It would be really great if pebbleOS could consider adding a few thoughtful gesture features
For example:
– A double finger snap for play/pause
– A gentle wrist shake to dismiss a notification or act as a back button
It would also be wonderful to have more automation options. Ideally, the smartwatch could handle certain tasks in the background and simply present the information when it’s needed.
For instance:
Automatically open the media player when music starts on the phone and close it when it stops
Switch to navigation controls when maps are active
I’m not an expert in the field, but I noticed that chatgpt can provide code for the double tap gesture with fingers using the gyroscope and accelerometer, so it would be possible to implement it on older devices. It would be very interesting if someone who is good at programming would test these types of gestures.
That would be quite wonderful, though I wonder what effect it would have on battery life. Past watches had gyro explicitly disabled since it was drawing too much power.
What if you keep the accelerometer always on in low-power mode and only briefly enabling the gyro when a potential gesture is detected. That way, the gyro runs for just a few hundred milliseconds, so battery drain stays minimal while still capturing gestures reliably
Depends entirely on how precise the accelerometer detection is: if it’s not reliable enough you end up with a lot of missed inputs and if it’s too eager to trigger the gyro you end up draining the battery, just in very small increments. Realistically, the best way to figure out how viable this is would be to try and implement it
Automatically open the media player when music starts on the phone and close it when it stops
Switch to navigation controls when maps are active
Support live notification integration