Missing predictive text bar in English when using Magic Keyboard after update to iPadOS 26

I updated my 5th gen Air and 5th gen Pro 12.9 this morning, set them up as Full Screen as I don’t “work” on them, just read or watch stuff. I though that overnight the issue was ‘magically’ fixed.

nope 😒 😡

i just discovered that predictive text/emojis is normal when set to Full Screen but gone if set to Windowed Apps. They are also dead with Stage Manager. I spent 3+ hours last night messing around with turning predictive text on/off, restarting, connecting to my near brand new iMac keyboard instead of my year’s old white one.

Arrrgggghhh. Apple please fix this. Until then I guess I’ll stick to Full Screen and not use the advertised highlight to the newest iPad operating system. ☹️

Try turning off windowed apps or stage manager!

Turned off Stage Manager and now have Predictive Text!

Turning off the Stage Manager worked for me!

Turning off stage manger fixed it for me, stage manger is of no use to me anyway

100% correct. I have tried toggling back and forth to stage manager and windowed settings and the only time the predictive text bar reappears is when the display is in full screen mode

I definitely have this same, annoying issue and found that the only way to restore the predictive text while using my Magic Keyboard was to set to Full Screen, which then means I’m missing the new iOS 26 features. A fix is definitely needed, Apple!

I have the same issue with predictive test. I have tried everything multiple times and no resolution. If I disconnect the keyboard, my iPad displays the predictive text but it disappears when the iPad is connected back to the Magic keyboard.

I also am not getting text message delivery notifications on my new iPhone 17. I get them on my 6th generation iPad Pro, but not the new iPhone. Also, I do not hear the clicking sounds when I type in my Apple Watch 10 passcode and all sounds have less volume on the watch and I have the sound volume at the highest level. Very frustrating.

Well that’s the point, I’d like to use windowed apps now that slide over is back and use slide over daily when in zoom meetings, however predictive text doesn’t apple. I hope Apple is listening and they make predictive text appear as it does right now in full screen mode. It’s ham-handed that it is not part of windowed mode. THANK you for your message (and all others contributing to this conversation). I’m a lonnnnnng time Apple guy I worked there 1984 to 1988 as tech advisor to the chairman and CEO at the time, then went to work for Steve at NeXT. (Oh the stories I could tell ha.) My employee #6067 and that was still my number when I went back to work at the Philadelphia for a fun, after decades of writing things like iPhone for Dummies etc. - my coworkers hand employee numbers in the 300,000. Wild times. I do find so many things about iOS 26 iPad is 26 maddeningly frustrating, this being one one of them. I’ll get used to it especially as they fix so many complicated features etc. THANK you again for prompting my reply. Hoping suggestions comes back soon. Peace, Sam, and others, Joe Hutsko

Me too. I have tried everything, restarted dozens of times. Please fix this!!!!

Same for my Magic Keyboard and my iPad Pro 5th gen. Thanks for posting this; thought I was going nuts. Hope Apple fixes this soon.

I had this issue at the start of the public beta back in June and reported it! Glad I was listened too lol!

Same with me, reverting back to Full Screen Apps until Apple fixes this issue.

That worked, thanks!