I use it on SE 2 as accesbility feature. Really useful for accepting calls or stoppong alarmms and denying notifications.

I know it is not the same with s9 but does the job.

i dunno why but gestures only work for me half of the time so i disabled them completely

I dont find it useful, dont even work with Spotify

I prefer to use my nose because it’s not limited to pressing one button.

Huh, so I guess it really is the same as the old accessibility version. I gave Apple the benefit of the doubt, thought it would be much better, and it indeed had to use the new watch tech.

But from what I’ve heard the new version is just as inconsistent as the old one… That’s the main reason I stopped using the old one, it was just annoying that half the time it didn’t work.

I use quick action. I love it!

Yeah, when I remember that it is there. I’ve used an AW since 2018 and this feature is only a couple months old. Gonna have to train myself. But it is rather nice when I do remember it, makes replying to messages much easier.

Worst feature.

Tried it but it isn’t consistent enough for me. Don’t want to look like an idiot double tapping multiple times in a row. I have the ultra 2

My wife has more success with it on her series9 and it is handy when you’re outdoor with gloves on etc.

It’s a piece of poop. Worked first time by chance then look like an absolute fool for a few mins trying to get it to work again. Totally forgot about it to be honest.

I guess my band is on the loser side so would explain it like you said.

I have no issues activating the gesture but I have no reason to use it for anything yet, for me, I’d like to be able to set it so the gesture just done one thing from anywhere in the interface (not just on the now playing screen) i.e. skip a track on Spotfy, it would be easier to trigger whilst jogging than having to double tap by Airpods.

I like the feature but find it unreliable and the implementation is a bit messy for my liking. I use it for timers (when it works, which is usually after 2-3 attempts) and for dismissing notifications. The issues I’m having:

• It doesn’t dismiss timers at the first attempt, it always takes 2-3
• For many notifications, it doesn’t dismiss them, it opens them. I find this really inconsistent and rarely what I want, since double tap means I can’t use both hands and opening a notification is more interaction than I’ve already indicated I’m capable of at that moment
• I don’t find the widgets/stacks useful. I would much rather double tap to open and scroll through the notification list. I put two weather widgets in the stack to at least make double tap slightly useful for now.
• For my morning alarm, the screen doesn’t always wake up immediately and double tap doesn’t work when the screen is asleep, so this is a bit pointless. It feels like a bug though.
• Why can I start a workout with double tap but I can’t end one? At least show me the screen with the End and Pause buttons and let me double tap End, then it’s relatively certain I’m not ending it by accident.

It’s only usefull to me when streaming music. I have it set to skip tracks. Other than that, I havent found it usefull or necessary with anything else I do.

Wasn’t double tap always a thing? I remember using it on my series 6 and it was also quite finicky and only worked half the time

Accessibility gestures here on 8, double clench i use a lot when paying or looking at things without touching the watch. Id probably use the double tap a lot once i switch to a newer watch.