Is @media hover broken when using Windows Tablet mode?

Wrapping hover styles in a

@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine)

@media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine)

or similar is a nice way to stop hovers on touch devices, as when you hold your finger for about a second hovers work there as well.

However, a friend told me a user on their site noticed that hovers stopped working for them (using the media query above). So I did a little testing to find out why and the results were interesting.
I used this codepen https://codepen.io/dukecroc/pen/dyzjmBB and these are the results https://prnt.sc/JPIpAtOHej7o

Notes on the results:

a phone with stylus support will show
```
@media (hover: hover)
```
```
@media (hover: hover)
```
as true even if the stylus is not being used (it's not out of the phone)
when in Windows Tablet mode the values slightly differ between chrome and firefox (
```
any-hover
```
```
any-hover
```
)
when in Windows Tablet mode the values make sense only if you use the touchscreen. When using a mouse they stay the same, which means that
```
@media (hover: hover)
```
```
@media (hover: hover)
```
is false even if you use a mouse.

What are your thoughts? For me, I am unsure if I should wrap my hovers in these media queries. Maybe only if it's an actual problem on touch devices.

IvоOP•11/24/24, 5:54 PM

Things to note:

for the tests I used 3 laptops (all 2 in 1 with 360 rotation), a desktop PC, a Pixel 6 Pro and an S23 Ultra. Latest versions on everything - Windows, Ubuntu, Android, Chrome, Firefox
I do not have a tablet to do the test on, but I guess the results would be like on one of the phones (maybe it depends if it has stylus support)
I did not really care enough to test hovers on Smart TVs
having a mouse connected to a laptop in Tablet mode does not change any of the values
when you rotate a 2 in 1 laptop so that the keyboard is on the back (like this https://prnt.sc/2xhJKpTFk9sa), usually the OS enters tablet mode automatically. Windows used to have a way to disable it (I think in Windows 10), but I did not find such an option on the latest version. For Ubuntu I haven't really gone deep into this, but with the default options it does not change anything for the test when you enter tablet mode, apart from disabling the keyboard and touchpad
in the beginning I mentioned that the reason for this test was that a user noticed hovers stopped working for them. I am unsure if an update happened or they started using their laptop in Tablet Mode on Windows, or anything else. The info I got is that they use a HP Envy laptop.

IvоOP•11/24/24, 6:02 PM

Forgot to test on a phone with a connected mouse. The results are like the one on "phone with stylus support"