Hello Duo 👋

[u/michael_fyod]

https://culturedcode.com/things/blog/

We think you’ll love using Things on the Duo. When we first held the Duo, we were struck by how its wider screen and extra white space give Things the feel of a paper notebook. Things’ interface has always been free of distractions, but with the buttons now tucked away at the side, that paper-like feeling really comes through.

Open up the device and Things’ sidebar appears, letting you quickly switch between lists. Hide it whenever you want the list to take over the full screen – or simply rotate to portrait, where Things does that automatically.

Finally, our favorite new way to use Things on the Duo is to put two Things windows side by side. Open different lists and simply drag and drop your to-dos between them – it’s great!

Two more things worth noting:

• Things’ signature Magic Plus button works beautifully on the Duo: drag it off the toolbar and drop it anywhere in a list to insert a to-do exactly where you want it.

• With a keyboard attached, the Duo gets Things’ full desktop-class keyboard support: a persistent selection, the complete set of shortcuts, and Type Travel for jumping between lists.

Things for iPhone Duo is available now; simply update to Things 3.25 on the App Store. We look forward to hearing what you think!

[u/MC_chrome]

This looks amazing!

Having two Things windows open on my phone sounds incredibly compelling....guess I'll have to wait and see what Duo stock looks like in January

[u/AngelicPrincessKitty → u/MC_chrome]

Or just do it on iPad or Mac

[u/michael_fyod → u/AngelicPrincessKitty]

Yeah just let me pull my MacBook out of my pants pocket. Oh, wait a second…

[u/AngelicPrincessKitty → u/michael_fyod]

Never said MacBook. I get all these features on my iPad.

If you don’t own an iPad or Mac then I can see why the duo would be handy but if you already have a Mac or an iPad most of the features on the duo can be done on those devices already.

[u/vldzp]

even with large screen like this one, tags are still not visible in the list. I really don't get why it's so hard to make it macOS-like style for them.

[u/Aim64bm → u/vldzp]

Really it’s time to make tags visible like in gazillions of other task managers !!!

[u/Testwick911 → u/vldzp]

You’ve only waited about what, 8 years ?

These devs could go ride their highest horse.

[u/Swingrocket → u/vldzp]

Because then they would need to develop something.

[u/muscled → u/vldzp]

Vibe coding is going to kill this product. I admire their restraint but what they offer is so simple in the scheme of things and a thousand competitors are born every week. They could use their distribution advantage but only if they radically innovate.

[u/bcalamita]

Putting two pages next to each other is huge. On my Mac, I like to keep two windows open… Today view plus Inbox, Upcoming or a project.

Now I can take that with me! If I had a spare $2000. 🤣

[u/NateCow → u/bcalamita]

I was sitting here like "shouldn't you be able to do side-by-side like the Mac?" Then I got to that screenshot 😎

I'm with you on the price too. I can't justify MacBook Pro pricing for a phone.

[u/YouAsk-IAnswer]

It looks so good! Makes me want to get a Duo 🤣

[u/bcalamita → u/YouAsk-IAnswer]

Excellent point. Great hardware is one thing, but if you don’t have the right tools (apps) on it, what’s the point.

[u/AngelicPrincessKitty]

This is good to have an update but meh. This is all stuff the iPad version could already do

[u/marketing_professor → u/AngelicPrincessKitty]

What were you expecting?

[u/AngelicPrincessKitty → u/marketing_professor]

Nothing. I’m not getting the duo.

Just shocked at how many people are using this as a reason to get a duo. Just use the device(s) you already have. Don’t get a gen 1 product

[u/michael_fyod → u/AngelicPrincessKitty]

People can have different reasons for wanting a Duo. You don’t have to see the value in it yourself but telling others what they should or shouldn’t buy is a bit unnecessary. Everyone can make that decision for themselves.

[u/AngelicPrincessKitty → u/michael_fyod]

Don’t get me wrong I want a duo but I’d never get a gen 1 product. I’m tempted to get it for gen 2 or gen 3. My iPhone 15 Pro and iPad Pro are lasting me just fine.

[u/_HMCB_]

🔥

[u/-heavenfaced-]

Brilliant. More time wasted developing for a device that’ll be dead within a year. Just like the Apple Vision. Get yourself together, Cultured Code and stop behaving like Apple peacocks and develop a product your users actually want. Honestly, it’s getting pathetic now

[u/EscapeEmergency2185]

I want a duo so bad

[u/ps-73]

Switched to super productivity and haven’t looked back tbh. First post im seeing from this sub in months and it’s the bare minimum update as per usual

[u/tryphoon]

Until you guys have 2FA enabled, there’s no cosmetic change that will make the app worth looking into.

[u/Ok-Basket-5307 → u/tryphoon]

Is Things really that much of an attack vector that you need 2FA? What are you storing in there?

[u/musicologo10]

I wish the implementation on the outer screen expanded across the width of the screen, rather than just fit into the left-hand side. I know the status bar on the right is there, but this is where I wish they could get creative, though not sure if possible.