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Double-tap gesture not dismissing notifications on Apple Watch Series 12

I just switched to a series 12 from a series 7. On my 7, whenever I got a notification, I could double tap, and it would mark the notification as read, and dismiss it completely. Red notification dot would go away, it was perfect.

Not seeing this on the 12. Gestures doesn't appear to do anything, and I'm messing with Assistive Touch a bunch, and can't replicate it so far. Is there any way to dismiss notifications on new Apple watches without physically tapping it?

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Yeah that's the issue, none of those hands free methods mark the notification as read. Very dumb imo that the older model is more capable than the brand new device.

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