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iPhone 18 Pro Dynamic Island to Shrink, Add Third Live Activity

Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro will come with a narrower Dynamic Island that will allow it to display more Live Activities than the current iPhone 17 Pro, according to Bloomberg.

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iPhone 18 Pro mockup by Filip Vabrousek

Mark Gurman reports that the new "smaller and improved" Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will allow users to "toggle between three live tasks" at the top of their screen.

Previously, the Dynamic Island could only display up to two Live Activities at a time. This design has been in place since the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, which launched in 2022.

Otherwise, Gurman says the look of the iPhone 18 Pro models is similar to the iPhone 17 Pro models, save for a new "burgundy red" color option replacing the popular Cosmic Orange. Sky blue and Silver have also been reported previously as potential color options.

Internal upgrades include a new A20 Pro chip manufactured using TSMC's 2nm process, longer battery life, a revamped vapor chamber cooling system, and a mechanical aperture lens that enables more precise depth of field and better low-light performance – though this latter feature may be exclusive to the larger iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Apple's "Surprise and Shine" event kicks off at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time later today, and we'll have full coverage right here on MacRumors.

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1 hour ago at 03:56 am

how does it become smaller AND show more?
The Dynamic Island is hardware+software. The whole Dynamic Island (cutout+software/display functions) can remain the same size or get larger while just the hardware (cutout) component shrinks.

A lot of reporting about the Dynamic Island conflates the hardware (pill-shaped cutout) with the entire Dynamic Island, which includes the software functions around the pill.
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1 hour ago at 03:48 am
how does it become smaller AND show more?
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1 hour ago at 03:41 am
The Samsung implementation is so much better because I can actually reach it with my thumb.
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