And it is that last week Apple released for all users the different official versions of iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, with the improvements and relevant bug fixes. In the case of watchOS 5.1.2 they have focused so much on not making a mistake with the new electrocardiogram (ECG) function that they have completely forgotten about the bug or failure to raise to speak.
Yes, you are not the only one who fails this "lift to talk" feature in watchOS. With the first version of the operating system I have to say that it never failed me but in some of the new versions released by Apple this was broken and stopped working properly to date, which remains unsolved.
It is not a general problem, but it affects many users
We face one of those problems or glitches that doesn't affect all usersWe are many (I include myself because it also fails me) who have the bug that opens and closes suddenly when lifting to speak and many others work correctly. In our chat Telegram There are several of us who have been talking about the problem for a long time and others simply do not have it, so we repeat that it is not a generalized failure, far from it, but it is at least annoying.
Several users performed a restore and it worked again, others not restoring, some unlinking the Watch from the iPhone, but in most cases it seems that it does not work ... On the network you can also find all kinds of users who had the problem and after restoring the Apple Watch it was solved and others who did not even carry out a clean restoration were able to get this function to them it will work.
In my case, simply invoking with the "Hey Siri" solved the problem but I would like to be able to use this lift function again calmly to speak without problems. Let's hope that Apple can solve this problem in the next update or that at least a way appears in which the affected users can get it to work again without problem ... Does this bug happen to you too?
Hello Jordi:
I am also one of those users who does not work siri, when raising the wrist, that is, writes the message on the screen but automatically jumps to the sphere, without answering. On the other hand, if I press the siri crown, it responds perfectly.
I contacted technical support a few days ago, and they decided that I had to send the apple watch to technical service .... After about 6 days I receive my apple watch series 4 again, with a note indicating that the device meets all operating parameters etc.
I re-linked it to my iPhone 7, but it continues with the same problem, (that the software was restored by apple). But it did not end there is the problem, the next day when I took a shower with the watch, and when I proceeded to dry the straps, the cover that covers the diagnostic port of the watch came loose, exposing a connector. Again I report a problem to support; response that brings you closer to the service authorized by Apple in Santiago, so that they can see what happens to you on the spot.
Yesterday the authorized service reported that the watch passed all the functional tests, and they had supposedly tested it paired with another iPhone, and it always worked correctly siri, when lifting the wrist. In the event that it does not work for me, the iPhone will have to be checked.
But again linking it like a new apple watch, (without recovering a backup, it doesn't work), so I'm not knowing what to do ..., because as I described sending it to technical service still aggravates the problem, very bad on Apple's part.
Hello, I have the same problem. When I speak to Siri using lift to speak, it looks like the sentence is typed but cuts off and goes back to the watch face. I have restored the clock by clearing the settings and it remains the same. Something new?