Comment by antipaul
Works on Siri! You can even set – get this – multiple timers ;)
Works on Siri! You can even set – get this – multiple timers ;)
Activate Siri and then say the amount of time you'd like on the timer. For me, that's holding the side button then only saying, "20 minutes."
The one caveat is that once the timer you want is two and a half hours or longer, then Siri replies by asking what you would like to convert to.
My Siri-initiated timers are always done with my phone, probably 50 or more each week (work stuff). The only time I get a failure is when I release the side button too quickly. I've made certain the spoken feedback is enabled to reduce the risk of me making that mistake. (Settings > Siri > Siri Responses > Prefer Spoken Responses)
As for, "What time is it?"... Try activating Siri and only saying, "Time."
I suspect that's the main difference; if you're trying to use hands-free voice activation via "hey Siri" you get a much different experience than if you can touch the watch/phone to trigger Siri first.
And thinking back over it, more than half the failures are complete - e.g., it likely never activated at all. Very few are "it set a timer, but for the wrong time".
I seem to get about 90%; wife gets closer to 80%. I just want it to be better.