Google Pixel Watch 4 gets double pinch and wrist turn features

"It has been two months since Google released the Pixel Watch 4 and now the company is introducing new updates to the wearable. In our review, Engadget managing editor Cherlynn Low was impressed enough with the watch to give it an 86, but called out the lack of gesture-based interactions. The new one-handed gesture features, like double pinch and wrist turn, should make up for that."

"Double pinch works much the same to the Apple Watch's double tap. Pixel Watch 4 users should be able to pinch their fingers together twice on the same hand to do things like answer or end a call and pause timers. The Pixel Watch will also offer "context hints" on its screen about when a person should consider using double pinch."

"Currently, users can rotate their wrist to scroll through notifications. They can also summon Gemini by bringing their wrist to their mouth, but it's a bit finicky, requiring them to start at the homepage and be extremely accurate in their movements. Google is rolling out a new step-by-step tutorial for this raise to talk feature, so hopefully it becomes a bit easier to use moving forward."

Google released gesture updates for the Pixel Watch 4 that add one-handed controls such as double pinch and wrist turn. Double pinch allows users to pinch their fingers together twice on the same hand to answer or end calls and pause timers, with context hints displayed on screen. Wrist turn enables actions like dismissing incoming calls by rotating the wrist. Existing controls include wrist rotation to scroll through notifications and a raise-to-talk motion to summon Gemini by bringing the wrist to the mouth. The raise-to-talk motion is finicky and requires precise movement from the homepage, and Google is rolling out a step-by-step tutorial to improve reliability.

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