If that's the case then why doesn't she respond when the screen is off if she's actively listening?
The listening only happens when the screen is up.
If that's the case then why doesn't she respond when the screen is off if she's actively listening?
Turning off Hey Siri, also switching off Mail notifications is now leaving me with around 60% battery after a full day, 7am - 10pm of wearing the watch... this is awesome!
That would not be correct. Siri required a daemon to be running to listen for when you say "hey siri"
(the daemon won't stop running and start with every wrist raise or you'd have performance issues)
Although I'd leave it on, it's a powerful tool.
Turning off Hey Siri, also switching off Mail notifications is now leaving me with around 60% battery after a full day, 7am - 10pm of wearing the watch... this is awesome!
Well that's my point MartyCan, without disabling "Hey Siri" my 38mm watch would be dead before my day ended.I dunno for sure but my Watch has been on my wrist for 18 hours now including an hour workout and I still have 40%. Mine is a 42 so yes battery is a touch larger. What else did I do today? One phone call of 90 seconds or so. Many, many notifications for emails, activity, etc. lots of screen time from moving my arm even when I did not want the screen to light up.
If you get through your day to the point that you are ready to go to bed and you still have any charge at all left why worry about it?
Finding myself with about 25% more battery life by the end of the day since I turned it off. Not sure if its a coincidence or if it really is a big battery drain.
Anyone else tried it/ would be interested in testing it out?
Well that's my point MartyCan, without disabling "Hey Siri" my 38mm watch would be dead before my day ended.
I noticed that it didnt work about 66% of the time 'Raise watch, Hey Siri....' Nothing.
Is there a way to Activate siri without the 'hey siri' command that could be utilized instead?
(like the side button for instance. THAT would be a LOT More useful then the stupid friends app)
Did you see the post where it talked about the proper way to use Hey Siri? I think that guy has a point - you need to say Hey Siri and issue your command all in one sentence, not wait for the watch to do something after you say Hey Siri.
That could also be part of my problem. Im used to the iphone where you say it, wait for the 'ding ding' then issue a command.
That would not be correct. Siri required a daemon to be running to listen for when you say "hey siri"
(the daemon won't stop running and start with every wrist raise or you'd have performance issues)
Although I'd leave it on, it's a powerful tool.
Well that's my point MartyCan, without disabling "Hey Siri" my 38mm watch would be dead before my day ended.
What is the point of that? The watch will die in the middle of the following day.
Why not just leave everything on and charge it at night alongside your phone?
No I missed that, thank you! The only problem with that is that sometimes she doesn't hear you or isn't listening even when the screen is active. So I got in the habit of waiting to feel the taptic engine thump that confirms she's listening after you say, "Hey Siri". But I start my request immediately after I feel the haptic engine or see the screen change to confirm she heard me.Did you see the post where it talked about the proper way to use Hey Siri? I think that guy has a point - you need to say Hey Siri and issue your command all in one sentence, not wait for the watch to do something after you say Hey Siri.
Which by extension would also solve the "Hey Siri" battery drain, as every time the screen activates she's listening. If you aren't getting dozens of false screen activations a day, that's also dozens of times siri isn't using battery just to see if you want to talk to her.The" activate on wrist " is what saves me battery when turning it off
If that's the case then why doesn't she respond when the screen is off if she's actively listening?
No problem, I may have not mentioned it in this thread specifically. Long story short, the only way I can get in the ballpark of the 18 hours of battery life on my 38mm is by disabling "Hey Siri" per Apple's tech support suggestion. Prior to do so, my 38mm was lasting as little as 12hrs and 14 - 14.5hrs at the most.Sorry if I missed somethin, I understood that you increased your battery life by 25% but don't recall you specically saying it was dead at the end of the day.
my issue.....it stops listening before i even open my mouth, thus making me look like an idiot if i say the whole command in one sentence and then it turns out Siri didn't activate.
I'm betting you have the 42mm, yeah?I don't understand the battery issues here. I have hey siri on, medium brightness, highest haptic feedback, and i'm still ending the day with 40% battery. I got rid of all the apps i don't use and only have a few glances: now playing, activity, weather, battery, and settings.
The issue with that is you'll find 50% of the time she was never listening in the first place and you're just staring at your clockface as nothing happens.Do you pause after hey siri? Don't.
Hey siri, (pause) open <app name>
or
Hey siri open <app name>
try just saying what you want without pause in a normal speaking tone and speed.