Does the microphone on your Apple Watch is not working? The microphone on the Apple Watch becomes essential while you are taking up a call without your AirPods or any other audio wearables. So, if the microphone is not working on the watch, you can go through these fixes to solve the issue.
Why the Apple Watch microphone is not working?
When the watch microphone is not working, the first sign that you will notice that it is the Siri will fail to turn up when you prompt it. While this can be a network problem, but if it is not that, you can point your finger to your watch’s microphone.
The most basic problem should begin with a proper cleaning of the watch. Dust or other foreign material starts to get into the speaker outlet on the watch as you use the device on a daily basis. Other than this, it can just be a glitch on the watchOS.
Fix 1 – Clear up the watch with brush
It may sound not too much, but the dust can get into the speaker port of your watch.
Step 1 – The small circular hole on the side of the Apple Watch is the speaker output.
Step 2 – You can use a clean brush to clear up the crown, side button and the port of the watch.
After clearing it up, try to call up Siri on the watch. See if this works or not.
Fix 2 – Force restart the watch
If a bug has caused the problem, force-restarting the watch do the trick.
Step 1 – At first, press-hold the side button and the crown on the Apple Watch.
Step 2 – If you hold that two buttons for enough time, the watch will shut down and restart automatically.
After it does restart, test the microphone on the watch.
Fix 3 – Disable the Content Restriction on the iPhone
The content restrictions on the iPhone can sometimes restrict the access to the microphone on the watch.
Step 1 – You have to execute these steps on your iPhone.
Step 2 – So, go to the iPhone Settings.
Step 3 – Go to the “Screen Time” settings.
Step 4 – After loading the Screen Time settings page, open the “Content & Privacy Restrictions” module.
Step 5 – Disable the “Content & Privacy Restriction” module.
After revoking this, you can use the microphone again. See if this works or not.