Google is quietly preparing a meaningful upgrade for its Pixel Watch family, and it all revolves around how you control the watch without even touching the screen. 
A teardown of the latest Pixel Watch app reveals that the company is working on a fresh batch of motion and hand gestures aimed at making everyday interactions faster, more accessible, and simply more fun.
The highlight is a new double-pinch gesture. By tapping your thumb and index finger together twice, you’ll be able to accept incoming calls, interact with notifications, and even trigger the camera shutter for quick wrist-level selfies or group shots. For anyone who often has their other hand busy with a coffee cup, gym bag, or steering wheel, this kind of hands-light control could be a game changer.
Google also appears ready to bring back wrist-turn gestures, a feature some Wear OS fans still miss from pre–Wear OS 3 days. With a simple twist of your wrist you’ll reportedly be able to silence calls or dismiss noisy, alerting notifications without poking at tiny buttons or swiping on the display. It’s the kind of subtle interaction that makes a smartwatch feel smarter and more natural to live with.
What’s still unknown is timing. Code hints confirm Google is actively building these tools, but there’s no clear sign yet whether they’ll roll out as part of an upcoming Pixel Feature Drop or will be tied to the next major Wear OS update. Either way, the direction is obvious: future Pixel Watches are leaning heavily into gesture-driven control.