Tailwind Apple Watch

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John Gebo

• March 06, 2022 23:00

Hi,

I just installed Tailwind today, and have been setting up the integrations and shortcuts.  I set Shortcuts on my phone, and I also installed the Apple Watch Tailwind app on my Apple Watch.  When I tell my watch “Hey Siri, open the garage door” it pulls up the shortcut I made for opening the garage door.  But it makes me hit a button on the screen to actually run the shortcut from my watch.  (I’ve already run the shortcut the first time to give it permission to run the shortcut, so it no longer asks for the additional permission, but it still makes me hit the button to run the shortcut).  Will the Apple Watch just respond to verbal commands without having to hit a button? Or is that just something that is what it is?

Happy so far with the device overall - just switched from the MyQ because I was getting tons of incorrect notification (so many that I started to ignore them) and I ignored one that was real, and my bike was stolen from my garage which had been open over night.  I like that Tailwind has a physical sensor to make sure the door is closed instead of relying on Bluetooth.  And also, that there is an auto-close after x minutes feature in case I leave it open.

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • March 07, 2022 00:09

  Hi John,

  Unfortunately Apple controls everything related to Siri. The moment their algorithm detects that you might be trying to open a door it will ask for confirmation.

  We can’t do anything about it unfortunately.

  Ironically if you get the HomeKit beta firmware update (email support@gotailwind.com) you can just use native Siri commands without shortcuts and so far that seems to work.

  But I must stress - Apple holds all the cards regarding how Siri works.

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