Apple Watch Bug Causing Restarts When Asking Siri About the Weather

there's strange bug apple watch today that's causing resprings whenever siri questioned weather. asking siri "what's temperature?" or "what's weather?" or "is raining?" causes apple watch crash.

issue has been documented in several threads on macrumors forums , on reddit, , we've been able replicate on our own devices.

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complaints problem appear have started morning, , bug confirmed affecting both lte , gps apple watch series 3 models older apple watch models running watchos 4.1. not apple watch owners in countries affected, appears impacting users in united states, canada, , europe.

it's not yet clear what's causing issue, weather app working fine, , restarting , resetting watch don't appear fix problem. macrumors forum member srlmj23:

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it not rebooting, spring-boarding. app (siri or weather?) crashing not entire watchos. time how long takes reboot vs. spring-boarding. spring-boarding takes way less time entire reboot.

however, bug appeared today because yesterday working fine when asked siri "what forecast today" or "what temperature right now."

sure apple fix pretty quick!

have apple watch series 3 + lte/gps. odd bug, cannot wait see apple has this.

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curiously, asking siri weather tomorrow or next week doesn't cause problem -- it's questions current weather conditions resulting in errors. it's possible issue related upcoming time change, 1 reddit user has discovered. daylight saving time set end on sunday, november 5 in many regions in united states , canada.

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okay, think i've figured out. it's bug related end of daylight saving time. if ask weather in saskatoon, saskatchewan, works. if ask weather in winnipeg, manitoba, crashes. saskatchewan doesn't observe dst. think if time change set occur within 24 hours in city you're asking about, crash.

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apple have fixed shortly (or it'll clear after sunday), now, it's best avoid using watch ask questions weather in order prevent sudden resprings.

(thanks, shawn!)

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