The focus issue appears fixed in the phone app for 16.3.
By Dennis Long, 21 January, 2023
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Nice
I will check when I get iOS 16.3. Hope they release it on Monday. No issues with iPhone 13 pro but iPad 9 yes.
Awesome!
This is great news! Thanks for sharing!
iPhone used to call the wrong person
People were tapping on a contact on the recent calls list, and an other contact was called instead. It was quite annoying.
However, I am still using iOS 15 and the bug seems to be gone from here as well.
For me no!
Hi, I have an Iphone SE and the bug is still there. I've updated to IOS 16.3.
can't reproduce
I can't reproduce. Reboot your phone. I have the same phone.
Rebooted Iphone but no.
I restarted the iPhone, and even if it seems to me that the bug appears less, it still happens. Less but it happens. And so I still wouldn't trust double-tapping straight to call, because out of 5 times, 2 got me wrong.
To properly test the bug, you need to close the phone app from the switcher, reopen it, be in recent calls, flick then finger up. It happen to be wrong again.
I just double tap on the entry works every time
try that it works every time for me.
still happening
Well, as annoying as it is, this bug is still buzzing around angerily
still existing for me
still existing for me