Sometimes Siri just sits there listening doesn't do her job!

[Scott-n-Houston]

I will ask something after saying, "Hey Siri"
Siri will come on, listen, what I ask will show on the screen, and then… nothing. It will just sit there. If I say more, it will also show on the screen.

I minute ago I asked, "How many hours from 5 AM to 9:30 PM?" to see what Siri would do. It showed that on the screen… I waited about 45 seconds and still nothing and it then showed on the screen my next words, "what the f#$% are you doing".

This isn't the only time it's done this. Anyone else? How can you tell Siri that you're done talking? On the iPhone you can hit that invisible button at the bottom. If you press the crown on the watch, it exits. Any tips?

 

[xraydoc]

Reboot the watch.

Are you in a particularly noisy environment?

 

[Scott-n-Houston]

Reboot the watch.

Are you in a particularly noisy environment?

Not noisy. Just at home.
I'll try rebooting. I hate how long it takes.

 

[Armen]

I will ask something after saying, "Hey Siri"
Siri will come on, listen, what I ask will show on the screen, and then… nothing. It will just sit there. If I say more, it will also show on the screen.

I minute ago I asked, "How many hours from 5 AM to 9:30 PM?" to see what Siri would do. It showed that on the screen… I waited about 45 seconds and still nothing and it then showed on the screen my next words, "what the f#$% are you doing".

This isn't the only time it's done this. Anyone else? How can you tell Siri that you're done talking? On the iPhone you can hit that invisible button at the bottom. If you press the crown on the watch, it exits. Any tips?

Siri is buggy on the watch. An update will most likely fix it. Meanwhile, reboot your watch if she stops responding to your inputs.

 

[Cory Bauer]

I will ask something after saying, "Hey Siri"
Siri will come on, listen, what I ask will show on the screen, and then… nothing. It will just sit there. If I say more, it will also show on the screen.

I minute ago I asked, "How many hours from 5 AM to 9:30 PM?" to see what Siri would do. It showed that on the screen… I waited about 45 seconds and still nothing and it then showed on the screen my next words, "what the f#$% are you doing".

This isn't the only time it's done this. Anyone else? How can you tell Siri that you're done talking? On the iPhone you can hit that invisible button at the bottom. If you press the crown on the watch, it exits. Any tips?

I've seen this happen as well, super annoying and I'm afraid I don't have any solutions for you. But on a related note....

Sometimes Siri starts listening to me right away, other times she interrupts me mid-sentence with a "What can I help you with?" screen and a microphone button I have to press...WHICH COMPLETELY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HANDS-FREE "HEY SIRI"! Does anyone know how to avoid that, apart from activating her manually by holding in the crown instead? I can quite literally do the same thing back to back and one time it works and the next time she makes me press the microphone button. I don't get it.

 

[Scott-n-Houston]

I rebooted the watch and it seems to be better 'for now'. We'll see.

I am reading that we're all experiencing the effects of a 1st generation product.
Thanks for the responses.

 

[TxRN]

Sometimes Siri starts listening to me right away, other times she interrupts me mid-sentence with a "What can I help you with?" screen and a microphone button I have to press...WHICH COMPLETELY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HANDS-FREE "HEY SIRI"! Does anyone know how to avoid that, apart from activating her manually by holding in the crown instead? I can quite literally do the same thing back to back and one time it works and the next time she makes me press the microphone button. I don't get it.

I've noticed the same thing. Happens occasionally. Hopefully a software update is on its way.

 

[Fredo C]

I've given up on Hey Siri working smoothly, at least for this version of the software. I just press and hold the crown to launch Siri and that works much better and avoids a lot of frustration.

 

[MH01]

Just Siri. It's buggy right now, though should improve nicely with software updates

 

[Tsuchiya]

Siri sucks on Apple Watch.

"Hey Siri" is hit or miss, and dictation doesn't seem to be as accurate as it is on iPhone. It's also noticeably slower.