Released last month,l’Apple Watch Ultra et l’Apple Watch Series 8are already considered to be the best watches marketed by Cupertino since its debut on the market. But a rather annoying technical problem has been reported by many users for several days now, affecting one of the devices' sensors.
This is the microphone. Particularly practical on Watch, it not only allows you to dictate your voice messages but also to call Siri, make phone calls or evento help run the functionalityAccident detectionon the road. But sometimes, this component no longer responds even though the watches are still like new.
A fix coming soon
Since the appearance of this incident, testimonies have multiplied both on social networks and via the official Apple forum dedicated to customer service. The developer has not reacted officially, but our colleagues atMacRumorswere able to get their hands on a note shared internally within the company and which allows us to know a little more.
According to this document, Apple is indeed aware of the problem, particularly concerning Siri, conversations and even voice memos. However, no precise date regarding afuture updateis not added to correct the situation. We can bet that it is only a matter of days, while the firm's technicians work to find the origin of the bug.
Alternative
Until then, it seems that the only solution that works intermittently seems to be that ofrebootcomplete list of affected Apple Watches. Here is the procedure to follow to carry out this operation quickly:
- check that your Apple Watch is not charging
- hold the right side button for a few seconds
- when the buttonTurn offappears on the screen, drag it to the right
- after the watch turns off, press the right side button again until it restarts
This procedure works for Apple Watches running watchOS 8 at least, which therefore includes Apple Watch Ultra andles Apple Watch Series 8delivered under watchOS 9.
