I would use it constantly to skip songs if it was set up properly in the Smart Stack. However, it is not.

The problem is you can only set the gesture to advance OR select. I know what you’re thinking… “just pin the Now Playing app to the top of the Smart Stack”. Great idea! Then at least I could gesture 3 times(lol) to skip a song.

1. Open the Smart Stack
2. Select Now Playing (I use Spotify for music and would rather pin Spotify but the skip song feature only works in “Now Playing”)
3. Skip

Unfortunately, even with the Now Playing app pinned there is another default Widget that appears in the Smart Stack when playing media that always takes priority at the top, no matter what. This widget makes it impossible to skip because with the gesture set to “select” and the only option on the widget being pause/play, that’s all that can be done. If the gesture is set to “advance” I can scroll down to Now Playing but cannot open it.

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With the gold Milanese loop to match my case, my watch looks nicer/more luxurious than a lot of analog watches out there haha. The band makes a big difference

Do you have a case on it? Screen protector? Sounds like you’re using it commando. In a construction environment I would recommend some sort of protection.

Following - just received my 45mm series 9 and will be hunting for the same thing. I am interested in a clear or black case that does not have the built in plastic screen protection. I plan to install a tempered glass protector (any recommendations there as well?) and have a screen-less case to go along with it. Thanks : )