IOS – Double tap to zoom stopped working after upgrading to iOS 13

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After upgrading to iOS 13, double tap to zoom in on an element (like a column of text) on web pages does not work any more. Not on iPhone, not on iPad. Simply nothing happens. (this is with Safari web browser)

Pinch zoom still works.

Is there some setting or similar to re-enable the tap zoom feature?

Actually, it kind of works when tapping on empty parts of web pages, but nothing happens when tapping on text (which is where I actually need it).


Apparently this problem appears only on some pages and not on others, so here is a list.

List of web pages that have this problem:

(feel free to expand it)

* this page zooms on doubletap on iPad, but not on iPhone SE

List of web pages that do not have this problem:

Best Answer

It appears that you now have to triple-tap to zoom in on things like paragraphs in Safari.