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GabeZs Author

Level 2

226 points

Hey Siri Problem

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone else was occasionally having trouble with "Hey Siri" while using the watch. When I press and old the digital crown, everything works as expected and Siri takes the request. However, when I raise my wrist and say "Hey Siri," Siri will sometimes give up listening immediately with the message of "How may I help you" and a microphone button appears. Other times Siri will just wait patiently until I say something. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't suspect there are any hardware issues as it does work well when Siri does give me the time to state my question. Now I have tried saying "Hey Siri" and immediately stating my question instead of waiting for Siri to listen, and it works every time. It only seems to happen when I say "Hey Siri" and wait for Siri to show that it's listening.

Thanks,

Gabe

Apple Watch, iOS 8, Silver

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 8:13 PM

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Brandon Murry

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 9:14 PM

My issue is that "Hey Siri" doesn't work at all. I'm speaking directly in to the microphone with no success. Oddly, in the dozens of times I've tried it, "Hey Siri" has worked ONCE and I have no clue what could have caused it.

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Jun 14, 2015 9:03 AM in response to GabeZs

What solved this problem for me was to restart the watch. The problem, more specifically, was that Siri worked if I used the digital crown. But if I just said |"Hey, Siri" to the the watch face, the words i said *might* appear and the waves at the bottom waved, but nothing else happened. To restart the watch, hold in the bottom button until the sliders appear. Choose restart. After the screen goes black, hod that button until the Apple logo appears. The logo will be there for a couple of minutes, but then the usual watch face appears. You then have to log in, if that is your setting. Then it takes a few seconds for the watch to find the notifications and weather, etc. The Hey Siri worked for me both with and without the digital crown.

Scou

Level 1

0 points

Jul 8, 2015 1:24 AM in response to MacSince1985

II've just got my iwatch and Siri doesn't seem to work at al?? Even using the button at the side??

Hey Siri Problem