After updating to WatchOS9 Siri gone to default voice and will not download other voices.

[Planky]

I updated my Series 4 Watch to Watch OS9 and Siri has switched to the default male voice.
I have tried to switch to British Voice 1 which was my normal choice and it says

“Waiting to download. Download will occur when your watch is charging and connected to WiFi.”

I put the Watch on charge and nothing happens, it is connected to WiFi. I have tried restarting it but it does not download.

 

[tonylxxviii]

I'm having the same issue with my Apple Watch 7 series.

 

[tonylxxviii]

I updated my Series 4 Watch to Watch OS9 and Siri has switched to the default male voice.
I have tried to switch to British Voice 1 which was my normal choice and it says

“Waiting to download. Download will occur when your watch is charging and connected to WiFi.”

I put the Watch on charge and nothing happens, it is connected to WiFi. I have tried restarting it but it does not download.

I fixed the issue by changing my Siri voice on my iPhone, then changing it back to what it was previously. After I did that, it was "live" on my Apple Watch.

 

[Planky]

I fixed the issue by changing my Siri voice on my iPhone, then changing it back to what it was previously. After I did that, it was "live" on my Apple Watch.

I am finally getting somewhere. I tried changing Siri on my iPhone but this did not seem to do anything for me, but then hours later it finally downloaded the correct voice for me.

I have now selected the correct voice (female) and Siri uses it now - except for when you put two fingers on the watch face when it then says the time in the other (male) voice!

 

[msackey]

I’m going to try these various tips listed above, but it also does seem to be a bug.

See this reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/xd1q4k

 

[Carrotcruncher]

I updated my Series 4 Watch to Watch OS9 and Siri has switched to the default male voice.
I have tried to switch to British Voice 1 which was my normal choice and it says

“Waiting to download. Download will occur when your watch is charging and connected to WiFi.”

I put the Watch on charge and nothing happens, it is connected to WiFi. I have tried restarting it but it does not download.

I have a new Apple Watch ultra with same problem, really disappointing at Apple’s drop in software quality, this company is due for a large fall very soon

 

[JM]

I am finally getting somewhere. I tried changing Siri on my iPhone but this did not seem to do anything for me, but then hours later it finally downloaded the correct voice for me.

I have now selected the correct voice (female) and Siri uses it now - except for when you put two fingers on the watch face when it then says the time in the other (male) voice!

yes me too… the stupid Watch announces the time on two finger place using the old robot female Siri voice.

This bug is so obnoxious

 

[Planky]

Mine is now fixed after update 9.1!

 

[Mr.C]

Apparently 9.1 did fix this issue according to another thread.

 

[zachreynolds]

I had to wait for my apple watch to nearly fully charge just so it could install the language package, while on charge. UGH.

 

[zachreynolds]

I had to wait for my apple watch to nearly fully charge just so it could install the language package, while on charge. UGH.

also, i did restart it via settings.