diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
index 9e7964a4f6..22aca2571d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/TouchInteractionService.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Choreographer;
+import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.InputEvent;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.SurfaceControl;
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ public class TouchInteractionService extends Service {
         if (mGestureState.isTrackpadGesture() && (action == ACTION_POINTER_DOWN
                 || action == ACTION_POINTER_UP)) {
             // Skip ACTION_POINTER_DOWN and ACTION_POINTER_UP events from trackpad.
-        } else if (event.isHoverEvent()) {
+        } else if (isCursorHoverEvent(event)) {
             mUncheckedConsumer.onHoverEvent(event);
         } else {
             mUncheckedConsumer.onMotionEvent(event);
@@ -764,6 +765,11 @@ public class TouchInteractionService extends Service {
         traceToken.close();
     }
 
+    // Talkback generates hover events on touch, which we do not want to consume.
+    private boolean isCursorHoverEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+        return event.isHoverEvent() && event.getSource() == InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE;
+    }
+
     private InputConsumer tryCreateAssistantInputConsumer(
             GestureState gestureState, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
         return tryCreateAssistantInputConsumer(
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
index a05b4997a9..9a7710a0a7 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LaunchedAppState.java
@@ -224,12 +224,14 @@ public final class LaunchedAppState extends Background {
             int leftEdge = 10;
             Point taskbarUnstashArea = new Point(leftEdge, mLauncher.getRealDisplaySize().y - 1);
             mLauncher.sendPointer(downTime, downTime, MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_ENTER,
-                    new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null);
+                    new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null,
+                    InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE);
 
             mLauncher.waitForSystemLauncherObject(TASKBAR_RES_ID);
 
             mLauncher.sendPointer(downTime, downTime, MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_EXIT,
-                    new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null);
+                    new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null,
+                    InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE);
 
             return new Taskbar(mLauncher);
         }
@@ -246,7 +248,8 @@ public final class LaunchedAppState extends Background {
             Point stashedTaskbarHintArea = new Point(mLauncher.getRealDisplaySize().x / 2,
                     mLauncher.getRealDisplaySize().y - 1);
             mLauncher.sendPointer(downTime, downTime, MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_ENTER,
-                    new Point(stashedTaskbarHintArea.x, stashedTaskbarHintArea.y), null);
+                    new Point(stashedTaskbarHintArea.x, stashedTaskbarHintArea.y), null,
+                    InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE);
 
             mLauncher.getDevice().wait(mStashedTaskbarHintScaleCondition,
                     LauncherInstrumentation.WAIT_TIME_MS);
@@ -257,7 +260,8 @@ public final class LaunchedAppState extends Background {
                 Point taskbarUnstashArea = new Point(mLauncher.getRealDisplaySize().x / 2,
                         mLauncher.getRealDisplaySize().y - 1);
                 mLauncher.sendPointer(downTime, downTime, MotionEvent.ACTION_HOVER_EXIT,
-                        new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null);
+                        new Point(taskbarUnstashArea.x, taskbarUnstashArea.y), null,
+                        InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE);
 
                 mLauncher.waitForSystemLauncherObject(TASKBAR_RES_ID);
                 return new Taskbar(mLauncher);