I have an iPhone 16 Pro and there is an annoying delay between tapping a move and the piece moving
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Thanks!
What happened, from memory:
1. Tap piece at original location
2. Tap piece at destination
3. Piece animation commences
4. Piece animation finishes
5. Move sound occurs
Everything was smooth except there was an approximately half second delay (may have been less) between 2 and 3.