Messenger threads not scrolling up enough to read last line

On iPad Pro 13” M4 iOS26.2 when using Messenger, the text entry bubble is obscuring the last line of the last message in the thread, either that or the scrolling is not allowing the message thread to fully scroll up so as to reveal that bottom line of the last message. When scrolling up, the thread does move up to reveal it but simply falls back down when you let go.

Reached out to Apple and to Meta - both saying contact the other!!

Can anyone help?

Tried every combination of the normal raft of highly generalised ‘advice’, updates (iOS and Messenger are both fully up-to-date), deleting-reinstalling, offloading-reinstalling, force quitting-restarting, settings, settings, settings, and more settings - nothing works so far. Arrrrggg

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Jan 17, 2026 9:20 AM

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Jan 19, 2026 2:23 PM in response to CissyBrazil

Yeah I’ve tried every suggestion I can find anywhere, Google, Google AI, Reddit, Apple discussions, Meta’s AI, my mum,

Do the shake thing and report it to Meta

Open messenger on the affected device and just shake it. Should open their bug report feature. It was a new one for me - when Meta’s AI suggested that I thought it was joking! Or malfunctioning!!

Jan 19, 2026 2:14 PM in response to CissyBrazil

iPhone doesn’t seem to be affected (16 isn’t affected anyway) but no amount of iPad settings jiggling has sorted it out. Apple are saying what LotusPilot has said above - it’s not their problem, it’s Meta’s. That said, strangely some bugs I’ve encountered on iOS devices have miraculously disappeared with a minor iOS update - even after flat denial of ownership by Apple. TBF tho, Apple are very good at engaging every time I reach out to them, and escalate upwards in their tech hierarchy often when a simple fix isn’t available. So it appears that what we’re waiting for is a Meta Messenger update and I have only ‘chatted’ with their AI (surprisingly good) and done the ‘shake device while in Messenger to report a bug’ thing…..

Jan 19, 2026 3:29 PM in response to malfunction

malfunction wrote:

Do you mean for a fix, or just forget Messenger??
If the latter, then I’ve got to convince the rest of my world to jump on the same alternative app…..not happening is it…


The only person that natters here is you.


You need to decide if the value you get from Facebook is worth the value that Facebook extracts from you.


if you do decide you want to continue to use Facebook apps and services, then you get to deal with all of what that means. Including the ongoing problems with their apps and services.

Jan 19, 2026 7:53 PM in response to MrHoffman

MrHoffman Thanks for your 2 cents worth If people wanted to use something else I think that's what they would be asking about not how to fix a problem that has all of a sudden appeared after a new ios update and not any of the other 10's of iso updates in the past.

Don't ya just love it when asking for help someone always has to tell you the app ect you are using is not that good because they don't use it instead of constructive help.

Messenger threads not scrolling up enough to read last line

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