How to make the touchscreen easier to use on your Apple Watch in watchOS 10

This section gives you step by step instructions on how to use gestures to respond to alerts in watchOS 10, with pictures of the screens to help.

1. Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch. If your apps are displayed as icons, tap the Settings icon . If your apps are displayed in a list, scroll down and tap Settings.

2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap Accessibility.

3. On the Accessibility screen, scroll down and tap Touch Accommodations.

4. On the next screen, tap the toggle switch for Touch Accommodations to turn it on. When Touch Accommodations is on, all of the actions you enable in the following steps will be active.

5. Hold Duration is how long you need to touch the screen before the touch is recognised.

Tap the toggle switch for Hold Duration to turn it on. Use the + (plus) and – (minus) buttons to adjust the time limit.

6. To allow swipe gestures to be recognised when Hold Duration is on, tap Swipe Gestures. On the next screen, tap the toggle switch for Swipe Gestures to turn it on. Tap one of the Required Movement options to set how far your finger needs to move before a swipe gesture is recognised - you can choose between 2x, 4x, 6x, and 8x.

7. Ignore Repeat allows you to set a time limit within which multiple touches are counted as a single touch

Tap the toggle switch for Ignore Repeat to turn it on. Use the + (plus) and – (minus) buttons to adjust the time limit.

8. If your finger sometimes moves when you tap the screen, you can set your watch to recognise where you first touched the display as the tap position.

In the Tap Assistance section, tap Initial Touch Location.

9. If you have trouble placing your finger exactly where you want to when you tap the screen, you can set your watch to recognise the last area you touched as the tap position. This means you can touch the screen, then move your finger to the item you want to tap.

In the Tap Assistance section, tap Use Final Touch Location.

10. When one of the Tap Assistance options is on, you can set a time limit within which you need to lift your finger from the screen for a tap to be recognised. You can set the time limit using the + (plus) and – (minus) buttons under Tap Assistant Gesture Delay.

To perform gestures other than a tap, you'll need to keep touching the screen until the gesture delay times out, then perform the gesture. However, You can set your watch to always recognise Swipe gestures without waiting for the delay to expire - see step 11.

11. To allow swipe gestures to be recognised when one of the Tap Assistance options is on, tap Swipe Gestures. On the next screen, tap the toggle switch for Swipe Gestures to turn it on. Tap one of the Required Movement options to set how far your finger needs to move before a swipe gesture is recognised - you can choose between 2x, 4x, 6x, and 8x.

12. When you are happy with your settings, you can return to the clock face by pressing the Digital Crown.