New Apple Watch Double Tap Feature: What It Does and How to Get It

[Crowbot]

Are you sure you don’t need to raise your wrist?

Right. You have to raise the wrist to wake the watch.

 

[Howard2k]

Or, it is the same feature, rebranded as needing the S9 neural engine, when it does literally exactly the same thing that has been possible since the Apple Watch 4 on WatchOS 8...

All you would need to do is look at any of the articles that describe the feature to see that it's not literally exactly the same thing. Any of them.

 

[pappl]

I hate taking off the apple watch for charging. My decade old Seiko Kinetic charges electronics by a mechanical rotor and gives charge for weeks.
Don't know why such a simple system is still not present in modern smartwatches.

"....The 1999 Kinetic Auto Relay boasted an amazing four years power reserve by stopping the hands when the watch isn't worn. After 72 hours with no movement, it sleeps, thus conserving 85% of the power. This was also the first Kinetic model to switch from a true capacitor to a Lithium Ion secondary battery, now called the Kinetic Electricity Storage Unit or ESU. ....." Source

 

[Crowbot]

I hate taking off the apple watch for charging. My decade old Seiko Kinetic charges electronics by a mechanical rotor and gives charge for weeks.
Don't know why such a simple system is still not present in modern smartwatches.

"....The 1999 Kinetic Auto Relay boasted an amazing four years power reserve by stopping the hands when the watch isn't worn. After 72 hours with no movement, it sleeps, thus conserving 85% of the power. This was also the first Kinetic model to switch from a true capacitor to a Lithium Ion secondary battery, now called the Kinetic Electricity Storage Unit or ESU. ....." Source

Probably because the volume needed for a mechanical charging system would take up too much space. It's a nice idea though. Back in the 50's they were actually talking about small atomic batteries. Fortunately we never went that route.

 

[pappl]

Probably because the volume needed for a mechanical charging system would take up too much space. It's a nice idea though. Back in the 50's they were actually talking about small atomic batteries. Fortunately we never went that route.

I doubt it. A quartz watch movement from the 90s is certainly not smaller than Apple watch electronics (+ a big battery!). With a"kinetic" rotor charging system (nothing more) a much smaller battery will be required, because you could charge always in time with the movement of your wrist.

 

[Crowbot]

I doubt it. A quartz watch movement from the 90s is certainly not smaller than Apple watch electronics (+ a big battery!). With a"kinetic" rotor charging system (nothing more) a much smaller battery will be required, because you could charge always in time with the movement of your wrist.

It would be interesting but out of tune with Apple's way of doing things. The Apple Watch is basically a mini iPhone so Apple just made the phone components smaller. That's their design philosophy. They weren't making an eternal watch.

 

[allenvanhellen]

Right. You have to raise the wrist to wake the watch.View attachment 2289972

This is one difference between the new Ultra 2 and my Ultra 1 with the accessibility feature. I cannot pause a workout with a double pinch, but I can start it, and once I’ve paused it with the software button (or action button + side button), I can double pinch to resume it.

 

[gadgetfreak98]

I have a feeling this is going to end up like Force Press for me on the iPhone when it had it. When I remember it’s available — and in the right situation— it could be genuinely useful. But 99% of the time I forget it’s there. Maybe that will change over time if and when app developers adopt it. Just a little too narrow as far as use cases where it stands today. For me, that is.

 

[ujverm2]

There should have been feature to change the default behavior of double tap. Currently it only shows the notification stack. Scrolling through the notification stack is not something people would care about when the other hand is occupied. There can be numerous use cases and customizations if it can run a shortcut. The best usecase for me is to run a shortcut to open my entryway lock when my hands are occupied with groceries or other stuffs.

 

[Crowbot]

There should have been feature to change the default behavior of double tap. Currently it only shows the notification stack. Scrolling through the notification stack is not something people would care about when the other hand is occupied. There can be numerous use cases and customizations if it can run a shortcut. The best usecase for me is to run a shortcut to open my entryway lock when my hands are occupied with groceries or other stuffs.

There is an option in settings to change the behavior to music functions. I’m sure that more will be coming.