Updated my S4 to WatchOS 8 and the new features showed using hand gestures for assistive touch. I go to my settings and it’s not there. Any ideas?
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Assistive Touch WatchOS 8 Missing?
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Blows my mind that this is only an SE and S6 feature. What exactly does the SE have that the S4 and S5 lack? Heck, it even uses the same chip as the S5.
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I too got the “helpful” tip about Watch gestures. Looked all over my S4 Watch and Watch app settings before googling instructions and eventually came here. At least I’m not crazy.
Not to pile on Apple with hate, but this whole software release cycle has been a cluster. I haven’t had a lot of serious bugs as some have, but Apple does not seem to have its act together on just “polish” and “fit and finish” issues, which I don’t really recall in past.
Not to pile on Apple with hate, but this whole software release cycle has been a cluster. I haven’t had a lot of serious bugs as some have, but Apple does not seem to have its act together on just “polish” and “fit and finish” issues, which I don’t really recall in past.
Apple’s own press release about this feature makes no mention of device limitations. Weird.
Found it on Apple.com. Works on 6 and SE only. Wow that’s a big mistake to feature it in Tips on an unsupported device.
Right! Not even obvious when DuckDuckGo-ing (if that’s a verb). I was looking forward to using assistive touch but my S5 is fine and doesn’t need updating this time. Next year seem to be the better updates too.
I’m not sure all it can do but I was hoping for a way to dismiss notifications without touching the watch. Oh well.
They'll probably send you a tip on how to unlock your iPhone 7 with Face ID as well