That was quick: someone already got the iPhone Duo's clever animation working on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8

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Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:15:52 +0000

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Here's what the iPhone Duo transition animation looks like running on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The iPhone Duo animation has been recreated on a Galaxy Z Fold 8 For now, it's only a demo not something you can set up yourself Samsung would need to implement the hack for it to work system-wide The initial reactions to Apple's new, foldable iPhone Duo seem to be largely positive, with a lot of praise for the various software tweaks that have been implemented in iOS 27 for the new form factor
including a cool transition animation that shows up when you switch between the inner and outer screens.

As you open up or close the main 7.6-inch display, the wallpaper dissolves
and seems to pass through the moving half of the screen to reappear on the other side. It's a neat effect, and one Android user has wasted no time in recreating the effect on their Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 foldable. "Felt a bit of FOMO seeing that cool iPhone Duo animation Apple showed off today, so I poked around and found that the Z Fold 8 has a really accurate hinge sensor," explains the user in question on Reddit . "I realized it would be pretty simple to take the hinge sensor values and use them to drive a transition animation on both screens." Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

It works really nicely too, as you can see from the video embedded below. The half of the display that's opening and closing looks like it becomes semi-transparent as it moves, revealing what's underneath though as with the iPhone Duo, it's all trickery involving motion sensors and gradients. Over to you, Samsung Tried to recreate the iPhone Duo animation on my Fold 8 from r/GalaxyFold Unfortunately, this is only a demo for now as in, an app that screenshots the display, then shows how an open/close animation could potentially work. It's not actually something you can apply at the system level and use across all your apps, and the developer says only Samsung would have the necessary access for that. You may like I touched the iPhone Duo and Apple just solved the foldable crease problem Samsung just fixed the foldable phone now Apple can make it cool Exclusive: Samsung executive on why they built the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Apple's iPhone Ultra threat

The reactions in the Reddit thread are overwhelmingly positive, nevertheless. The hack gets described at various points as "great", "awesome", and "so
cool" and it's genuinely impressive that it was created so soon after
Apple's event. It seems a lot of Samsung foldable owners would want this on their phones.

There is perhaps a word of warning here for iPhone Duo buyers. When asked about using the effect, the original poster says "honestly, it looks cool for the first minute, but it gets really annoying after that", adding that "the effect is also only convincing head on" and "any difference in viewing angles really breaks the illusion". Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from
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Whether or not that's the case on Apple's foldable remains to be seen, but it's worth considering. For the time being at least, the iPhone Duo is the only folding handset that has this particular animation and if you've really got to have it, pre-orders open on Friday, October 16, with prices starting
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