Assistive Touch is groundbreaking

Assistive Touch in watchOS 8 genuinely is groundbreaking. It solves a problem for those who need the feature and it can offer a lifeline for certain daily tasks. For everyone else, the features can genuinely be of use and save you time when you are very busy doing other things. Either way, the way it works is undeniably clever.

1Go to Accessibility

Go to Accessibility on the iPhone Watch app, scroll down and enable ‘Assistive Touch’. Now tap ‘Hand Gestures’ and choose which movement completes an appropriate action.

2Set it up

You need to set up the gestures so that they will work for you. In many ways they are like fingerprints, we all move differently and the watch can understand that.

3Go through the motions

Take time to follow the steps, to allow the Apple Watch to understand your gestures. Once learned, you will have access to the hand gestures for use every day.