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Have you ever wanted to point your finger at a screen and have the cursor follow your hand? If you own a Galaxy Watch\u2014or any Wear OS watch, for that matter\u2014you can actually do that right now. I just turned my Galaxy Watch 8 Classic into a gesture-controlled mouse for my Windows PC, and it took about two minutes to set up.<\/p>\n
Meet WearMouse<\/p>\n
Turn your smartwatch into an input device for your PC<\/p>\n
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WearMouse<\/a> is a free app you can grab from the Google Play Store on your Galaxy Watch. Once installed, it essentially turns your smartwatch into a gyro mouse. You move your hand, and the cursor on your computer moves along with it. It’s actually a pretty fun way to navigate a PC and a cool party trick.<\/p>\n My only gripe with the experience is that it doesn\u2019t support gesture clicking. Your Galaxy Watch already supports gestures<\/a> like pinching your fingers or making a fist to trigger actions. Ideally, I would\u2019ve liked it if the developers had configured pinching to trigger a left click and a fist to trigger a right click\u2014but that\u2019s not supported. Instead, in gyro mode, you get left- and right-click buttons on the watch display, and you have to tap them to register a click. I personally find it a bit unergonomic.<\/p>\n For instance, let\u2019s imagine you\u2019ve extended your left arm toward the upper-left corner of the screen to reach a folder on your system. Now, to click that folder icon, you\u2019ll have to reach out with your other hand and tap the watch face. Whereas, if you pull your watch arm back instead, that movement can nudge the cursor off target.<\/p>\n As such, while having a gyro mouse strapped to your wrist is undoubtedly really cool, at the time of writing, it\u2019s not the most well-implemented feature in WearMouse.<\/p>\n That’s exactly why I ended up preferring the touchpad mode, which turns the watch screen into a little trackpad. You can slide your finger around the display to move the cursor, tap to click, and basically exercise the same muscle memory you already have from a laptop touchpad. It’s far more reliable and a more pragmatic way to use the thing.<\/p>\n Beyond gyro and touchpad, there’s also a cursor keys mode that turns your watch into a D-pad, and keyboard input, which lets you use the Samsung keyboard on your watch as a virtual keyboard for your PC.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n \t\t Your Galaxy Watch can do a lot more if you just install the right apps.<\/p>\n Disclaimer: Remote keyboard is buggy<\/p>\n In my experience, keyboard input was hit or miss. Sometimes, while using the watch keyboard, it would disconnect from my PC. I tried both the on-screen keyboard and voice typing, and the problem persisted in both instances. This might be a current bug that gets patched in a future update, but as of now, it\u2019s not a reliable form of remote typing.<\/p>\n It’s a shame, because voice typing with the Samsung keyboard<\/a> on the Galaxy Watch is actually quite accurate. Being able to dictate text to my PC from my wrist would have been a genuinely useful feature.<\/p>\n WearMouse isn\u2019t perfect. However, while there are other \u201cturn watch into mouse\u201d apps on the Google Play Store, I actually found it to be the most reliable.<\/p>\n How to set up WearMouse<\/p>\n The setup is shorter than this explanation of the setup<\/p>\n Setting up WearMouse is about as simple as it gets. Install the app on your watch, open it, and you’ll land on a Bluetooth pairing screen. Turn on Bluetooth on your Windows 11 PC<\/a>, pair it with the watch, and that’s it. Your watch is now a remote mouse for your computer.<\/p>\n The nice part is that WearMouse presents itself to your PC as a regular Bluetooth input device. You don\u2019t need to install a client app on your computer, which is such a relief and reduces unnecessary bloat on your system. Once paired, you’ll see a screen on the watch listing the different input modes: gyro mouse, touchpad, cursor keys, and keyboard. Pick whichever option you prefer, and you’re good to go.<\/p>\n I should also mention that you\u2019re not limited to pairing it with a Windows PC. The app is cross-platform and will work with all major platforms, including Linux, macOS, other Android devices, and even ChromeOS.<\/p>\n What it’s like to use a smartwatch as a PC mouse<\/p>\n It\u2019s certainly useful\u2014but probably not in the way you think<\/p>\n The first thing that might come to your mind when thinking about a gesture-controlled mouse or a touchpad strapped to your wrist is probably remotely controlling your PC from afar. That\u2019s exactly what I thought as well, and I can tell you from personal experience that it\u2019s a horrible idea.<\/p>\n The problem is that the mouse cursor is tiny, and from a few meters away, you can barely see where it is. So, to actually use it, you need to be close to the screen, and at that point, you’re near your desk anyway and your actual mouse or your laptop’s trackpad is right there.<\/p>\n That said, in my time using WearMouse, I did find it particularly useful as a secondary mouse.<\/p>\n Say someone else is sitting at your computer, maybe your partner, your kid, or a friend, and you’re trying to walk them through something. Normally, this would mean both users are awkwardly reaching for the same mouse. However, with WearMouse, they can keep the real mouse, and you can use your Galaxy Watch in touchpad mode. Whenever you need to point at something on screen, you just do it from your wrist.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve found this to be the most compelling use case for the app.<\/p>\n
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