Has anyone noticed that VoiceOver returns to the first item on the screen When we control media playback in some applications, especially in video applications?

Hello colleagues.

Did anyone notice that, since iOS 16, VoiceOver resumes focus for the first item on the screen when we use the media playback control buttons in certain applications? As stated in the subject, this is especially Visible in video applications.

A quick and accurate way to reproduce the problem is to open the official YouTube application, start playing any video and tap the Play/Pause button, located at the top center of the screen. It is possible to notice that, when we resume video playback, the focus of VoiceOver is always placed on the first item on the screen, in this case called the video player. Another example that is possible to use as a demonstrative, although it does not occur every time This behavior, is to use the Pluto TV application. We open the application, start full-screen playback and use the channel forward or backward buttons. In some cases, Voiceover will return to the first item on the screen when the channel is changed, in this case, a button to Show/hide the video controls.

It is worth remembering that this problem does not exist in iOS 15, with the same applications updated to the same versions, which proves to be a VoiceOver problem from iOS 16.

I have already reported this problem to Apple, I would like to know if anyone else had this impression.

Big hug!

Ricardo Brandão