Hands On! Double Tap VS AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch Series 9 & Ultra 2!

With the watchOS 10.1 update, users are able to use Double Tap to interact with your Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2! Here is how it works, what you can do with it, how to customize the settings, and how it differs from AssistiveTouch and Quick Actions!

Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
0:48 What is Double Tap
2:09 How to use Double Tap & what does it do?
4:47 Settings & customization for Double Tap
5:49 Double Tap VS AssistiveTouch & Quick Actions
8:22 Double Tap requirements

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[TareqAlebrahim]

How much does assistive touch affect battery?

[hobbypsychologist]

Finally someone who actually give interesting and important information

[TheMdhatter]

For me the gestures option in settings isnt there. I have the Ultra 2 in Australia, any idea why is not showing team?

[envihb]

For some reason Gestures is not within my settings, would you know why? I’m also on the latest ios watch 10.0.2

[arjungarawal]

My double tap is on in settings but doesn’t work when I try to use it

[JessPapz]

I’ve got the Apple Watch 9 iOS version 10.0.2 and I cannot find double tap does the series 9 come with it? I’m so confused

[ShakerHP]

How do you double-tap to check Heart Rate and or Blood Oxygen Level from the watch home screen?? is that all Double-Tap does is access Stacks?

[dmann]

Double Tap doesn’t work when Spotify is open, just an FYI. Maybe an app update will fix it

[smvballer]

I have an ultra 2 and I don’t have a gesture to enable double tap😢

[muhammedabueid]

I just got my apple watch series 9, watchOS 10.0.2, but there's no double tap feature in my settings. Why?☹️
I live in israel btw, it's available only the US? I don't understand
Please help

[m_hoch_drei]

Thanx for the comparison. I think we need a second gesture to really have some choices while interacting with the watch. But anyway it's the right direction.

[t.griffith]

Question how do you snooze an alarm? Doesn’t seem like double tap

[SoeArkarNaing]

Why I’m not found gestures in setting
Help please

[SkidooBlizzard]

Andrew, I’m a teaching golf instructor and is there any way to make a hand gesture interactive with my iPhone so I’m able to start and stop a video recording for a golf lesson ?
Looking forward to seeing your reply,
Russ O-H- I-

[cwrrupts]

On my s9 Apple Watch do I need to enable assistive touch?

[GamingPIPI]

The S8 is good enough for this gesture imo… I use it for opening my notification menu. Super handy

[RonaldEpstein]

Hopefully you will see this question and offer your assistance.
I just upgraded from an Ultra 1 to Ultra 2
On the Ultra 1, I used the accessibility gestures (Assistive Touch) and it worked great at dismissing notifications. A double tap would dismiss every notification that appeared on my watch.
On the Ultra 2, it seems that the standard double-tap does not do this. Am I correct that if I want to use double-tap to dismiss an email or message notification, I have to use Assistive Touch instead of double-tap?
If that is the case, I am amazed Apple hasn't fixed this issue. Double tapping to dismiss an read notification should be standard.

[InfiniteMindsetCore]

did they release it to the public because i cannot find this setting on my apple watch

[astro]

But this works on the ultra 1 as well.

[zebonautsmith]

The strangest thing for me about Double Tap is that it feels like it has ALWAYS existed. It feels so natural. Do wish they could add a second gesture so that you can select; after you advance.