Mysterious circle widget with letter 'a' on iPad Pro 13 after iOS 26 update

After updating my iPad Pro 13 with iOS 26, I notice a new widget that I can freely move around the screen. The widget has a larger circle with the letter an inside of a smaller inner circle. When I select the widget, all other widget lock and become unusable however, when I select the other widget, I see a little cation at the top of my screen that tells me the name of the widget I selected. Can someone tell what this widget is or how I can remove it? I never adjusted anything or added it however, it just showed up somehow.


Sorry the picture is sideways.


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Original Title: Obscure Widget

Posted on Sep 17, 2025 7:03 AM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2025 7:15 AM

You appear to have enabled the Hover Text feature. Many have observed that this feature has been unexpectedly enabled by the iPadOS 26 upgrade.


Hover Text is simply disabled from iPad settings:

Settings > Accessibility > [Vision] Hover Text > Hover Text - set to OFF

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