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TL;DR Google has announced new Double pinch and Wrist turn gestures for the Pixel Watch 4.
We were the first to spot and report on these gestures last week.
The new one-handed gestures will enable Pixel Watch 4 users to control key watch functions when their hands are full or when tapping the screen isn’t an option.
Just days after our APK teardown revealed signs of new hands-free gestures coming to the Pixel Watch, Google has now officially announced them for the Pixel Watch 4.
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Pixel Watch users have been asking for improved gesture controls for years, especially after Raise to Talk on the Pixel Watch 4 made it so convenient to summon Gemini without touching the screen. But finger and wrist-based actions that once existed in the old Android Wear era had been missing from the modern Pixel Watch experience up until now.
Today, Google is formally announcing two new one-handed gestures for the Pixel Watch 4: Double pinch and Wrist turn. These gestures should roll out with a new update to the smartwatch and match the code strings we previously uncovered in the Pixel Watch app last week.
Double pinch arrives on Pixel Watch 4
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