Highlight & Lookup gone

“Highlighting & Looking up” a word for a definition are no longer working on IOS 15.3 (iPhone) It happened after the update to 15.

How do I fix this?

B Sullivan. 1/11/22

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Feb 11, 2022 8:20 PM

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Feb 11, 2022 10:57 PM in response to BJSfromdanville

See the pic below which is self-explanatory (You will be surprised)

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