Apple Watch Siri AI Frustrates on Series 12, Taking 5 to 10 Seconds for Many Requests
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Updated · Lifehacker · Sep 24
Apple Watch Siri AI Frustrates on Series 12, Taking 5 to 10 Seconds for Many Requests
3 articles · Updated · Lifehacker · Sep 24
Summary
Apple’s new on-wrist Siri AI often lagged, crashed, or returned weak answers in a hands-on test on an Apple Watch Series 12 after waitlist access opened.
Many requests took 5 to 10 seconds, and some basic tasks misfired: a 325-calorie Move goal became 320, a podcast resume request surfaced the wrong show, and the Conversations view often showed no history.
The watch handled a few simple commands well, including a five-minute timer, weather, calendar events, and sleep times, but it struggled to search messages and emails as accurately as the iPhone version.
Siri AI on Apple Watch requires Apple Intelligence on both devices—an iPhone 15 Pro or newer and a Series 9 or newer watch—yet the reviewer found regular Siri or a phone search faster for many tasks.