Can’t access Reachability on iPhone 16 Home Screen

On the iphone 16 home screen, i want to swipe down to reach the upper icons...i have turned Reachability option on...but when i swipe down on the home screen, it always go to a search dialog. How do i swipe the icons down on the home screen? Thanks.


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Original Title: Reachability on iphone16 homescreen.

iPhone 16e, iOS 18

Posted on Jun 14, 2025 12:00 PM

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Posted on Jun 14, 2025 12:09 PM

It sounds like you are opening Spotlight Search on your iPhone which also is accessed with a swipe down. But that is done with a swipe-down in the middle of the screen, to use Reachability you must swipe-down on the very bottom of the screen, where the bottom App bar is.

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Can’t access Reachability on iPhone 16 Home Screen

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