Deep Press on WatchOS 7?

With the removal of deep or firm press accessible menus and buttons from WatchOS 7, I was wondering what the recommended approach is for creating a button that responds to a deep or firm press in as close to an identical fashion as the menu button deep press gestures on WatchOS 6 and earlier? Is a long press gesture equivalent to deep press, or is there some set of gesture settings I could configure on a long press gesture to approximate a deep press as closely as possible?

I'm working on a suite of WatchOS applications where typical button presses (tap gestures) and screen swipes don't work reliably[1] (typically < 50% reliability, but often substantially less reliable than 50%) in the main application environment.

[1] Reliability is the number of successfully registered gestures per physical gesture. For example, if it takes two physical button taps on the screen for the system to send the app a button tap action, that is 50% reliability.
Hi there!

As mentioned in the “What’s new in watchOS design” session, our guidance is to move away from gesture-based navigation and menus, and instead use buttons and other affordances whenever possible.

Additionally, please send feedback regarding the reliability issues with tap gestures and buttons that you are experiencing. If possible, a sample project that reproduces the issues would be very helpful in understanding the poor reliability. We expect buttons and gestures on watchOS to be reliable in all cases.
Deep Press on WatchOS 7?
 
 
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