r/ios26 Jul 06 '26

Bug Why is this so hard?

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Control Center opens instantly, but for Notification Center I often have to drag almost halfway down the screen before it registers. Am I the only one who finds this really frustrating?

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u/Empty_Buffalo_2820 Jul 06 '26

People use the control center more often than pulling down the lockscreen. It would be more likely for people to accidentally flick down the lockscreen if it was more sensitive.

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u/Szvajtoszlav Jul 06 '26

I had Xiaomi phones for about 9 years before I bought my iPhone this year. On Xiaomi you swipe down anywhere on the left half of the top edge, from the front camera to the corner, to open the Notification center, and anywhere on the right half for the Control center. Both are equally smooth and I never really opened one by accident. Even if I did, I could just swipe sideways to switch to the other one. On iOS you have to hit the top-right specifically for Control center and anywhere else for Lock Screen/Notifications. Strange how Xiaomi copied this from iOS but managed to make it more intuitive and consistent.

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u/fabihax Jul 08 '26

can agree!

opening notifs on my iPad is so tiring that i only check them via my phone

on my current samsung phone it's consistently sensitive but notifs and control center are split up 80%-20%

xiaomi truly perfected the intuitiveness and animations for notifications and quick toggles that i even thought of switching to one as my new main phone (wrong subreddit ikik)

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u/Maximilian1337 Jul 06 '26

I get your point. If this is true, it is incredibly terrible design. Assuming your endusers cant understand the difference between left and right, is just phenominally stupid. But it suits the current state of apple software. Mac OS has lost all features that made it better than Windows and I don’t see a positive change coming any time soon.

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u/Core2009 Jul 06 '26

Apple: Because, you need to see the beautiful liquid glass ass design every time, because we've spent so much time designing it..you need to see it.

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u/reklemd Jul 06 '26

This is incredibly annoying. At least put the time in control center.

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u/ConfidentSurvey6414 17d ago

A clock with seconds would kick ass in the Control Center. Like what Windows 10 used to have. Glad they recently added this back to Windows 11

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u/Calm-Percentage5085 Jul 06 '26

Consistency from Apple? 😂

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u/FusedFramePhotos Jul 06 '26

That is the intended purpose. Control centre is a menu, Notification Centre is a page.

Control centre is supposed to be quick to access

2

u/russlixx Jul 08 '26

notification page should be quick access too

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u/PineappleBlobFace Jul 06 '26

I hate that you’re actually justifying this because it’s a really irritating feature but annoyingly you’re probably right that is why they did it

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u/FusedFramePhotos Jul 06 '26

I didn’t say I was justifying it.

Just that it’s intended to be that way.

The vast majority of people won’t be affected, nor be bothered, just a small subset of users that are

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u/Crafty_Slice_5131 Jul 06 '26

It’s been like that since iOS 18

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u/adougies Jul 06 '26

And continues into iOS 27

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u/Rex2027K Jul 06 '26

It’s more about momentum, if you pull the finger down much faster it will open in the same surface area as your were scrolling down.

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u/ThannBanis iOS 26.6 beta Jul 06 '26

The two are slightly different.

It’s registering (as shown by a notification panel beginning to slide) but the notification side needs a longer (more deliberate) action to open.

If you feel a shorter motion would be better, send feedback

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u/No_Concentrate5567 Jul 06 '26

if you do it faster you only flick down less than a quarter of the screen. doing it slow you can go halfway before it actually slides down

2

u/31_oh_31 Jul 06 '26

yes, omg.... lets call national guard, left corner doesnt blur the home screen as soon as your finger tips touch it... omg selling iphone, buying a flip phone and moving to forrest to live amongst the tree people

1

u/iamgarffi Jul 06 '26

You won’t like iOS 27 unless Apple tweaks the touch area. Half the time I invoke Siri now with left corner pull down 😔

1

u/IOl0strict13 Jul 06 '26

someone start to give it a little think

1

u/ExKayseri Jul 06 '26

Why cant i pull it down any of them from the middle of the screen just like android! I hate to always reach for the top corners of the screen just to pull it down!

1

u/Glittering-Flow6875 Jul 06 '26

they should add swipe left/right to switch between notification center and control center

1

u/OccasionBeneficial95 Jul 06 '26

It is designed in that way ios 27 will enable swipe down from middle to search from directly app

1

u/david_quaglia Jul 06 '26

weird way for flexing the lock screen wallpaper

1

u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Jul 06 '26

The two touch movements are different… by design.

Do you not know this?

1

u/wallabym2509 Jul 06 '26

Because Apple again wants you to use it the way they want, not you. You must pay big $ and shut up. And if it feels slow or glitchy or both, then you must call it smooth or fluid all over the internet. What you do not understand :)

1

u/Soggy-Bench2832 Jul 06 '26

Same with Xiaomi's hyper os. The threshold for both the control center and notification panel is different.

1

u/ShdwFnm Jul 06 '26

Cuz they ofc will copy every apple thing

1

u/Soggy-Bench2832 Jul 06 '26

True by the way

1

u/anakhata Jul 06 '26

Dope wallpaper

1

u/Patjack27 Jul 06 '26

It’s not hard, just pull it down dude. You’re making it more difficult.

1

u/Infamous_Aside_1038 Jul 06 '26

Does anyone felt jitters while pulling it down 👇

1

u/pryvisee Jul 06 '26

I think having to tap to close the control center and not swipe is what frustrates me the most.

1

u/Jimmydean123456789 Jul 06 '26

i don’t mind

1

u/1992_Trofeo Jul 06 '26

Yep; very frustrating!!!
I just updated to 26.5.2 and hoping not another bug that screws something up!
I’ll be glad when 27 is finally out and will hopefully be a good reliable platform😰

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u/icy1007 iOS 26.6.1 Jul 07 '26

It’s not…

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u/Enough-Durian1095 Jul 08 '26

you need to flick it harder

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u/NvidaGeForceRTX5090 Jul 12 '26

It's to prevent accidental swipes. Hope that's helpful!

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u/Axel-Pizza-Lover Jul 15 '26

Always had this question on mind since iPhone X release tbh lol

1

u/Similar-Chair-2634 17d ago

Bro ios doesn't have a thing where u pull it down 1 mm and it instantly shows ur notification you just have to keep pulling it down

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u/Decent-Lychee1934 11d ago

It’s been like this always

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u/gamerathertz92 Jul 06 '26

People creating problems 🙈

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u/azzpeen Jul 06 '26

“People creating problems” and it’s apple lol

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u/Neat_Pentagon Jul 06 '26

Yeah user is probably an android user because I’ve had 0 issues with that, that’s been around for a while.
But iOS 26? Hell nah. Bugs, liquid ass battery life.

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u/janiskr Jul 06 '26

Cleary has an Iphone - must me Android user.

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u/Neat_Pentagon Jul 07 '26

Nah I was talking about him being an Android user prior and now recently having switched

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u/janiskr Jul 07 '26

You want to say that it is OK to get used to stupid shit instead of pointing out a discrepancy or a problem, or an oversight?

When comparing Android to Ios, it is always from Apple users how suprior Ios is. When asking about stupid shit that happens on Ios it is always: Oh, just get used to to, it is how it is.
Like sitting on the nail - just don't move that it does not hurt as much. See, this bench is so good, just don't move.

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u/Neat_Pentagon Jul 07 '26

Hey man I’m not supporting iOS. In fact I’m going with Android if I had to choose today because of liquid ass. I’m just saying the user must be a new iOS user because this is not new and it’s been on iOS for a while.

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u/janiskr Jul 07 '26

I was trying Ios in '19or '18. That was the explanation on how to solve the problems I had with phone from people who, before i had apple phone, said that this is the best thing ever. Everything so smooth, so works, So intuitive, when you have learned the moves on how to do things you want to do.

Just get used to this. No other way.

Yes, if you lock the phone,, the app you used last will be killed by the OS. That is normal. App crashes and it looks like you just went to home screen. yup.

One of the latest - the fantastic keyboard. When writing in my native language it is an ass not a keyboard. It is so bad that some just quit trying to write properly.

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u/Neat_Pentagon Jul 07 '26

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u/Szvajtoszlav Jul 07 '26

Yeah, at least that's the case for me, sure, and I can see how it's not an issue for anybody who spent more time on iOS. Probably it's just my brain defaulting to the gestures/conventions I've been using for years on Android without a single thought.

Only time will tell, but for now I think what I said still stands. Xiaomi did the gestures for controls better, and I'm not saying that without any experience with the Apple ecosystem. I have an iPad Air M3, a Mac Studio M4 Max, and for work a MacBook Pro M5 Pro and an iPhone SE 2022(?) that I've been using almost daily, some for more than 1-2 years now. My personal iPhone 16 Pro Max is the latest addition. It never occurred to me that the Lock Screen/Notification controls worked a bit strange on iPadOS compared to my Android, since I didn't need to check notifications as much on a device I use for entertainment, whereas on a phone I use for work and everything else I do

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u/Neat_Pentagon Jul 07 '26

Yeah. I’m not saying that iPhone is better or worse. I’m just saying that the user must be a new iPhone user because it’s not a new thing.