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How one company is giving your Wear OS smartwatch superpowers

Doublepoint “This is a matter of building the next touchscreen, “said Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO of a company called Doublepoint, as he introduced Digital Trends to its fascinating, next-generation gesture control system. The best way you could think of it is as Apple’s Double Tap feature on steroids. I chatted with Pentikäinen over a video call during CES 2024 to learn more. More than an app Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO of Doublepoint Doublepoint You may have seen the app Doublepoint launched for Wear OS, called Wow Mouse, at…

Samsung’s universal gestures for Galaxy Watch offer more functionality than Apple’s double-tap

Matthew Miller/ZDNETOne of the features that was advertised at the Apple Watch Series 9launch was the support for a double-tap gesture that launched with WatchOS 10.1. Apple's S9 chip enables this gesture capability and it can be quite useful for snoozing alarms, playing and pausing audio, and more. However, it is also fairly limited and one often resorts to using a finger to tap away on the display.In celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Samsung posted a press release reminding all of

How to customize the left and right double-tap controls on your AirPods

If you own one of the first models of AirPods – these are officially called the 1st gen AirPods (2019) and Apple AirPods (2nd gen) – then you're able to customize the settings and decide which does what, including playing a previous or next track. You get to choose what happens when you double tap one of your AirPods. The great feature here is that you don't have to assign the same control to both AirPods. For example, you can double-tap the left one for Siri and the right one for skipping between tracks. There are…