Hi all,
I haven't upgraded to iOS 26 yet because of what sounded like severe voiceover bugs when it was first released a few months ago. Have most of the bugs been fixed now? Btw I have an iPhone 16E if that matters at all.
Also, a friend who has upgraded told me that some things are in different places now but he wasn't specific, how can I find out about these changes?
Thanks.
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I'd say wait for 26.2
I only have 26.1 on an old backup device, so I haven't really played with it much lately. There are a number of changes in IOS with this version. Some are major, some not so much.
A few things I can think of off of the top of my head:
• All search bars are at the bottom of the screen now. For example, in settings there used to be a search bar at the top of the screen... now it is at the bottom. It is like this in Mail and other apps as well. I do not believe this is changeable at this time.
• The bookmarks screen within Safari for iOS is a little crazy. I actually wrote a guide for this, though I am not sure if VoiceOver is reading everything in 26.1. Apparently Apple broke it in an earlier build.
My guide can be found here:
https://applevis.com/guides/navigating-bookmarks-safari-ios-26-voiceover-friendly-guide
• Scrolling in the mail application is clunky, and does not always work.
• You need to take an extra step when deleting individual messages from the Messages application.
There are other things, but I cannot think of them atm.
HTH.
thanks
Thanks Brian this is helpful. I don't use the mail app at all and rarely use safari, but I'll take your advice and wait for 26.2.