Beijing, China - Oct 14, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. iQIYI app adjusting as folded iPhone Duo rotating
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gong Yu, founder and CEO, iQIYI:
"A smartphone is no longer just a communication device. It has increasingly become an entertainment device. As a film and television streaming company, we pay close attention to new technology in devices that people use for both communication and entertainment. The close collaboration between our teams to adapt our app for the iPhone Duo reflects that approach. Our goal is to give users the best possible viewing experience. AI is also everywhere now, in both hardware and services like ours. For the film and television industry, its biggest impact is that it can lower the barriers to making content and bring down production costs. In particular, it can greatly reduce the cost of overcoming language and cultural barriers. That is a major help for a company like iQIYI as we expand into international markets."
3. iPhone Duo being unfolded
4. Video playing on upper half of partially folded iPhone Duo, with playback controls below
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gong Yu, founder and CEO, iQIYI:
"We place great importance on making our software work well with a range of devices, including Apple's, so users get the best possible experience. That way, young viewers and people from different countries and ethnic backgrounds can all enjoy high-quality video."
6. Various of iQIYI executive presenting app to Tim Cook
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gong Yu, founder and CEO, iQIYI:
"Countries and regions are moving at different speeds when it comes to applying AI. From our perspective, China is among the global leaders in AI. It is also at the forefront of developing business models for streaming services. Strength in both areas gives us a head start in applying AI to film and television production, content distribution and monetization. Innovation in hardware and the use of AI can reinforce each other. Together, they can achieve more than either could alone and unlock greater potential."
8. Various of timeline display charting iQIYI's development

Chinese streaming giant iQIYI has adapted its app for Apple's foldable iPhone Duo in a move that showcases the Nasdaq-listed company's drive to keep up with technological developments, said the company's founder and CEO Gong Yu.

During a visit to iQIYI's Beijing headquarters in October, Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook watched company staff demonstrate the iQIYI streaming app on the new iPhone Duo, due to go on sale on Oct 23. The app highlighted a vertical navigation bar for browsing and watching videos, a tent mode for landscape viewing and a laptop mode that places video above the playback controls.

For Gong, adapting the app reflects a broader shift in how people use smartphones as overall entertainment devices, not just for short-form content but for high-quality movies and television shows as well.

"A smartphone is no longer just a communication device. It has increasingly become an entertainment device. As a film and television streaming company, we pay close attention to new technology in devices that people use for both communication and entertainment. The close collaboration between our teams to adapt our app for the iPhone Duo reflects that approach. Our goal is to give users the best possible viewing experience," he said.

The company is also keeping an eye on tech developments beyond hardware. Gong noted his expectations that AI will help iQIYI adapt content for viewers across language and cultural boundaries.

"AI is also everywhere now, in both hardware and services like ours. For the film and television industry, its biggest impact is that it can lower the barriers to making content and bring down production costs. In particular, it can greatly reduce the cost of overcoming language and cultural barriers. That is a major help for a company like iQIYI as we expand into international markets," said the CEO.

The work on the Duo is part of a wider effort to adapt iQIYI’s service for different devices, Gong said.

"We place great importance on making our software work well with a range of devices, including Apple's, so users get the best possible experience. That way, young viewers and people from different countries and ethnic backgrounds can all enjoy high-quality video," he said.

Returning to AI, he pointed to potential uses for the technology beyond production, including how streaming companies distribute content and earn revenue from it.

"Countries and regions are moving at different speeds when it comes to applying AI. From our perspective, China is among the global leaders in AI. It is also at the forefront of developing business models for streaming services. Strength in both areas gives us a head start in applying AI to film and television production, content distribution and monetization. Innovation in hardware and the use of AI can reinforce each other. Together, they can achieve more than either could alone and unlock greater potential," he said.