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Apple Watch Bug Causing Restarts When Asking Siri About the Weather
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Hahaha that’s funny - good thing I generally just look at the weather on the face of my watch, since I just confirmed this bug on my watch too.
Same issue in Canada, series 2, just spoke with Apple Support they ran some tests, and they have no clue what to do, if problem persists tomorrow to call them and escalate my issue.. wow ... bravo Apple
Now I have to go outside to see the weather
... my step counter will be higher
Now I have to go outside to see the weather
... my step counter will be higher
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So, Siri on my iPhone X is rubbish. I tried Siri on my AW2 and it rebooted. It wasn't doing that before I paired it with my X. Running 11.1 and 4.1.
Should have read the end of the article regarding DST. Just rubbish Siri on my iPhone X then.
Should have read the end of the article regarding DST. Just rubbish Siri on my iPhone X then.
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Apple bugs related to Daylight Time are nothing new. These sorts of bugs have affected OS X and iOS.
There's a strange bug with the Apple Watch today that's causing resprings whenever Siri is questioned about the weather. Asking Siri something like "What's the temperature?" or "What's the weather?" or "Is it raining?" causes the Apple Watch to crash.
The issue has been documented in several threads on the MacRumors forums and on reddit, and we've also been able to replicate it on our own devices.
Complaints about the problem appear to have started this morning, and the bug is confirmed to be affecting both LTE and GPS Apple Watch Series 3 models as well as older Apple Watch models running watchOS 4.1. Not all Apple Watch owners in all countries are affected, but it appears to be impacting users in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
It's not yet clear what's causing the issue, but the weather app itself is working fine, and restarting and resetting the watch don't appear to fix the problem. From MacRumors forum member SRLMJ23:Curiously, asking Siri about the weather tomorrow or next week doesn't cause a problem -- it's only questions about the current weather conditions that are resulting in errors. It's possible that this is an issue related to the upcoming time change, as one reddit user has discovered. Daylight Saving Time is set to end on Sunday, November 5 in many regions in the United States and Canada.Apple will likely have this fixed shortly (or it'll clear up after Sunday), but for now, it's best to avoid using the watch to ask questions about the weather in order to prevent sudden resprings.
(Thanks, Shawn!)
Article Link: Apple Watch Bug Causing Restarts When Asking Siri About the Weather
[doublepost=1509855359][/doublepost]Just confirmed it crashes my Apple Watch in Chicago. Indiana (the parts not in Central, at least) used to not observe DST but changed a few years ago. Otherwise I’d ask about the weather in Indianapolis.
[doublepost=1509855411][/doublepost]I did ask about the weather in Phoenix and it still crashed. Maybe it depends if your watch is located in a spot where the time will soon change.
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I still have my AW3 paired to my 7 as my X is not yet approved for work email. I’m getting the crashing if I ask about the weather so it doesn’t seem related to the X.
I love the overreactions on here regarding this minor (and yes it is minor!) bug. OS' are extremely complex, bugs slip through, especially a bug that seems to only occur with one specific siri request on only one day out of the year. During Apple's beta testing period, how exactly would they test for this?
Happened to me on my series 1.
To play devils advocate, I’m sure asking Siri a million different questions isn’t probably on the QA list, but weather is a rather common one.
To play devils advocate, I’m sure asking Siri a million different questions isn’t probably on the QA list, but weather is a rather common one.
Tried asking about rain in Phoenix which doesn't have DST and no problem. When I asked about rain in SFO I got a springboard restart
Me too, pacific time. I suspect it will be fine tomorrow. However, how does it cause a reboot??? It's just the weather.
Read the article and the posts. Sitting an airport lounge and bored. Siri what’s the weather today. Yup restarted let’s start a drinking game about this.
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You could look out the window
I could, if I hadn't asked if it was going to rain later! The current view out the windshield doesn't have much to do, always, with the forecast.
Anyway, this bug won't be an issue after tonight and will probably get fixed before next year.
the only thing i agree with is that sw have bugs. All modern operating systems are complex so apple OS isn't anymore unique than windows or many linux distros in that regard. As for this bug, it should have been caught earlier during development I think, especially if they've been bitten by time bugs the past several years (assuming that it is time-change related). Someone should have asked the question "Gee, should we do some boundary testing and some well known corner cases?" If we need beta testers to catch this type of defects then Apple's sw testing quality is a bit lacking. Also, in general, any defect that severely impacts device functionality (such as triggering device reboot) should be considered as critical.
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