VoiceOver Focus Behaves Erratically in the App Switcher when Opened from the Home Screen

Category
Miscellaneous
Severity
Minor

Description

When you open the app switcher from the home screen and begin swiping left or right, VoiceOver focus will temporarily jump around erratically.

Steps to reproduce

Enable VoiceOver.
Ensure you have a number of apps in the app switcher.
Go to the home screen.
Invoke the app switcher and start swiping left. VoiceOver focus will initially jump back to the start if you try to settle on the second or third app.
Or swipe right and VoiceOver will speak the names of the first two apps on your home screen.

Bug First Encountered

iOS/iPadOS 18.0

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone

How often the bug occurs

Always

Workaround

Wait a few seconds to let focus settle before continuing.

Apple feedback #

FB14310789

Status

Active

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