iPadOS 26 issues with swiping/scrolling + other annoyances

[y_p_w]

Overall I think it looks nice and the performance isn’t too bad, but at times it locks up when I’m trying to swipe. It still responds to taps, so I don’t think it’s a touchscreen malfunction. A few times I wanted to shut down and restart, but it wouldn’t respond trying to swipe to shut off. I could hit the x to cancel power down though. But I can also force restart, although I’m not sure if it’s a good idea.

A few other annoyances. It’s holding on to a fair bit of “system data” compared to iPadOS 18. Like 5 GB more so I have less room for offline videos. And there are no more video titles and apparently no way to change that.

I’m hoping that an update fixes these issues soon.

 

[wwillson]

Overall I think it looks nice and the performance isn’t too bad, but at times it locks up when I’m trying to swipe.

I have noticed screen freezes in the iMessage app on my iPhone. It's very annoying and I hope the next release fixes it.

 

[Vil_Riker]

IMHO It's cleaned up the interface but added more taps instead. The swipe works OK for me.

 

[y_p_w]

IMHO It's cleaned up the interface but added more taps instead. The swipe works OK for me.

I don't know if it might be a processor limitation. Mine is an iPad mini 6 with an A15. But I suspect it's more software issues since they happen intermittently.

 

[andrew_j]

Love it on my iPhone 14 Pro. Not a single complaint except tiny learning curve when I first got it. I love search being floating in more apps on screen instead of scrolling up to find in messages and other spots.

There is no hesitation I notice .

Interestingly I was ready to change my iPhone 14 Pro out in my usual 3 year swap of iPhones to iPhone 17 pro. 14 pro has $320 trade in. However this iOS I feel no need to upgrade as experience it quite good.

My iPhone 14 Pro is the only device I own personally. Occasionally borrow wife’s MacBook Air . I dislike iPads.

 

[y_p_w]

I got tired of the reduced available storage and did a restore to factory settings and then restore from a backup. I think part of the issue is that I had the base 64 GB, while the iPad Mini 7 has a base 128 GB.

 

[JHZR2]

They pushed it on my work iPhone, which isn’t a pro model. No issues right now.

 

[demarpaint]

It seems good on my iPhone 16, I'm happy with it so far.

 

[y_p_w]

iOS 26 has been solid on my iPhone, but every once in a while I can't left/right swipe on my iPad. If it gets to that point only way I've been able to restart has been to perform a force restart that only requires access to the buttons. Also - it's not as if it doesn't do something when I try to right/left swipe, but it's not responsive enough to be able to do the shutdown. I suspect that it's a software issue.

 

[y_p_w]

Updated to 26.0.1 yesterday and hoping it solves the swiping lockup issue.