Summary:
With all Multitasking Gestures disabled and Full Screen Apps enabled, four/five-finger pinch or swipe gestures are still intercepted by the system and swallow all touch points, so the foreground app stops receiving touch input. This is most noticeable in games that rely on multi-finger controls. The issue has persisted from iPadOS 26.0 RC through 27.2 — over a year — and remains unfixed(open). Multiple Feedback reports have been marked Open without a fix. one related report was marked “Potential Fix Identified – For a Future OS Update” and later reverted.
Environment:
iPad running any iPadOS version from 26.0 RC through 27.2
Settings > Multitasking & Gestures > all gestures disabled
Full Screen Apps enabled (not Stage Manager or windowed apps)
Steps to Reproduce:
On the above configuration, open any app (most noticeable in games).
Perform a four-finger pinch, or a four/five-finger left/right swipe.
Observe that all touch points are immediately swallowed by the system, and the foreground app stops receiving touch input.
Expected Result:
Since all multitasking gestures are disabled in Settings, four/five-finger gestures should not respond at all, and the app should continue receiving touch input normally.
Actual Result:
The system still intercepts touches in the gesture area, causing the app to lose touch input temporarily or persistently. In games that rely on multi-finger input, this effectively breaks controls.
FB Number:
FB24795986