Turn On Touch & Gesture

In the AIVELA App:

1. Go to Spotlight.
2. Tap the Refresh/Check button in the upper-right corner.
3. Go to My Device.
4. Tap Touch & Gesture.

On the Touch Settings page, you can select a Touch mode and configure Gesture settings.

Touch Controls

Select a Touch Mode

Under Touch Settings, select the mode that matches the way you want to control.Current Touch modes include:

• Music / Photos
• Short Video
• Slides / E-book

Tap How to Use in the AIVELA App to view the instructions for each mode.

Wake the Touch Surface

To conserve power, the touch surface remains in low-power sleep mode by default.

For iOS devices: To use Touch, first enable AssistiveTouch:
Settings → Accessibility → Touch → AssistiveTouch

Before using Touch, make sure Touch & Gesture is enabled in the AIVELA App. Then:

1. Quickly swipe up and down several times on the touch surface.
2. Wait for the activation notification and confirm that the Touch Mode icon is on.
3. Once activated, perform the corresponding Touch command.

If the touch surface is not used for approximately one minute, it will automatically return to sleep mode. To use Touch again, repeat the quick up-and-down swipe gesture to wake it.

Supported Touch Commands

AIVELA Ring Pro currently supports eight Touch commands:

• Single Tap
• Double Tap
• Triple Tap
• Long Press
• Swipe Up
• Swipe Down
• Swipe Left
• Swipe Right

The action performed depends on the selected Touch mode.

Music Control

Select Music / Photos mode and open your music app.Supported controls:

• Swipe Up — Increase volume
• Swipe Down — Decrease volume
• Swipe Left — Previous track
• Swipe Right — Next track
• Double Tap — Play / Pause

Photo and Video Recording

Select Music / Photos mode and open your phone's camera.Supported controls:

• Swipe Up or Swipe Down — Take a photo
• Swipe Up or Swipe Down — Start recording
• Swipe Up or Swipe Down again — Stop recording

The action depends on the current camera state.

Short Videos

Select Short Videos mode and open the short-video app you want to use.Supported controls:

• Swipe Up — Previous video
• Swipe Down — Next video
• Single Tap — Play / Pause

Slides / E-books

Select Slides / E-books mode before opening your presentation or reading content.Supported controls:

• Swipe Left or Swipe Up — Previous page
• Swipe Right or Swipe Down — Next page

Sport Mode

AIVELA Ring Pro also supports the following Touch command for Sport Mode:

• Long Press for approximately 3 seconds — Enter or exit Sport Mode

Gesture Controls

Gesture Recognition uses a separate activation process from normal Touch controls.

Select Your Wearing Hand

In Touch Settings, select the hand on which you are wearing your AIVELA Ring Pro:

• Left
• Right

The Wearing Hand setting is used for Gesture Recognition only.It does not affect Touch controls.

Turn On Gesture Control

Under Gesture Mode:

1. Turn on Gesture Control.
2. Tap How to Use to view the Gesture instructions.

Activate Gesture Recognition

To reduce power consumption, the Gesture Recognition module stays in a low-power sleep state by default.Before using Gesture:

1. Make sure Gesture Control is turned on.
2. Make sure the correct Wearing Hand is selected.
3. Swip the touch pad up-and-down to activate the touch pad first.
4. Triple-tap the touch pad.
5. Wait for the activation notification and the icon for gesture mode turns on.
6. Once activation is successful, perform the Gesture.

If Gesture Recognition is not used for approximately 1 minute, it will automatically return to sleep.To use Gesture again, triple-tap the touch surface again to reactivate Gesture Recognition.

Gesture Test

The AIVELA App includes a Gesture Test to help you practice and check whether supported gestures can be recognized.Before testing:

1. Triple-tap the touch surface to activate Gesture Recognition.
2. Perform the Gesture while wearing the ring.
3. Check whether the App records the Gesture.

The current Gesture Test includes:

• Finger-heart
• Palm Swipe Left
• Palm Swipe Right
• Palm Flip Left
• Palm Flip Right

Touch and Gesture Activation

Touch and Gesture use different activation methods:

Touch

Quickly swipe up and down on the touch surface to wake it.

Gesture

Activate Touch Pad first, then Triple-tap the touch surface to activate Gesture Recognition.Both functions use a low-power sleep mechanism and may return to sleep after approximately 1 minute of inactivity.

If Touch Is Not Responding

Check the following:

1. Make sure Touch & Gesture is enabled.
2. Make sure the correct Touch Mode is selected.
3. Quickly swipe up and down several times on the touch surface to wake it.
4. Confirm that the activation notification appears and the Touch Mode icon is on.
5. Make sure the touch surface is clean and dry.
6. Open your phone’s system Bluetooth settings and confirm that the ring shows Connected.
7. For Android devices: After pairing, the ring may appear as either Saved but not connected or Saved and connected. Touch requires the ring to be saved and connected. Being paired or saved alone is not sufficient.
8. Make sure the AIVELA App and ring firmware are up to date.

If Touch still does not work, see Touch Not Responding.

If Gesture Is Not Recognized

Check the following:

1. Make sure Gesture Control is turned on.
2. Make sure the selected Wearing Hand matches the hand wearing the ring.
3. Make sure you have activated the touch pad first.
4. Triple-tap the touch surface before performing the Gesture.
5. Confirm that the activation notification appears icon for gesture mode turns on.
6. If approximately 1 minute has passed, swip up and down to activate touch pad and triple-tap again to reactivate Gesture Recognition.
7. Try the Gesture again in Gesture Test.

If the issue continues, contact AIVELA Support and provide a short video showing the activation process and Gesture attempt.

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