I reported an issue with VoiceOver 3 finger scrolling in the Mail app introduced in beta 3 of iOS 26.1 and this issue persists in the release candidate. The feedback post indicates that there are more than 10 similar reports. I'm using an iPhone 17 Pro and the issue seems to be mostly related to mail messages which have image content. If VoiceOver is focused on an image in a message then the three finger scroll gesture doesn't work. If a vertical scroll bar is present this operates as normal. The issue can be quite irritating when the message comprises multiple consecutive images. With only 10+ similar reports I wonder if the bug is only appearing under very specific circumstances. Are others experiencing this?
By Brian Negus, 29 October, 2025
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I encounter this bug too - on iOS and iPadOS
Hey!
I encounter this bug too, but in messages with and without images. Are you sure that you're able to scroll in messages that doesn't contain images?
Anyways, I've reported this bug to Apple - hope this will be fixed, it's very anoying...
You mention that you received a feedback of only ten reported bugs - I didn't know that Apple was replying to our feedback? Or were you referring to the bug tracker here in Applevis?
Have a wonderful day !
Not just messages with images
I can confirm this is happening to all emails, regardless of whether there are images or not. Prior to this update it was sporadic for me, with no clear reason why it would happen with some emails and not others, sometimes not impacting the same kind of email from one day to the next. Now that's moot, it is all email and has basically made it nearly impossible to use because this issue means you can't open links without manually digging for them, which is a whole other problem with the tap and drag method of manually scrolling being very inconsistent.
A work-around with the scrolling bar on the right side
Hi all,
I discover that if you touch the vertical scroll bar at the right side, and then you swipe three fingers, the pages seem to scroll correctly, despite this bug inside of the message body.
Hope that could help, especially with long emails! :)
Have a great week-end!
Re: A work-around with the scrolling bar on the right side
Confirmed. This actually works pretty good. Just takes getting used to that one additional step. :-)
Seems to be solved with OS26.2 Beta 3
Hi everyone,
I’ve retested tonight with Beta 3 of iPadOS 26.2 and it seems to be resolved. The pages scroll normally in the message body.
If you still have any issue don’t hesitate to mention :)
Hope that it’s definitely corrected now!
Have a wonderful week !
26.2 can't come soon enough
If this wasn't my only iPhone I'd be tempted to install that beta now. I have been missing so much information and can barely get work done with this bug. I really wish Apple would push out a quick fix update or something, this is awful.