Double-tap not opening notifications (symbol shakes side to side)

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Double-tap not opening notifications (symbol shakes side to side)

Apple Watch Series 9, watchOS 10.1, double-tap gesture works flawlessly, but is "rejected" when I have an incoming notification. I thought (per Apple's press release) that one of the things it was supposed to do was open, say, an incoming message notification. It doesn't. I have to touch the screen to open the notification, THEN the gesture works to initiate a dictated reply. It also doesn't work to open a preview of an incoming Gmail message. Am I misreading the press release?

Viewing a message from a notification, scrolling through longer notifications with an additional double tap, replying using dictation, and sending a message.
Performing the primary action from notifications, such as replying to an incoming message from a messaging app and snoozing reminders — including from third parties.

Apple Watch Series 9

Posted on Oct 26, 2023 8:26 AM

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Mood97

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Mar 10, 2024 9:39 AM in response to ajp31

Hi

we want double tap to open notifications please

that would be great

thanks

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Dec 27, 2023 8:18 PM in response to Timmsy73

I got in contact with Apple and basically if you have your “tap to show full notification” on (open settings on watch, go to notifications, and scroll down), it won’t open the message on the double tap. If you turn it off and get a message and look at your watch it automatically

opens the message, which I don’t like. The person I spoke with said that would be a good thing to mention in the feedback-to allow you to double tap and open the message right when getting the message notification. So if you have that setting turned off and raise the watch to see who texted, it automatically opens the text then you can double tap and reply. Other than that, if you leave that setting turned on, get a text and then try to double tap to open the message, it will not work.

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BevL

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Oct 26, 2023 8:49 AM in response to ajp31

I’ve been trying to play with the double tap features in a variety of apps. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far. 1st used it to scroll through smart stacks. No problems at all. Then tried it with camera app to take a remote picture. It didn’t work. Tried to pause a timer & it didn’t work. Tried to pause a song using my AirPods, that didn’t work. BUT…when I tightened my watchband they worked. However with the band tighter it didn’t work to scroll through smart stacks. Don’t know if this applies to your situation or if it helps. But at least try tightening your band to see what happens.

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ajp31 Author

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Dec 28, 2023 12:46 PM in response to morg_fili

Yes, this is exactly the situation I was describing. Seems like such an obvious implementation of double tap, to open a notification. Hopefully they change that soon.

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Dec 18, 2023 5:39 PM in response to ajp31

Mine works for everything else EXCEPT messages. I have been in contact with Apple about it but no solution yet. I can answer calls with the double tap, I can see my Smart Stack with double tap. I’ve done everything I can think of and it still won’t work for messages.

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Feb 13, 2024 11:57 PM in response to ajp31

Morning all,

I assume this hasn’t been fixed, unless someone has a solution to this as mine isn’t working (new owner) and thought the idea of double tap was for circumstances such as this, opening a message notification hands free?

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