VoiceOver Wrongly Announcing The Contents Of The App Store Search Field After It Has Been Cleared

Category
Miscellaneous
Severity
Moderate

Description

When searching the App Store, the Clear button will remove any previous search from the text field, but VoiceOver will continue to read what was previously entered in the search field … even after you enter a completely new search. The same happens if you delete characters individually.

Bug First Encountered

iOS 8.0 or earlier

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone 6

How often the bug occurs

Always

Workaround

The only way to completely flush this behaviour when it appears is to close the App Store via the App Switcher.

Status

Fixed

Fixed In

iOS 8.3

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