Double-tapping an episode in the TV app with VoiceOver on reveals that episode's context menu instead of playing the episode

Category
Miscellaneous
Severity
Moderate

Description

When focusing on an episode on the homepage of the TV app and double-tapping to play it, that episode's context menu is revealed instead. To play the episode, select "Go to episode" from this menu, and then select an option under the "how to watch" heading.

Steps to reproduce

Focus on and double-tap an episode on the homepage of the TV app. Note that the issue will not occur when double-tapping an episode in the "Continue watching" section.

Bug First Encountered

iOS/iPadOS 26.0

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone

How often the bug occurs

Always

Apple feedback #

FB19821270

Status

Active

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Comments

By Ricardo Brandão on Monday, September 15, 2025 - 18:05

I had this problem in the first beta versions of iOS 26, but it went away in the fourth or fifth beta

By SheilaG on Monday, September 15, 2025 - 20:14

Hopefully this is fixed in iOS 26. But for now, this happens only on certain shows.