It seems my Series 1 Watch ignores "Hey siri text (the, or) my wife"

I have factory reset my phone and watch. Phonetic names are and were already set prior to reconfiguration with the reset. Apple watch when clicking "reset sync data" on watch app on ios iPhone has no effect. The button literally does nothing. No program is executed when I tap that option. After several resets I am still left with this logical error when asking my watch to text "the wife" or any of these phonetic terms. The only one which works is "the wifey" which is pretty slang and sub-optimal, and some may say "derogatory". I prefer to call my wife "the wife" or "my wife". Not, "the wifey" or "wifey" which is very derogatory. Who has a solution to this issue? I doubt any apple affiliates will say anything less than "upgrade". So sad. Can anyone offer a solution to this specific use case? I have already erased all data and reset both devices.



YES. I HAVE ALREADY Reset and synced

Facotry reset both the iPhone and apple watch.

Resynced cloud data

Resynced Calendar and contacts

Reset Sync and Data

Factory reset and reinstalled or resynced


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Posted on Mar 17, 2023 5:28 PM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2023 6:49 AM

It seems as though using the command "hey siri send Imessage to x" updated the phonetic values I set for that contact. Totally worked using your method LD150!! Thank you so much for your help! Now I can properly say "Hey siri text the wife" and it comes up as "Text shannon bergeron" and prompts me for a message to send! Yay!

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Mar 18, 2023 6:49 AM in response to LD150

It seems as though using the command "hey siri send Imessage to x" updated the phonetic values I set for that contact. Totally worked using your method LD150!! Thank you so much for your help! Now I can properly say "Hey siri text the wife" and it comes up as "Text shannon bergeron" and prompts me for a message to send! Yay!

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