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When Apple showed off its first foldable iPhone last month, one big promise felt a little incomplete. The company said Apple Pencil support would show up “later this year,” which left a lot of early buyers wondering just how long “later” really meant. That wait is getting a lot clearer, and it’s shorter than most people expected.
The iPhone Duo starts shipping this Friday, October 23, on iOS 27.1. At launch, the Pencil won’t work. But according to 9to5Mac and analyst Max Weinbach, full Apple Pencil support is already up and running in the iOS 27.2 Release Candidate that started rolling out this week. The public version of 27.2 should land around Monday, October 26.
That means anyone who gets a Duo on day one and updates right away should have stylus support within a few days. People already on the RC build have it now. Weinbach even showed it working on his unit after installing the candidate, with drawing, annotating, and navigation all functioning on both the inner and outer displays.
There’s one important catch: the Duo only works with the Apple Pencil that has USB-C. The fancier Pencil Pro and older models aren’t compatible. The USB-C version pairs and charges with a cable instead of snapping on magnetically, which actually makes sense given the Duo’s design doesn’t have a good magnetic spot for the Pro.
This is the first time any iPhone has supported Apple Pencil at all. On a big foldable canvas, that suddenly opens up proper note-taking, sketching, and document markup in apps that support it, making the Duo feel a lot more iPad-like for productivity while still folding down into a regular phone when you need it.
Apple’s original “later this year” wording had a lot of people assuming a December update, which is usually when bigger feature drops land. Getting it in 27.2 is a nice surprise for the people who managed to grab one of the limited launch units. Pre-orders were intense, and plenty of buyers are looking at delivery windows that stretch well into 2027.
If you’re one of the lucky ones getting a Duo this week, the Pencil wait is going to be measured in days, not months.
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