watchOS 4.2 bug? Series 3 spoken Siri feedback discards silent mode

[jxrxme]

On my Apple Watch Series 3 I have configured Siri’s spoken feedback to be controlled by the silent mode/switch. Since I always have the silent mode enabled I never got spoken feedback. With watchOS 4.2 this has changed: Whenever I control a HomeKit light bulb Siri starts speaking to me. In contrast if I set a timer or ask for the weather Siri will be perfectly silent.


Can anyone confirm this behavior on a AW3? I tried a re-pair (as new watch) which resulted in the same annoying behavior.

 

[herbius]

There is a setting for it, on the watch in settings under General > Siri you can set voice feedback to always, control with silent mode or headphones only.
[doublepost=1513583437][/doublepost]Wait... Sorry, I didn’t read your post properly. Discard my previous reply.

 

[bripab007]

I can confirm the same behavior. Appears to give audible voice feedback when controlling HomeKit but otherwise appropriately silent.

 

[WilliamG]

On my Apple Watch Series 3 I have configured Siri’s spoken feedback to be controlled by the silent mode/switch. Since I always have the silent mode enabled I never got spoken feedback. With watchOS 4.2 this has changed: Whenever I control a HomeKit light bulb Siri starts speaking to me. In contrast if I set a timer or ask for the weather Siri will be perfectly silent.


Can anyone confirm this behavior on a AW3? I tried a re-pair (as new watch) which resulted in the same annoying behavior.

Yep it’s a bug for sure. I have the same issue and made a thread about the very same thing. It’s super annoying to have Siri yell back at me when she’s set to Silent.

 

[jxrxme]

It’s super annoying to have Siri yell back at me when she’s set to Silent.

Couldn’t agree more!

 

[WilliamG]

I'm hoping the new update for Apple Watch apparently coming out next week - fixes this. Because it's stupidly annoying.

 

[themikea]

I'm hoping the new update for Apple Watch apparently coming out next week - fixes this. Because it's stupidly annoying.

Still not fixed in 4.2.2 beta 5, which should be the last beta before the public release. I filed a bug report about it in my developer account, but it looks like it was deleted somehow. Filed another one today.

 

[WilliamG]

Still not fixed in 4.2.2 beta 5, which should be the last beta before the public release. I filed a bug report about it in my developer account, but it looks like it was deleted somehow. Filed another one today.

Ugh. That stinks. This is really driving me nuts on a daily basis.

 

[jxrxme]

4.2.2 has been released without fixing this issue

 

[WilliamG]

4.2.2 has been released without fixing this issue

Ughhhhhh....

 

[themikea]

My bug report for the beta still hasn’t been responded to.

 

[WilliamG]

Still not fixed in 4.2.2 beta 5, which should be the last beta before the public release. I filed a bug report about it in my developer account, but it looks like it was deleted somehow. Filed another one today.

4.3 BETA is out. Any chance it’s fixed there?

 

[jxrxme]

I don’t know why, but since two day this issue is resolved for me. Didn’t do any iOS or watchOS updates this week. Server side fix?

 

[WilliamG]

I don’t know why, but since two day this issue is resolved for me. Didn’t do any iOS or watchOS updates this week. Server side fix?

You’re right! Can confirm this. How...is that possible? I just tested my HomeKit scenes and no more spoken Siri. I didn’t change anything either.

 

[jxrxme]

My bug report for the beta still hasn’t been responded to.

Did Apple response to your bug report in the meantime?

 

[WilliamG]

Did Apple response to your bug report in the meantime?

I can say they never responded to mine either. But it’s definitely fixed remotely. How...interesting. Sounds like that Siri-spoken/silent toggle in the Watch settings can be overwritten from the server side...

 

[themikea]

Did Apple response to your bug report in the meantime?

No, my bug was just closed to a duplicate eventually.

I can confirm it is fixed for me also. Guess there are some additional instructions/data that can be sent with the Siri response from the server side?

 

[WilliamG]

No, my bug was just closed to a duplicate eventually.

I can confirm it is fixed for me also. Guess there are some additional instructions/data that can be sent with the Siri response from the server side?

It's a bit unnerving that Apple can control options that are ON the Apple Watch settings page, remotely. Is that... even OK?