Steps to Activate Split Screen on iPhone

The iPhone's split screen capability lets you run two apps at once and operate them separately at the same time. Known by various names, including "Split View" and "Slide Over," the iPhone's split screen function is a tremendously helpful tool that, when used with suitable apps, may increase productivity on the device by 200%. It lets you open an application for a short time or a long time without shutting it or making the one you're using invisible in the background.

How Split Screen iPhone feature is helpful?

The split screen feature of the iPhone is not advertised as publicly as other features but it is one of the most useful features for iPhone power users. There are unlimited use cases for using a split screen on your iPhone. For example –

• While adding a note in your note app, you can split the screen to open the camera app which scans the content of a printed paper to add to your note app

• You can use a split screen to use WhatsApp or Instagram on the top half and a web browser on the bottom half to research something you are discussing on social media or messaging apps.

• You can use a split screen to attend video conferences while at the same time collecting points from your notes app or web browser to discuss.

• Someone has even used the iPhone split-screen feature to run two separate Instagram accounts at the same time using a parallel space app.

Does my iPhone Support the Split Screen Feature?

Not all iPhones support the split screen feature. On iPad, the support is even less. So, it’s very important to know whether your iPhone model supports a split screen feature or not. The split screen feature was first introduced in the iPhone 6 model and it has been available for all phones released with the suffix Pro, Plus, or Max from iPhone 6 and beyond. So, the iPhone Split screen feature is available on iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max models until now.

These iPhone models don’t support iPhone Split screen feature – iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone SE 1st GEN, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone 11, iPhone SE 2nd Gen, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone SE 3rd Gen, iPhone 14, iPhone 15

How to activate the Split Screen iPhone feature?

It’s important to note that the split screen feature doesn’t come in-built. So, most of the iPhone users who want to use the iPhone split screen feature have to either use some workaround in their iPhone settings or use an app to activate the split screen feature in their iPhone. Here, we will talk about both the ways using which you can start using the split screen/split view iPhone function.

Steps to Activate iPhone Split Screen using Settings

Step 1: Visit your iPhone settings by clicking the app with the gear icon.

Step 2: From Settings, navigate to Display & Brightness >> Display

Step 3: On the Display screen, scroll down to the Zoom section, click on Set, and then tap Use Zoom

Finally, save the settings. Activate rotation and turn your screen horizontally. Now, when you open another app, it will open in split-screen mode on your iPhone.

Apps to Activate Split Screen on iPhone/iPad

The above workaround works well but it is very limited in terms of features. So, if you want to use the split screen feature on your iPhone with its full potential, I strongly recommend you to use any of the following apps which will let you use the split screen feature in both landscape & portrait mode of your screen. These apps also increase the support and let you use more apps in the split screen mode –

• Split Screen View

• Split It: Split Screen

PiP Splitware – Split Screen is another cool app that uses an advanced split-screen function. It converts an app into Picture-in-picture (PIP) mode. Once an app is in PIP mode, you can detach it from the screen, resize and put it anywhere on the screen over any app just like the PIP mode YouTube videos or Maps app PIP navigation screen.

How to Use Split Screen App on iPhone

These iPhone split screen apps are made too easy to use and they have good guide/direction that tells you how to use them to boost productivity on your iPhone. However, if you want to know in advance how complicated it is to use these apps. Then let me tell you the general ways these apps help you achieve split view functionality on your iPhone –

• Install the split-screen app of your choice on your iPhone

• Open the split screen app. It will by default split your screen into two sections and open two browser windows.

• Close one browser window and open an app of your choice such as Instagram, Twitter, or Note app.

• Similarly, close the other browser which is opened side by side, and open another app of your choice such as WhatsApp, Booking.com, etc.

That’s pretty much it. If you are in portrait mode, you can turn to horizontal mode to provide more screen real estate to your apps horizontally.

Things to Keep in Mind while using Split Screen App on iPhone

Although split screen apps are a terrific way to increase productivity, there are a few things you should know before using this feature or app on your iPhone on a regular basis:• Using two apps side by side with split screen functionality uses up all of the resources for each app, which quickly depletes your iPhone's battery.A few apps don't support the iPhone Split screen capability. Avoid resource-demanding apps as they can crash your iPhone or other apps.

Conclusion: The split screen feature on the iPhone has proven to be a really helpful feature. Thus, I strongly advise you to give it a try if you haven't already. You'll discover the finest applications for this function, which improves both user experience and efficiency.