Assistive Touch for the Apple Watch works like magic. It lets you use your watch with gestures with the hand of the same arm you are wearing your watch on. No need to use your nose! If you don't have it on, is because you don't know about it.
Day 222
AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch
28 Dec 2022
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