I just installed WatchOS 5 on my Series 3, have enabled the feature in settings but can't seem to activate when I raise my wrist up towards my face.
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Anyone else having trouble with Raise to Speak?
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I was having the same issues. You need to check your settings and turn off Siri raise to wake, that worked for me.
I'm a little confused here. Please clarify? You're telling me to turn off the "Raise to Wake" feature?
If you want Siri to respond when you raise your wrist without having to say "Hey, Siri (new feature), you have to turn off the "hey, Siri" option on your watch setting.
Thanks. I'll give that a try though everything I'd read suggested that you could have both features enabled.
Initially, it wasn't working for me with the option on but I just tried it again with the option on and it does work both ways. You might want to try a hard reset and see if that helps too.
THIS. Thank you. I was under the impression that there was a prompt on the display when you raise your wrist but as it turns out, it doesn't activate unless you just begin speaking right after you raise it. Appreciate your help guys!
Yup, and based on my experience with the beta, it's picky about the arm movement. It seems to work best with a clear raising of the watch to your face from an off state. If you just kinda half ass a roll of the wrist to activate the screen, I think it decides that's not an actual "raise". Things may have changed during the beta progression, but that's how I'm trained now.
