Apple Watch will show the last 15 seconds of speech as text with watchOS 27.3
The update coming next month adds Siri upgrades, a Live Rewind feature and Siri Recap, a log of your day.
The next Apple Watch update adds a feature that shows you the text of the last few seconds of speech around you. It also improves Siri and adds a daily log you can turn on. Some features work only on the newest watches.
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Why it matters
Double-press the Crown to catch what you missed in a nearby conversation, and Siri can do more inside apps.
Watch: the update arrives next month, and Siri Recap must be turned on by hand.
The details
- According to 9to5Mac, watchOS 27.3 reaches everyone next month.
- Siri upgrades add app actions in Calendar, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Notes, Photos and Weather, and four new languages: Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese.
- Live Rewind shows a text snippet of the last 15 seconds of speech when you double-press the Digital Crown, on the latest watch models.
- Siri Recap makes an automatic log of your day that is deleted after a week; it is off by default and works only on Series 12 and Ultra 4.
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