Fun with Series 5 and WatchOS 6!

[Westside guy]

Am I the only one who thinks WatchOS 6 could've used a couple more beta cycles? Or maybe a couple dozen?

Episode the First
Me: Set a timer for eight minutes
Siri: You don't have the timer app installed. Shall I install it for you?
Me: How did you obey the last three timer commands I gave you during the past hour?

Episode the Second
In this installment, I go into the Watch app and switch to the Infograph face, which I hadn't used before. I customize it and set the color to "black".

Then I look at my watch and see a nice white Infograph face shining back at me. So I go back to the Watch app, which still says black - I switch it to "white", then look at my watch... viola! It's now black!

Episode the Third
Wherein I use the "raise and start talking" feature about a half dozen times. I've actually tried a dozen times, but half the time Siri doesn't start listening even if I jerk the watch up to my face at 100mph.

Stay tuned for Episode 4, A New Hope!

 

[neutrino23]

I've never had much luck with the raise and talk feature even in WatchOS 5.

 

[WilliamG]

Also recent emojis doesn’t work at all. They’re not recent. And they don’t update.

 

[matrix07]

I've never had much luck with the raise and talk feature even in WatchOS 5.

I get 99.99% results with OS 5 on my S3 cellular. will follow this thread to see the development.