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watchOS 10.1 to Enable Apple Watch's New 'Double Tap' Gesture
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Seriously. It looks ridiculous unless you’re a really large person.
Next year, cause for iPhone it needs the more powerful A18 Pro to do this.Can't wait until they bring this to the iPhone
It's all about recycling hardware and software. Selling you the same products over and over again.
Typical apple BS. They did this with screen mirroring in the Intel days, they said only the new Intel Core CPUs could handle the screen mirroring so only the new models got it. I hack came out a short time later that enabled it on older systems and the mirroring worked fine. I doubt the code required to detect two fingers touching is not anything special and the Ultra gen 1 is more than enough to do it. I wish they would just be honest rather than act like they're smarter than their customers.
Yes, and as we all know words only have one singular meaning, without exception, so your confusion is completely justified
The phrase can also refer to a sexual act/event, but with a high level of confidence, I assumed that Apple was not referring to that.
So many haters, so little time. Apple gave everyone plenty of notice when it would be released, and the buyers chose to buy anyway. Just respect their decision. The rest of the opinions are just that, opinions.
Also, no, the accessibility feature isn’t the same. It’s not nearly as reliable either. Yes, it probably does take a more advanced neural engine to literally measure minute changes in blood flow and the accelerometer to predict the associated finger movements. Sorry tech isn’t easy. Sorry if that burst your insane bubble of belief that features should automatically work on any watch.
Also, no, the accessibility feature isn’t the same. It’s not nearly as reliable either. Yes, it probably does take a more advanced neural engine to literally measure minute changes in blood flow and the accelerometer to predict the associated finger movements. Sorry tech isn’t easy. Sorry if that burst your insane bubble of belief that features should automatically work on any watch.
I've always been curious when people charge their watches if they sleep with them on all night? I could see myself getting a 2nd aluminum AW just for sleeping, but I wear my watch 15-16 hours/day and charge while I sleep.
Pretty sure that's all we have with your post, too. Just sayin'
I don't blame people for thinking it odd that what is basically THE premier change for the AWU2 isn't available for at least a month after the launch. Most of the world has said that there's really no reason to upgrade to the AWU2. It's like Apple is saying, "We agree!"
Will this fix the battery drain? My series 4 losing 6-7% per hour of doing nothing with watchOS 10 released version!!
But the “Neural Engine” in the Series 8 is smart enough to figure out if you are in a car crash. What is the point to a neural engine if it can’t learn anything new and has to be specially built to support a software feature?
The Series 4 can do the assistive double pinch fine. Its reliability seems to depend on you knowing when you can use it (while the popup is being displayed) and dismissing timers doesn’t seem to work at all but is probably just a bug considering notifications can be dismissed reliably.
The fact that this feature isn’t even shipping day 1 tells me this feature was thrown in last minute in order to have something to demonstrate in their presentations. A faster processor, brighter screen, and on-device Siri processing doesn’t make for an exciting Apple Watch demo.
It's working on my original Ultra watch. Not terribly reliable. (I've been running the beta.) It's really cool. Can't wait for it to settle down and work perfectly.
The OS is generally causing this. They said the battery issue is expected and should settle down in the next few weeks as your phone calibrates.
Comparing how the existing accessibility feature works to what's been shown in the presentation I wonder whether part of the delay is a need for the Apple Watch apps to implement places where this can trigger.
There's things in there that you definitely can not do with existing motor accessibly quick actions, even if the obvious big ticket items like answering calls are covered.
There's things in there that you definitely can not do with existing motor accessibly quick actions, even if the obvious big ticket items like answering calls are covered.
The Ultra makes it a lot easier as you can go well over 24 hrs without charging, so I just fit it in whenever. Usually while I’m at my desk working for a while.
Let’s get this straight once and for all:
Since WatchOS 8.1, or 8.4, there has been two finger/hand tapping features in Accessibility, Quick Actions and Assistive Touch.
Quick Actions resembles most closely the “new” Double Tap gestures that the SiP 9 watches are getting. Nearly anything you saw Apple demonstrate in the S9 presentation can be done with Quick Actions on S4-S8 watches using Quick Actions. The UI is just less polished. But it still seems to work no better or worse than the new Double Tap gestures. I’ve watched live demonstrations and I cannot figure out how it’s supposed to be different besides the new, tweaked UI Apple has given it. (*You are welcome to point out the differences to me if you can do so without just repeating Apple’s abstract marketing jargon.)
Assistive Touch is different to Quick Actions and is far more advanced and customizable, and lets you navigate your Watch entirely with just hand and finger gestures. It’s also much more prone to erroneous interpretations of gestures as it lets you.
Assistive Touch is what you’d enable if you only have one hand.
Quick Actions is for those with two hands who just occasionally want to be able to quickly dismiss calls, end timers, etc., with one hand, using the index+thumb tapping gesture.
Anyone on a Series 8 or older should enable Quick Actions if they want to experience the Double Tap gestures that Apple are giving the SiP 9 watches in WatchOS 10.1.
I charge mine while I’m in the shower or bath, which means I wear it over 23 hours a day (I swap wrists for sleep tracking). I don’t run out of battery
tbh it looks like crap on other people as well. they should make a 38mm version
well he is "some influencer", and after his shoe merch, he's also a scammer.Marques Brownlee is the most well-known Tech YouTuber for over a decade and you are just casually referring to him as "some influencer." Alrighty then
