting iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 received a critical fix today.

💡 AI‑assisted vulnerability hunting is now a core defense tool for Apple, accelerating patch cycles against threats that previously lingered in widely used components.

appleinsider.com · Oct 26

Don’t wait to update: iOS 27.2 brings security fixes over 130 vulnerabilities

Apple released iOS 27.2 on Monday, just days after the iPhone 15 Duos began shipping, delivering more than 130 security fixes. Twenty‑five of the patches block attackers from accessing sensitive data, while others tighten permissions for the camera, Bluetooth, Photos library, Calendar, CoreMedia, and system settings. Critical vulnerabilities in Accounts, App Intents, Hide My Email, and Maps were resolved through added entitlement checks and state‑management improvements. Additional fixes address authorization flaws in the App Store, CloudKit, Quick Look, Shortcuts, Siri, and several frameworks including FileProvider, HomeKit, ReplayKit and Safety Check. The update also patches denial‑of‑service and arbitrary‑code‑execution bugs in Mail, SceneKit, Wi‑Fi and other components. None of the issues were known to be actively exploited at the time of release.

💡 By sealing dozens of data‑leak and hardware‑access loopholes, iOS 27.2 hardens the iPhone against covert surveillance and remote attacks that could compromise user privacy.