Go to Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Hand Gestures > Activation Gesture. You can also customize the hand gesture that activates AssistiveTouch. Tap a gesture, then select the action that you want to perform when you make that gesture. Tap Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Hand Gestures. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch or the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. How to customize AssistiveTouch hand gestures

The action menu lets you perform a number of actions via AssistiveTouch, such as scrolling, pressing the Digital Crown, and more. Tap an item: Clench (Close your hand into a fist)īring up the action menu: Double clench (Close your hand into a fist twice quickly). Move back one item: Double pinch (Tap your pointer finger to your thumb twice quickly) Move to the next item: Pinch (Tap your pointer finger to your thumb) With the default actions, you can navigate your Apple Watch with these hand gestures: The focus ring indicates that you can tap the item via AssistiveTouch.

Or you can turn the visual signal off by going to Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Hand Gestures > Activation Gesture.Īfter you activate AssistiveTouch, a focus ring appears around the first item on your screen. You can change the color of this visual signal in Accessibility > AssistiveTouch > Color. To activate AssistiveTouch, clench your fist twice quickly. When you raise your wrist, a blue ring around your Apple Watch screen indicates that AssistiveTouch is turned on. Navigate your Apple Watch with hand gestures Double tap is not available when AssistiveTouch is on.

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