I have noticed a problem in OS 26 where voiceover gets confused in text edit 
and needs to be restarted to function properly. Don’t really know of other 
problems yet.
Sent from my IPhone


> On Feb 15, 2026, at 8:42 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
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> Hi Eric,
> 
> Thanks. I was beginning to wonder if it’s just me. Usually when I have the 
> issue it’s when I’m unlocking my phone. I not only can’t unlock my phone but 
> Vio doesn’t seem to focus on anything I always end up either turning VO off 
> and back on, or locking and unlocking my phone again. It happens fairly 
> often, I would say several times a day. I was hoping that the upgrade to 26.3 
> might fix it, but it didn’t.
> Cheers,
> Donna
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 15, 2026, at 5:10 AM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, some issues here where I switch from finder (or another app) to a web 
>> browser and navigation by arrow keys ceases to work unless VoiceOver is 
>> restarted. This is on my Mac mini M2 and appears to affect all apps 
>> similarly, but is particularly noticable in Chrome, Safari and Brave., btw, 
>> this is not the same issue you are mentioning on the iOS platform, but I 
>> have noticed similar issues there that appear at random.
>> 
>> -Eric
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 31, 2026, at 16:10, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Since IOS 26.1 I have had a lot of problems with VO losing focus.  Sometimes 
>> focus comes back and sometimes it doesn’t.  Anyone know of a solution for 
>> this issue?  If not, I’ll send it to Apple Accessibility, but I thought I’d 
>> check here first.  Just to cover my bases, iPhone is a 16 Pro, and yes, I’ve 
>> updated to 26.2.
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>> 
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