For a tiny device, the Apple Watch has a lot you can do with buttons, gestures, and taps.
In some ways, the iPhone X takes after the Apple Watch's design: Both have no home button, both are all screen, and both have a surprising amount of functionality for having relatively few physical buttons.
The Apple Watch, like the iPhone X, has a side button, which you use to turn it on and off along with a variety of other tricks and tasks. But it also has an interface uniquely Apple Watch: The Digital Crown.
Combine that with the multitouch screen's pressure-sensitive Force Touch capabilities (an early cousin of the iPhone's 3D Touch interface), and you've got a bunch of tools to control a powerful little wrist computer.
The Side Button
The only traditional button on the watch, the side button not only powers and turns off the watch, but controls the Dock and emergency features.
Press and hold to power on (on off)
If your Apple Watch is off, you can press and hold the side but...
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