Apple isn’t done with Dynamic Island but shrinking it on iPhone 18 won’t be easy

Apple is working to reduce the size of the Dynamic Island on iPhone 18, but the limits of Face ID hardware continue to dictate how far it can go.

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Render of iPhone 18 Dynamic Island

The company is testing a smaller Dynamic Island design for a future iPhone Pro, based on a new supply chain leak. The effort centers on moving more Face ID hardware under the display without hurting security or usability.

Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station said in an April 9 Weibo post that Apple is running A/B tests on two front-panel designs. One keeps the current layout, while the other shrinks the cutout by placing part of Face ID beneath the screen.

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