iOS 13: Touchscreen opens links on web pages at the slightest touch

Yes. Since installing iOS 13 it is practically impossible to scroll a page with links without opening links!! Using iPhone XR

Yea I’ve realized it only happens on certain apps. iPhone XR.

iPhone X. Very annoying. Definitely only with certain apps. CNN and Huff Post are terrible. No problem with NY Times or Minneapolis Star Tribune.

It's also being reported in App Store reviews on affected apps. Huff Post has acknowledged the problem and say they're working on it.

Not just CNN...Fox too. Any app with lots of imbedded pics and hyperlinks will trigger these pics and hyperlinks open at the slightest touch.

This is driving me batty (iPhone 7 Plus). I can’t scroll a webpage without the open link/save image menu popping open. Touch Accommodations as recommended above are too restrictive; I shouldn’t need to hold to scroll.

These sub menus should only open on 3D Touch imo.

Same here. impossible to scroll many apps without being linked out to other pages. I noticed this after the ios 13 upgrade on my iphone 7. thought it wuld be fixed with 13.1 release, but nothing.

Now, i have bought iphone 11 pro, exact same thing.

Funny, it doesnt happen everywhere. noticed it never happens when scrolling Apple Support pages, but literally can read an artcle jn USAToday app with the url links being activated any time you scroll the page.

Me too! I’m not sure how this thread is not being flooded with this complaint. It is absolutely unbearable when EVERY time you’re reading an article, a simple scroll down leads across multiple links. Please fix this beyond the unworkable solution that requires sacrifice the ease of use for all other touch capabilities. I hate when the only solution provides by Apple is to sacrifice other features! That’s a lazy shortcut not a client friendly solution!

OMG yes!! It took me 3 days to find this thread after searching on Google. It makes reading news apps (CNN, FOX) impossible. I will trigger 5-6 to open on EVERY article I read. There must be a better way. Bring back “deep” touch as an option? Apple, you can keep your Haptic Touch if this is what it means. How could this role out the door and not be caught during testing?

I am having exactly the same issue. I have an iPhone 7 Plus and recently upgraded to 13. Now all my news apps have become so sensitive with their embedded hyperlinks that I basically cannot use them.

Help would be great

Thank you for reporting this! It’s probably the most annoying bug of any recent update. I find it is impossible to read a news article in my news apps without clicking the back button a hundred times. APPLE - PLEASE FIX THIS. Changing touchscreen settings does not fix the problem and actually makes things worse in the opposite way. It’s not us; it’s you.

This problem is extremely irritating. I don’t even have to touch my screen, just hover and the link is activated. I have to watch my finger as I’m scroll/reading to avoid hitting a link. It is frustrating to lose a good news story while you’re reading intensely. Who the **** thought that was a good idea? Obviously someone who doesn’t read!!! What was wrong with the last version? Always fixing something that’s not broken.

Same issue on Apple notes app since iOS13, even 13.2: all links inside notes react even if i tap 1 or 2 lines below or above. Makes it impossible to insert other text or links in my notes near a link! That‘s extremely annoying! Any idea how to fix this? Apple can you fix this please? Notes worked perfectly up until iOS 12!