TheApple Watch Series 9features a powerful new S9 chip that powers a number of new features that aren’t available on older models. For example, the newdouble tap gestureis only supported on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, although you may get avery similar featureon older Apple Watches.
Another feature that’s only supported by some Apple Watch models is the ability to ask Siri for information about your health and fitness data. The feature won’t be available until ‘later in the year’ in English and Mandarin, with more languages following at some point after that. In the meantime, however, here’s how to use Siri withApple Healthand some of the things you may ask it to do.
Which Apple Watches support the Siri + Health feature?
Apple says that it’s the ‘secure on-device processing’ that enables the ability to access your health data using Siri. The only Apple Watch models currently capable of processing Siri commands on the watch itself are theApple Watch Series 9and theApple Watch Ultra 2.
However, on older Apple Watch models, it’s still possible to use Siri to get health information in a limited way. For example, saying “How much did I sleep last night?” will open theSleep app, although you’ll need to scroll through the app to find your sleep duration. Similarly, asking “How is my Move ring looking today?” will open theActivityapp, but once again you’ll need to scroll through the app to find your Move ring data. Many Siri health queries on older Apple Watches will simply direct you to find the information on the Health app on your iPhone, however.
How to use Siri with Apple Health to get information
to use Siri to find your health data, all you need to do is ask. Since the feature is not yet available, we don’t know the full extent of what is possible, but the following queries (or variations of them) will be supported:
How to use Siri with Apple Health to log information
you’re able to also use Siri on your Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2 to log new information to the Health app that isn’t automatically recorded bythe sensors on your Apple Watch. Once again, we won’t know the full extent of the capabilities until the feature is officially released, but the following commands will all be supported:
We look forward to seeing what else is possibleusing Siriand Health when the feature is released later in the year.
