App switcher not receiving voiceover focus on iPhone SE 3rd Gen

Hi Brian,

Thank you so much for the reply. I’ll address each of your questions below:
When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? Yes, because typically when I activate app switcher, then touch anywhere on the screen, I would hear the first app being displayed by the switcher. I’m guessing maybe the position/layout of switcher might be different in iOS 26 and maybe that’s what’s throwing me off? When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? When you double press the home button to access the app switcher, are you just waiting for VO to focus on it? Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? What seems to happen is, voiceover will say “app switcher“ but then when I touch the screen, I’m just hearing the names of the apps on the first page of my home screen, as if nothing is there. Between this and your first question, I’m thinking maybe app switcher doesn’t take up the whole screen anymore and I need to poker around a bit more to find it. Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? Have you tried touching a finger to the lower portion of your screen (like just above the home button) to see if you can focus on any items within your app switcher? Have you tried installing the latest update, iOS 26.3.1(a)? Have you tried installing the latest update, iOS 26.3.1(a)? Have you tried installing the latest update, iOS 26.3.1(a)? Have you tried installing the latest update, iOS 26.3.1(a)? As of this morning, I went into software update, pulled down to refresh, and it says I’m up-to-date as of the version I included in my initial post. I will go back and try again. I’m not enrolled in beta updates though, so I’m only going to see major releases.

Thanks and you’ve given me some stuff to try