Catch Pokémon in the real world. No iPhone Duo version announced yet.
Does Pokémon GO work on iPhone Duo?
Not announced yet. Scopely hasn't said when Pokémon GO will get an iPhone Duo layout. It still opens on the Duo, but won't fill the inner display until it's updated.
- Not announcedNo announcement from Scopely that we have found, and the current App Store release notes don't mention iPhone Duo.
Until it's updated
What an app does on iPhone Duo before its developer adapts it. Which of the open cases applies to Pokémon GO depends on the tools its current version was built with, and we haven't seen it on the device.
Closed
On the outer display it looks and works as it does on any iPhone.
Open, built with older tools
An app last built with Xcode 26 sits in an iPhone-shaped window on the inner display, with black borders around it.
Open, built for iOS 27
An app built with the iOS 27 SDK resizes to use more of the inner display, with some space left over.
Open, built for iOS 27.1
Only an app built with the iOS 27.1 SDK reaches the edges of the inner display and moves its bar buttons to the side. Apple calls that “optimized for iPhone Duo”.
About Pokémon GO
Pokémon GO has no announced version for iPhone Duo. As of October 6, 2026, the current App Store release is version 0.431.1, from October 2, and its release notes don’t mention the Duo. Scopely has made no announcement that we have found.
Pokémon GO is played walking around with the phone shut, so most players will meet it on the closed Duo, where it looks as it does on any iPhone. Scopely, which took over the game from Niantic, hasn’t announced anything for the open display. On the ideas wall, two developers have built Pokédex apps that open like the one in the show.
Pokémon GO will still open on iPhone Duo, like every app on the App Store. Closed, it looks as it does on any iPhone. Open, it won’t reach the edges of the inner display until Scopely rebuilds it with Apple’s iOS 27.1 tools, which Apple only cleared for App Store submissions on October 5. The App Store lists an iPad version, so a layout for wider screens exists; nothing says the Duo will get it. More in how apps that aren’t updated run on iPhone Duo.
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