After upgrade a black circle with an "a" in the circle has appeared on my ipad Home Screen

ios upgrade 26.1 placed a black circle with an "a" in the circle on my ipad Home Screen, what is it and how do I get rid of it?

it is not the Assisted touch button. I do use Assisted touch and it is on the Home Screen as well

attaching a picture.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Dec 25, 2025 7:20 PM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2025 6:08 AM

For the benefit of others that may encounter this issue, many have observed that Hover Text is unexpectedly enabled by the iPadOS 26 upgrade.


Hover Text can be simply disabled from iPad settings:

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

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After upgrade a black circle with an "a" in the circle has appeared on my ipad Home Screen

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