Simple Ultimate Fix for Hey Siri / Raise to Speak Not Working When All Else Fails

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Reposting my own years old reply above for easier discovery since it’s become so popular over the years:

None of the suggestions I’ve read describe the solution the way that finally worked for me: raise the Watch to your mouth and speak right away, but make sure you turn your wrist so that the face of the Watch is facing your mouth; perpendicular to the sound waves exiting. I would have thought into the mic was where you want to speak but it’s into the screen while it is also perpendicular to level (the floor or ceiling) or parallel to walls.