New Gestures in Android Wear 1.4.0 Revealed in Support Documents

Google has updated their support documents for Android Wear and in there we learn about the new gestures that are coming in the soon to be released Android Wear 1.4.0 update.

To see more details or take an action
- Hold your arm in front of you and quickly push down, and bring it back normally to the original position.

Pushing down on a card will take you to that card's first action. Pushing down a second time will select that first action, which is the most common action. There is not a way to select or perform an action after the first action using solely gestures.

To go back
- Hold your arm in front of you and quickly pivot up, and bring it back normally to the original position.

To open the apps menu
- When on the main watch face screen, hold your arm in front of you and quickly push down, and bring it back normally to the original position.

To pull down settings from the watch face
- When on the main watch face screen, slowly turn wrist away from you then quickly flick back towards you.

To return to the watch face
- Hold your arm in front of you and shake or jiggle your wrist out and in quickly a couple of times.
You can use this gesture to go back to the watch face or cancel an action before it’s completed.