iOS - Google Search Window Disappears Behind Safari Address Bar

After the latest iOS update version 16.1 (20B82), when I use Safari to access Google, as soon as I tap into the search window, the search window disappears behind the Safari address bar at the top of the screen, so I can’t see what I’m typing. Seems like a bug, because it did not use to do this. Is any one else having this problem?

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 6, 2022 1:29 PM

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Dec 28, 2022 9:03 PM in response to whydavewhy

Same with me. Search bar disappears but since 16.1.2 I can pull it down and it stays down. So, like you, they have fixed half the problem.


interestingly, although maybe not related, I have a similar problem with Facebook. If I click into someone’s profile if fills the screen so I cannot click the back arrow in the top left corner.


it seems like some kind of ‘full screen’ mode issue but whatever it is it is annoying.

Dec 30, 2022 3:20 PM in response to Dileer

Despite how extremely frustrating and inconvenient this issue is, I don’t think most people experiencing it would rate it very high on the importance scale enough to call into Apple or go to an Apple Store. In fact for me, muscle memory took over at some point and now I just do whatever extra step is involved by default to see what I’m typing. It’s just annoying enough to come on to here and complain about it a bit. Lol!

Jan 1, 2023 4:30 PM in response to whydavewhy

Yeah I have this problem too, have had it for weeks. Very glad I found this thread because in the beginning there was no mention of this problem anywhere on the internet, and I thought maybe I was losing my mind.


Alas I have no solution—just gotta wait till someone somewhere fixes it, apparently, But I just signed in to add my two cents that this is unacceptable.


One of the biggest richest companies in the world and they mess up something so basic and so simple, and in a way that is so ANNOYING , that you just want to hurl your phone into the river.

Jan 2, 2023 7:55 AM in response to Dileer

No… haven’t heard from Apple. The issue simply has disappeared. It’s no longer a problem in Safari or Chrome. Whatever was done must have been silently pushed through because I haven’t even rebooted my phone since the last time I posted and had the problem, nor was there any iOS update. Still 16.2. Same version as well (as depicted in the accompanying photo).

iOS - Google Search Window Disappears Behind Safari Address Bar

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