Every tap, hold and swipe

GuruWatch has two main screens: the watch face and the mic screen. Most things are one tap, a few are a hold, and some are hidden on purpose so the screen stays clean. Watch the two-minute video, or find a gesture below.

No sound: every step has its caption on screen.

Gestures, one by one

Quick reference

Watch face

Swipe: Next or previous face (left, right, up or down)
Hold the face: Watch face menu: Create with AI, faces, photos, 400+ images
Tap the small mic: The mic screen
Hold the small mic hidden: The mic screen, already listening
Head (top): Chat Wall posts, + New post
Chat bubble (left): Shared gallery slideshow
Music note: Tap: play, pause, play again. Hold hidden: the player
Buttons hidden: Tuck into the rim after 4 s; a tap still works

Mic screen

Tap the mic: Ask; tap again to send
Hold the mic hidden: Your pictures slideshow, or the shared gallery if you have none yet (while listening: cancel)
Tap the AI button: Next AI
Hold the AI button: Every AI, Chat settings, SQL actions
Hold the ring, right side hidden: Choose from 109 rings. In the grid, hold a ring to hide it
Hold the ring, left side hidden: While the rings change by themselves (on from the start): keep the one you're looking at
Hold the gear hidden: Next ring; a tap opens Settings
AI History / speaker: History; spoken answers on or off
Hold the speaker hidden: Ring show: a random ring every 7 s; hold again to stop
Hold AI History hidden: Picture show: the ring show with a picture in place of every other ring. Your own pictures first, or the shared gallery if you have none; hold again to stop
Hold the gear and the mic together hidden: Party mode: ring show plus your last music
EN ⇄ ES: Translate mode is on: tap to turn off, hold to change languages
Swipe sideways hidden: Back to the watch face
✕: Cancel while listening or thinking
Yellow + hidden: Attach a photo or video (Chat Wall, SQL actions)
Posts hidden: In Chat Wall mode: the posts. A red balloon shows how many new posts are waiting (checked every 4 minutes). You can hide the button in Settings
Say "help": Opens this help screen in the app
Webhook icon: A small icon on the mic screen whenever a webhook is set. Tap it to pause or resume: green = messages and art also go to your webhook, grey = paused, nothing is sent. To set the webhook without typing on the watch: Chat settings → Set it from your phone or PC, scan the code (or email yourself the link) and paste it there
Say "hints": Plays a spoken tip in your guide's voice (Valerie or Bill)
Rover mode: Settings: turn it on, then tap the compass by the mic for what's around you (street, history, places nearby). Hold the compass to turn Rover off
Find My GuruWatch: On any browser, open findmy.php on your GuruWatch server, get a sign-in link by email, and press Ring. Works while GuruWatch is open on the watch
Voice guide and tips: Settings: Valerie or Bill, and spoken tips now and then, often, or off
Screen stays on: Settings: 10, 30 or 60 minutes after your last touch
Say "ring my watch": On your phone or tablet: rings your watch (or say "where's my phone?" on the watch)
Say "abracadabra" hidden: Party mode, in any mode
Say "open sesame" hidden: The ring show, in any mode
"Email Sarah: …" hidden: Email, text or Chat by voice, in any AI mode

Answers and pictures

Crown: Scroll a long answer
A− / A+: Text size, the same on AI History and the Chat Wall
Welcome voice: A short spoken welcome when the mic screen opens. In Settings pick Valerie (the default), Moriana or Bill, let them take turns, or turn it off (it still plays the first two times)
Back to the watch face: Settings: after 1 to 30 minutes on the mic screen, or never
Read all: A bar appears: back one, stop, skip. With voice commands on, say "skip", "go back" or "stop talking"
Tap a picture: Full screen: share, email, use as face
Slideshow: Swipe through; tap for Close, Share, Use as face, Favorite, eCard
Ring picker: Swipe to try; hold the mic for mic styles; Use this