Touching the screen doesn't work sometimes after iOS26 update - just me??

After the ipadOS 26 update I've noticed that my iPad has stopped reacting to me touching the screen. It doesn't seem to react at all ... or at least don't react 95% of the time. If I restart the iPad (it might take 30-50 swipe attempts before I'm able to shut it off) and restart then everything is just fine. Then after 1-2 days it can happen again.


Is it just me, or has anyone else a similar problem?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Oct 22, 2025 12:07 AM

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Oct 22, 2025 12:46 AM in response to jemostrom

It's not just you - there are lots of complaints on different forums about iPad display issues post os26. My problem is less serious but still annoying. Apps which use a swipe to move something around on the screen - such as card games - don't work. Also my iPad keeps putting spurious full stops in text and doesn't like swiping actions such as the 'off' swipe or swiping to answer voip calls. I used to be able to bash my pin in to the Lock Screen really fast, now I have to do it slowly because it keeps not registering presses.


Some people can't scroll, all sorts of different problems.


Hopefully they have just inadvertently changed something in the graphics driver and this will be fixed in due course.


Some forums suggest tweaking the accessibility preferences, but that made no difference for me.

Touching the screen doesn't work sometimes after iOS26 update - just me??

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