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Has double tap been useful for you? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Swankyyyy@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I’ve been really disappointed by the new Double Tap feature since I got the S9 last month. On top of not having many use-cases, the watch didn’t recognize every time I did the gesture which made it really frustrating to use.

I just realized though that I like to wear my bands on the slightly looser side, which I guess makes it way harder for the watch to recognize when you do the gesture. Tightening up my band has helped tremendously and the watch basically never misses it now.

The lack of many use-cases still is a bummer though. How are you guys using it?

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[–] detBittenbinder23@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I enjoy double tap mostly for selecting to start a workout when I’m on a walk and the watch asks me if I want to record it. It’s been pretty consistent for me, some times it won’t recognize it with gloves on but I just do it again with a little more umph and it will work. It’s helpful when I’m wearing a jacket and my right hand has to pull my sleeve up to show my watch.

I wish it wasn’t so slow though.