macOS 15 introduced iPhone Mirroring, which lets you remotely access your iPhone’s screen without physically using the device. This feature also mirrors notifications from your iPhone. This has been one of the most convenient Continuity features that Apple users will certainly appreciate. But if you’ve been using this feature regularly, you may notice two caveats.
First, iPhone Mirroring is currently a small window showing the native aspect ratio of the paired iPhone, and although you could resize that window, it would still be locked in that aspect ratio. However, as spotted in Apple’s Platforms State of the Union address, with macOS 27, iPhone Mirroring will enable you to dynamically resize to new aspect ratios beyond the iPhone’s native aspect ratio, and if that iOS app also has an iPad version, it may even resize to that layout, taking full advantage of the larger display on your Mac. Now, apps will need to be optimized for iOS 27 to take full advantage of this new capability, but this may give us a sneak peak on how the highly anticipated iPhone Ultra will handle apps in both the inner and the outer-display as Apple is aiming to have its apps (as well as third-party apps) dynamically adjust their aspect ratios to be optimized for the larger inner display of the Ultra. This would also including using Split View within the inner display similar to how it’s been implemented on iPadOS.
Second, there’s currently no way to access Control Center via iPhone Mirroring. This may be inconvenient, especially to quickly access things like playback controls or even controls for your Home accessories. Thankfully, that requested feature will make its way in macOS 27, joining the Home Screen, App Switcher, and Spotlight as the essential features to access directly from Mac.
iOS 27, macOS 27, and other platforms will be available to all users this fall in time for the introduction of the iPhone 18 Pro and the iPhone Ultra.
