{"id":6586,"date":"2026-09-05T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:22:49","slug":"iphone-handoff-ios-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6586","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Handoff will seamlessly share one number between two phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/02\/ios-27-iphone-handoff-feature\/\">iPhone Handoff<\/a> that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in June, but there were no details at the time. Now there\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/heres-how-iphone-handoff-will-let-you-switch-between-two-iphone-devices-with-the-same-phone-number.2488350\/\">demo clip<\/a> showing how to set up the feature running in Xcode 27\u2019s Device Hub. It lets you pair two iPhones, using one as your main device and the other as its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apple\/comments\/1w5kuyq\/ios_27_introduces_new_iphone_handoff_feature\/?solution=fe952f2dec55d554fe952f2dec55d554&amp;js_challenge=1&amp;jsc_token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ec99f44232f38d26908f1f0bff29558772&amp;jsc_orig_r=&amp;share_id=X3KWMg_RxNuqvuoCOSOGs&amp;utm_medium=ios_app&amp;utm_name=iossmf&amp;utm_source=share&amp;utm_term=1\">companion<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Launching the feature now makes sense with the expected launch of the foldable iPhone Ultra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/989692\/apple-iphone-launch-event-september-2026-how-to-watch\">right around the corner<\/a>. People might not always want to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/907856\/iphone-fold-dummy-design-delay-production\">chunky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/782366\/foldable-details-iphone-air-ifixit-teardown\">extremely expensive<\/a> device out with them. So Handoff would let users temporarily switch over to a cheaper, smaller device \u2014 like that cracked iPhone 13 you\u2019ve been stubbornly refusing to upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The feature will require carrier support, however. References to T-Mobile US and Telekom.de were found in the code, but support beyond that is unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/990868\/iphone-handoff-ios-27\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in June, but there were no details at the time. 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