First, I want to thank the developer for the amazingly useful Yatse and its Wear OS support.
There is a way to make it even better: utilize hardware buttons.
For Yatse:
Upper button can be mapped to Play/Stop when pressed and Next Track when hold.
Lower button can be mapped to Back when pressed and Menu when hold.
Reference: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/ui/multi-function