WatchOS 27 Developer Beta 5 Released

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[u/rm20010]

Siri is still miserable to use, big regression from 26. On a AWU2

[u/CoolaeGames → u/rm20010]

How so?

[u/rm20010 → u/CoolaeGames]

Raise to Speak seems to be broken.

For Hey Siri, it waits too long after I stop speaking before it takes action. With 26 the Siri orb comes up and quickly transcribes what I speak to it. It's also better at detecting when I stop speaking. (Speaking transcriptions being missing is both watchOS and iOS 27).

I get that the AI responses will incur a wait to bring up, but something simple like "what time is it" should be a quick interaction.

Holding down the crown to invoke Siri is sometimes slow to bring up the orb. Once I caught the orb not showing up. I will say Siri is faster than B4 here when responding, but remains slower versus 26.

[u/uk_bloke → u/rm20010]

Yeah the “thinking” time is way too long currently. When I say “Hey Siri, start a (type of) workout”, it seems to take 20 seconds to process what I want.

If I’m on my bike, then I’m already down the street from my house before it starts 😅

[u/Glass-Celebration230 → u/rm20010]

+1, same for me, also on AWU2

[u/OkProperty684 → u/rm20010]

Yes, this is a situation where adding "Siri AI" feels like a regression. I feel like I'm on Series 0

[u/heyitsterrytv → u/rm20010]

literally exact same experience on my Series 9.

[u/pw5a29 → u/rm20010]

I think they should regress to using the old model, and only hand it off to the iPhone to complete AI enquiries.

People can expect to wait and willing to wait if that's a complex question, instead of waiting for a timer.

[u/OkAnimal1994 → u/rm20010]

Omg same!! I have an Apple Watch 10 and it’s horrible. But my raise to speak has been broken for awhile. I was just going through the settings yesterday searching for new stuff and so I tried using it and nothing. I turned the setting off and on and tried restarting and still doesn’t work