iPhone 18 Pro's Triple Live Activity Support Comes With a Catch
iPhone 18 Pro's Triple Live Activity Support Comes With a CatchMonday October 5, 2026 1:25 am PDT by Tim HardwickOn iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple slimmed down the cutout where the Dynamic Island lives, allowing the latter to support
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iPhone 18 Pro's Triple Live Activity Support Comes With a Catch
by Tim Hardwick
On iPhone 18 Pro models, Apple slimmed down the cutout where the Dynamic Island lives, allowing the latter to support up to three simultaneous Live Activities. But it turns out there's a catch.
As noted by code explorer pdfu, the third Live Activity in iOS 27 is only ever a system activity, such as Now Playing or navigation – it can't be another app. So if you own a new iPhone 18 Pro and were wondering why you hadn't seen as many Live Activities in the Dynamic Island as perhaps you were expecting, that's why.
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