WatchOS3 - Mickey won't say the time

I've read that with the new Watch OS tapping on Mickey or Minnie will initiate a telling of the time in their voice. So far, I have not been able to get them to say the time by tapping. I have a first generation (pre-Series 1) watch, which hasn't had any issues with prior OS updates. To resolve this issue I've:

  • Removed and re added the watch face and attempted both Mickey and Minnie.
  • Ensured that the "Tap to Speak Time" is enabled.
  • Made sure that Silent Mode is not enabled on the watch.
  • Turned the Alert Volume all the way up to maximum.
  • Ensured that other alerts are working - which they are. Alerts for mail, messages, Facebook, and calendar entries all sound off.
  • Single tapped, double-tapped, and triple-tapped in trying to get them to say the time.
  • Restarted the watch and tried all the steps again.


I'm stumped. Anyone else having this issue? Is this only an option for the Series 2 watch? Any suggestions that I haven't tried yet?

Apple Watch, watchOS 3

Posted on Sep 14, 2016 3:40 PM

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Sep 25, 2016 9:39 AM in response to ldsancas

I found a solution that will absolutely make your Mickey speak.


1. Silent mode is not off

2. Connect iPhone to wifi (the most important step)

3. Select Mickey or Minnie as your current watch face

4. wait for 5 to 10 minutes (depends on your internet connection)

5. Mickey or Minnie will start to say the time!


It does not matter if your keep tapping Mickey or waiting in dark screen, just wait for few minutes with wifi connection.


Re-pairing, restoring or restarting the watch is not needed at all.

Switching off then on the "tap to speak time" setting is also not needed.

The only thing is that you have to connect to wifi and wait for few minutes for Mickey to learn new language from the internet, lol.

Oct 20, 2016 12:56 PM in response to res0795d

Oh my goodness this is INFURIATING. When my watch first got the update to the latest OS where the mice talked, everything worked fine and they spoke just as they should. Then iOS 10 came about, and when I had my 6s+ the talk feature stopped working. I tried EVERYTHING above, and I don't believe any of that actually made it work. One time, out of the blue, I was switching the watch face and the darn mice started talking again. Then came my 7+ and they stopped talking AND apple pay from my watch stopped working. I fiddled around with the watch and after a ZILLION attempts of resetting, unpairing, turning off and on, etc, the mice started to talk, but apple pay continued to not work. Today, I gave it another go, and lo and behold, apple pay is now working but the flippin' mice stopped talking again!!!!!! I've been messing around with them for the past hour or so and they won't start talking. I'm soooooooooo frustrated. I've done all the above AGAIN and AGAIN and I've changed watch faces and turned the tap to talk on and off and turned mute off and on and then off to NO AVAIL. There needs to be a permanent FIX to this. Grrrrrrrrrrr............

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WatchOS3 - Mickey won't say the time

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