Apple opens Watch conversation features to beta testing

Apple has opened developer testing of Siri Recap and Live Rewind, two conversation features for Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, in the watchOS 27.3 beta. Live Rewind displays text from the previous 15 seconds of detected audio when a user presses the Digital Crown twice. Users can view the snippet, ask Siri about it or save it in the Siri app. Siri Recap works differently: when enabled, it creates a title and key points summarizing conversations for later review, rather than providing a word-for-word transcript. Apple says summaries are deleted after seven days unless saved. The features are opt-in. Apple says Siri Recap can be switched on manually or scheduled, including by time or location, and users can turn it off through the watch’s controls. Live Rewind activates only when the user performs the button gesture. Apple says it does not identify speakers in either feature. Apple says the watch’s S11 chip processes raw audio in a hardware-isolated system and that audio is not stored. The company also says Live Rewind plays an audible chime when activated, even if the watch is set to silent. Text snippets and summaries can be saved, and Apple says saved material...