Siri has never been the greatest personal assistant in the world, but there are some useful things it can do, such as allowing you to controlcompatible smart home deviceswith your voice, quickly setting alarms or timers, or enabling you to make calls hands-free. There are also some useful ways to use Siri on your Apple Watch, from reading your last message, to playing or pausing music. You can even turn on the ‘torch’ on yourApple Watchby using the Harry Potter spell ‘Lumos’, if that’s your thing.
On theApple Watch Series 9andApple Watch Ultra 2, Apple has added the ability to use Siri toquery data from the Health app, too, allowing you to ask things such as ‘how does my Move ring look?’ or ‘how many steps have I taken today?’ you’re able to also add data to the Health app using Siri, if you want to log your weight or the fact that your period has started.
Even if you don’t have one of the latest Apple Watch models, however, it’s still possible to ask Siri for Health info on your Apple Watch using this clever hack. Here’s how.
If you want to know how many steps you’ve done so far today, you cancreate a Shortcutthat will allow you to get this information directly fromSirion your Apple Watch. The process is a little long-winded, but if you’re constantly checking your step count, it can be a useful trick.
You can use a similar method to find out how manyMove calories you’ve burnedso far today, just by asking Siri.
How to log your weight on your Apple Watch using Siri
It’s also possible tolog data to the Health appby using Siri on your Apple Watch. Again, you’ll need to create a shortcut to do so, but once it’s done, you can log things such as your weight any time you want just by asking Siri.
What other health info can I log or ask for with Siri?
These are just three examples, but you cancreate your own Shortcutsfor almost any health data you can imagine. You can query everything from Abdominal Cramps to Zinc, with useful stats such as Walking Heart Rate, Stand Minutes, Sleep, Heart Rate Variability, Exercise Minutes, andBlood Oxygen. You can also log anything from Hair Loss to Hot Flushes. The basic steps are the same as in the examples above; just choose the Health data that you want to use.
