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Apple Watch Ultra 4

Apple Watch · catalog updated 2026-10-21

All supported devices
Brand
Apple Watch
Kind
Apple Watch · released 2026-09
Model codes
Watch8,1

Action Button.

Gestures on the Apple Watch Ultra 4

Press the Action Button once

DocumentedInput: Watch button

Requires: Apple Watch Ultra, Ultra 2, Ultra 3 or Ultra 4 with watchOS 10 or later (DBP Shield's watch app needs watchOS 10)

Set it up

  1. Settings
  2. Action Button
  3. Action
  4. Shortcut
  5. Your DBP Shield shortcut

Each press starts the chosen shortcut once, so presses are counted one by one. Apple: the Shortcut option only appears once you have shortcuts on your iPhone; make one in the iPhone Shortcuts app with DBP Shield's Send signal and turn on Show on Apple Watch. Apple also says not all iPhone shortcuts run on Apple Watch, so rehearse after setup. Press and hold switches the button's function (Quick Switch), and holding on sounds the siren: turn off Hold to Turn On under Settings › Action Button if a loud siren could put you at risk. No other Apple Watch button or gesture can run our action: Apple lists the side button for Control Center, Emergency SOS, Apple Pay and power only, and double tap (watchOS 11 or later) only presses a button in the app on screen and doesn't work while the watch is locked.

Sources

Plus what the app offers on every Apple Watch: Watch (hold to fire). How to set those up

Recommended presets

  • Action Button ×3Sends a signal

    Three single presses of the Action Button within 10 s: works without looking at the watch, and one accidental press doesn't fire.

    Watch button ×3, 0.3–3 s apart · whole gesture within 10 s

  • Action Button, then hold in the watch appSends a signal

    One Action Button press, then the 2-second hold in the DBP Shield watch app within 15 s: two different inputs, so neither a bumped button nor a stray touch fires alone.

    Watch button ×1 → then within 15 s: Watch (hold to fire) ×1 · whole gesture within 20 s

Gestures are set up in the phone settings as shown, then combined into a trigger recipe in the app, where practice mode shows step by step whether a gesture would trigger.