Apple’s new iOS 16 update breaks a bunch of rhythm games

Apple’s latest update to its mobile operating system, iOS 16, introduces a number of new features, such as prettier lock screens and message editing. However, while bringing in new things, he inadvertently broke some others, and one of the casualties this week has been a whole bunch of rhythm games.

In iOS 16, tapping the screen with three fingers at the same time brings up the copy and paste menu, while swiping with three fingers lets you undo and redo typing. This is very handy if you’re using your iPhone to type, but it’s not ideal when you’re trying to match your fingers to some hectic beats.

As these tweets and statements say, players of games like Arkeya found that every time they use three fingers at the same time – which is quite common on more complex tracks – it triggers various system functions and interrupts their gameplay.

Here are some gameplay footage of one of the Arcei more complex tracks showing how often players will tap (or even swipe) with three fingers at the same time:

While you might think this would be a quick fix for Apple, the issue was brought up when iOS 16 was still in beta but still made it into its first public release. This is not the first time either. BUTWith 9to5mac reportsBack in 2019, iOS 13 launched with similar issueswhen three-finger taps and gestures started to ruin games like Fortnite as well as PUBG.

This time, the problem was solved by Apple telling iOS not to bother with gestures when they are clearly not needed. For example, when the user was playing a game. This is a bummer that was somehow left out of this last update, but hopefully now that it’s been posted publicly the fix won’t be too far off.

In the meantime, regular players of similar games are being urged to avoid updating to iOS 16.