{"id":46346,"date":"2025-08-05T22:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46346\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:27:11","slug":"your-apple-watch-is-getting-a-cool-new-feature-that-youll-actually-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46346\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Apple Watch Is Getting a Cool New Feature That You\u2019ll Actually Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Apple officially rolled out the public beta of <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=31959X896062&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fnewsroom%2F2025%2F06%2Fwatchos-26-delivers-more-personalized-ways-to-stay-active-and-connected%2F&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gearpatrol.com%2Ftech%2Fapple-watch-watchos-26-wrist-flick%2F&amp;xcust=%5Bcontent_id%7C901819%5Brefdomain%7Cwww.gearpatrol.com%5Bcontent_product_id%7C%5Bproduct_retailer_id%7C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">watchOS 26<\/a>, giving us a first crack at some of the new features that the next-gen software will bring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gearpatrol.com\/tech\/best-apple-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Watch<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admittedly, there are a bunch of standout features, including a more helpful Smart Stack, support for Live Translations (for messages), and \u201cWorkout Buddy\u201d \u2014 an AI-powered feature that feeds you real-time data and words of encouragement during your workout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, out of all the new features in watchOS 26, one stands out among the rest. Why? Because you\u2019ll actually use it.<\/p>\n<p>A new Apple Watch movement<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"d0cdcc\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d0cdcc;\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1536\" width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/apple-watch-wrist-flick-2-jpg.webp\" alt=\"Apple Watch watchOS 26 wrist flick\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-901861\"  \/>Wrist Flick promises to let you quickly dismiss notifications with a \u201cflick of the wrist.\u201d But it also acts as a kind of Home button, too, which is really helpful.Apple<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The feature is called \u201cWrist Flick\u201d and, if you watched the WWDC keynote, you\u2019ve undoubtedly heard about it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially, Wrist Flick is a new physical movement that lets you quickly dismiss Apple Watch notifications, which are often unimportant and\/or appear at the most inopportune times, with a quick flick of your wrist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, Apple officially rolled out the public beta of watchOS 26, giving us a first crack at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[64,63,213,105],"class_list":["post-46346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}