With watchOS 10.1, a new feature comes to Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2: double tap. This is one of the following The main innovations introduced by these two new models and it is a function that allows us to do many interesting things. Although it can be activated on more or less every Apple Watch, it is part of the system in new models.

By combining the thumb and index finger of the hand we wear the Apple Watch on twice, our watch will be able to do different things. This function both Apple Watch can be accessed in the Gestures section in Settings starting from the iPhone Watch app..

There are many functions you can activate by double-tapping Apple Watch

Double-tap Apple Watch: everything you can do

watchOS Double Tap feature opens a whole Various possibilities that allow you to use Apple Watch without having to touch it. This can be useful in many situations, especially when performing any task that does not allow us to use our hands.

This is all you can do by pinching your fingers together on your Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2:

• Open Smart Group from any space and navigate through its widgets.
• Answer and end phone calls.
• View the message in a notification, scroll through longer notifications by double-tapping again, reply with voice dictation, and send a message.
• Pause, resume and stop a timer.
• Stop and restart the stopwatch.
• Snooze an alarm.
• Play and pause music, podcasts and audiobooks.
• Switch to the new altitude view in the Compass app.
• Take photos with your iPhone using the camera remote in the Camera app.
• Start or stop automatic workout reminders.
• Perform the main action of notifications, such as replying to a message received in a messaging app and snooze reminders even in third-party software.
• Record a voice memo from the Voice Memos app.
• Change flashlight modes.

This Apple Watch feature is awesome and capable of doing so many things

Apple also notes that although double-tapping in most apps and notifications is designed to automatically select the primary action, in some cases we can customize to our liking. We can choose a different function between Scroll through or select the first Smart Group widgets available; and between Play or pause media or skip to the next track during an active session.

Currently function Not compatible with third-party apps, beyond notifications, but it is expected that in a future update Apple will allow developers to use this functionality in their apps. It could be very interesting in the large number of applications for Apple Watch.