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You have to raise your watch really really close to your mouth, and you don't have to say "Hey Siri" anymore. Just talk to her. The setting is Raise To Speak in Siri watch app on iPhone.
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So, how's that single handed tap/pinch thing going?
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You have to raise your watch really really close to your mouth, and you don't have to say "Hey Siri" anymore. Just talk to her. The setting is Raise To Speak in Siri watch app on iPhone.
Quite a disappointment so far. Thought it would be an amazing thing when doing workouts with water lock on. But either the gesture is working exactly opposite to what I would want it to be (dismissing notifications instead of answering them) and not well thought out things like having first to unlock the watch to slide to the now playing screens in workouts to be able to use the gesture to control audio replay. Well, my finger is then already on the screen.
Also, being able to scroll through the Smart Stack is interesting, but what is the purpose if I have to use my other finger to select afterwards? Big miss also that one can not select an app in the app dock (again a feature that could be good in water lock mode).
Also, being able to scroll through the Smart Stack is interesting, but what is the purpose if I have to use my other finger to select afterwards? Big miss also that one can not select an app in the app dock (again a feature that could be good in water lock mode).
It’s the magic of accelerometer in Apple Watch. You don’t have to bring it close to your mouth but I find doing that will trigger it 100%.
It works but I have to do it several times and I get a little too vigorous in frustration. I was trying to turn off the timer while cooking and my husband wanted to know why I was doing the chicken dance
I appreciate this post and your seeming confidence about this, it does not work for me, but I’ll keep trying…
I had problems with the double tap feature turning of the alarm clock today. Failed twice, before working on the third try.
I also never got the raise to talk feature working properly, even though I tried many times.
It actually works best, when I do a very exaggerated "raise my wrist" motion in the direction of my face and time it properly with talking. Still too many attempts fail and it kind of looks weird. I gave it up.
So if I try to invoke Siri, I simply long-press the Digital Crown (only to set timers or add something to my grocery list, the only two actions, I find Siri useful for, even though for the latter, it only works semi-reliably, sometimes the foods are spelled wrong or go to the wrong list).
I also never got the raise to talk feature working properly, even though I tried many times.
It actually works best, when I do a very exaggerated "raise my wrist" motion in the direction of my face and time it properly with talking. Still too many attempts fail and it kind of looks weird. I gave it up.
So if I try to invoke Siri, I simply long-press the Digital Crown (only to set timers or add something to my grocery list, the only two actions, I find Siri useful for, even though for the latter, it only works semi-reliably, sometimes the foods are spelled wrong or go to the wrong list).
I’ve never had it work even a single time. I’ve read all of the tutorials but it just doesn’t work for me.
I enabled the accessibility option on my older device. I love it. I wish I’d enabled it when it came out.
It worked for me once. But it's only consistent if I say Siri, don't have to say hey Siri and at least that is an improvement.
thanks i had no idea the older (SE2022) watches did any of this and assumed it was something brand new.
The reason for this (the current accessibility hand gestures) might be that these features are designed for individuals who cannot perform the "easier" tasks.
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My gut tells me and you can see this in the Accessibility gestures, more flexibility / gestures are coming. Guessing single, double, and trip "tap". Quick squeeze, long squeeze.
I wonder if they can drill down to start identifying which fingers are actually doing the "tapping" allowing you to assign gestures to specific fingers.
I start to appreciate it more now that I’ve used it for a few days. Yes, it’s more limited than the old accessibility feature, but seems to be much more reliable. I hope they will add more gestures in the future and generally enable more hands-free use.
The best UX ever was in Google Glass back in the day - too bad they didn’t implement it in their WearOS platform. You could receive a notification, tap the temple (or say ok google) and say “reply” or “dismiss” or any other supported action.
I would love to see double tap as a trigger for voice control as an option. Or maybe a triple tap.
The best UX ever was in Google Glass back in the day - too bad they didn’t implement it in their WearOS platform. You could receive a notification, tap the temple (or say ok google) and say “reply” or “dismiss” or any other supported action.
I would love to see double tap as a trigger for voice control as an option. Or maybe a triple tap.
Same. I answered a call and stopped a timer with it yesterday.
I replied to a message when flipping burgers on the grill, stopped timers and looked up remaining time on the active timers by bringing up widgets. All without touching the screen.
Same here. Crazy thing is I constantly used the feature under Accessibility before it was released. I feel like it actually worked better.
My thinking is that it would be great for snoozing my wake up alarm. Except, when using the Sleep Focus the display is blank. And most of the time the watch doesn't wake properly when I raise my hand, so no double tapping works. I'd have to tap the screen then double tap....it's easier just to press the crown to snooze.
Weird, when my alarm goes off, my display lights up and I can double tap to snooze. At least I know I snoozed it a few times.
I find it ironic that it works to snooze the wake alarm, since Apple says the feature should not work in "sleep focus" mode. I guess the gray area is that it is the alarm to "exit" sleep focus mode, but your devices are still in the sleep focus mode. 🤷🏻♂️
I just ordered an Apple Watch Ultra 2 and am looking forward to trying out Double Tap/Gestures. I just hope this isn't another 3D Touch gimmick that "works like magic and will revolutionize the way you interact with Apple Watch."
The MacBook Pro Touch Bar was supposed to be the future. Dynamic Island was the star of last year's iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max launch but was barely mentioned or improved upon at Apple's iPhone 15 event this year.
I was looking forward to the new Action button on my 15 Pro Max but I don't know if it's just muscle memory or placement (way too close to volume, which is what I press most times) that I hardly use it. IMO it should have been placed on the lower part of the iPhone, where it's easier to access, doesn't require a big reach, and can always be reliably pressed.
Like I said, I'm looking forward to trying it out on the Ultra 2 and this thread has been very informative.
The MacBook Pro Touch Bar was supposed to be the future. Dynamic Island was the star of last year's iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max launch but was barely mentioned or improved upon at Apple's iPhone 15 event this year.
I was looking forward to the new Action button on my 15 Pro Max but I don't know if it's just muscle memory or placement (way too close to volume, which is what I press most times) that I hardly use it. IMO it should have been placed on the lower part of the iPhone, where it's easier to access, doesn't require a big reach, and can always be reliably pressed.
Like I said, I'm looking forward to trying it out on the Ultra 2 and this thread has been very informative.
I sure hope that isn't the #1 reason to get the Ultra 2 ... and please don't get me wrong, I love my U2, but I would love it just as much without double tap ...
It's not the #1 reason I'm getting an Ultra 2. I'm replying to a thread about that single feature and the implementation of it.
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