Spending two weeks with Apple's public beta of watchOS 26 gave me a good feel for the new features like the wrist flick gestures and the Workout Buddy.

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How can they stand out? For more intuitive controls, Meta will reportedly offer a neural wristband that will allow users to control the glasses using wrist gestures and hand movements.

Luckily, the new Wrist Flick motion introduced in watchOS 26 takes practically no effort to get right. It involves quickly turning the back of your wrist away from you and back up again.