The Pixel Watch 4 is getting new one-handed gestures and better smart replies

Three Pixel Watches showing a new double pinch gesture on screen.

Double pinch lets you dismiss notifications or | Image: Google

Google has started to roll out the first update for the Pixel Watch 4 since the wearable launched last August. WearOS 6.1 is available for the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 models, but only the Pixel Watch 4 will be getting a pair of new one-handed gestures, while improvements made to smart replies are limited to the Pixel Watch 3 and 4.

Double pinch works similar to existing gestures on Apple and Samsung smartwatches. You can scroll through alerts, snooze an alarm, send the first suggested smart reply to a message, control music playback, and take a photo by tapping your index finger and thumb together twice. Google says it will also “soon be ad …

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