{"id":1887,"date":"2024-08-20T18:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:47:40","slug":"watchos-11-unlocks-a-new-level-of-usefulness-for-double-tap-on-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/watchos-11-unlocks-a-new-level-of-usefulness-for-double-tap-on-apple-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"watchOS 11 unlocks a new level of usefulness for double tap on Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/openx.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-06-10-at-1.43.20-PM.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Apple Watch  and Ultra 2 introduce the double tap gesture, and I\u2019ve found that the upcoming watchOS 11 update makes the hands-free input method more useful.<\/p>\n<p>Double tap lets you interact with the Apple Watch by doing a two-tap gesture with your thumb and finger with your watch-wearing hand. This gives you the ability to do things like reply to messages and scroll through lists without touching your watch.<\/p>\n<p>While the gesture provides a practical way to interact with the Apple Watch when you\u2019re carrying something in your other hand, double tap is also natural and reliable enough to mindlessly do it when checking your watch for updates, even if both hands are free.<\/p>\n<p>A new feature coming in watchOS 11 has turned my Apple Watch double tap usage way up \u2014 <em>don\u2019t say it, don\u2019t say it, don\u2019t<\/em> \u2026 to eleven.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"apple-watch,apple-watch-series-9,apple-watch-ultra-2,watchos-11\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_guides\" data-post-id=\"963461\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/08\/20\/double-tap-smart-stack-watchos-11-apple-watch\/#more-963461\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Watch and Ultra 2 introduce the double tap gesture, and I\u2019ve found that the upcoming watchOS 11 update makes the hands-free input method more useful. Double tap lets you interact with the Apple Watch by doing a two-tap gesture with your thumb and finger with your watch-wearing hand. This gives you the ability to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/openx.shop\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}