Hello,
I have quick action turned on , however when i try to dismiss a notification, answer a call, take a selfie using the double pinch on my watch nothing is happening although i have double pinch action part of assistive touch and the clock is responding to this move but for some reason quick action isn't working with me
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Apple Watch SE, watchOS 9
Hello Michealcooly,
It sounds like you're having trouble using some Assistive Touch features on your Apple Watch.
Use AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch - Apple Support
1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
2. Go to Accessibility > Quick Actions, then choose an option.
You can choose to have quick actions available at all times, available only when AssistiveTouch is enabled, or off. You can also choose Full appearance (a banner appears and the action button is highlighted) or Minimal appearance (the action button is highlighted with no banner).
2. Then, take a look he.er for more details about quick actions when you receive alerts:
Use AssistiveTouch on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Use quick actions when you receive alerts
Quick actions help you respond when your Apple Watch shows an alert. For example, when you have an incoming call, a prompt lets you know that you can double clench to answer it. You can also use quick actions to snooze an alarm or stop a timer. To dismiss the quick action, perform a double-pinch gesture.
To turn on or turn off quick actions, go to Settings > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Hand Gestures > Quick Actions.
Take care.
Think you’re missing the MichaelCooley’s point. Please re-read the ‘MichaelCooley’ thread [Not the first or neither the last time].
We’re up here. We are not ID10Ts. We all have it turned on at this point and don’t need to know where the settings are. It’s easy to search swiping down on the settings page.
What we are having issues with properly executing the tap/pinch [which is it?] repeatable, not whether it’s on or off. It works sometimes.
There is a nuanced detail to ‘tap/pinch’ the watch is expecting. I’m not getting it and have yet to figure it out and make it repeatable. It works for me sometimes, though always on. I can tap/pinch several times before it executes, sometimes I give up. I haven’t found anything about this detail online that address this and I’ll keep looking.
There seems to be an expectation of ‘knowing’ the double pinch. Palm up? Down? Arm up? Down? Pinch speed? When it works for me I have no idea what I did.
Clear as mud?
Going out on a limb here with inference to MichaelCooley’s thread.
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lyndsay1988 wrote:
I recently just got the new iWatch Series 9 but every time I try the double tap with my index finger and thumb, I am not able to answer calls. I've followed the steps above through the settings on the watch itself - I have it available for all times. How else can I troubleshoot to utilize this new feature? I do not see the blue double tap icon either.
lindsay1988 you have tagged onto this Assistive Touch on Watch SE thread to discuss the new Double Tap which only came in stream with OS 10.1 and only on series 9 and Ultra 2
Its why it is better to start your own discussion
Double Tap should now work in OS10.1 to dismiss calls etc.
Before the 10.1 update, double tap dismissed a notification, but post-update it just scrolls down the the bottom of the notification and wants to reply for example. Is there a way to make it go back to the default of dismissing the notification?
They have turned it off during the last update. I’ve always had “double tap” activated. Apple have made such a big fuss over double tap with the new watch not realising it’s always been a function in gestures. So, forcing you to get the new watch in order to use a function that has always been there. Sketchy apple
I have the Apple Watch SE. My double tap worked until last week. Around April 25th 2024. The prompt showed briefly, then went away. Haven't seen it since, and the double no longer works. If what you say is true, then mine would have quit working months ago. But I have no clue what happened. I may have to call Apple Support.
Melissa_m77, I think he means it’s ‘on’ and still doesn’t work.
Same for me. It works some of the time. It’s not repeatable. I don’t know what I’m doing when it works sometimes.
Was working until it stopped again. Hard reset did not correct issue this time.
Sounds like he cannot, cannot be consistent with double-pinch active.
I find the move so nuanced it takes me several attempts and sometimes I give up.
What is the nuanced detail we miss here?
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My double pinch option has stopped working
It still doesn't work. There's no 'Pinch' gesture option available. So, now what??
Watch Double Pinch is not working while trying to dismiss notifications
