How to make sure that Siri responds to the correct Apple device
But we digress. What do you do to make sure that the Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch hears your request instead of the one on your Apple Watch? It’s a cinch. Simply press the sleep/wake button on the right side of your device, say “Hey Siri” and start unloading on the digital helper. You can keep your finger pressed on the button until you’ve finished your question. Or you can keep it pressed until the words “What can I help you with?” appear on the screen.
Opening Siri directly on a device is the best way to make sure that the digital assistant responds to you from that specific device only and doesn’t answer your question from a different Apple device than the one you asked the question on. Apple has not revealed how it determines which device Siri will respond to if someone calls out the “Hey Siri” hotword when someone owns multiple Apple devices that each support the digital assistant. Hopefully by following this guide you’ll find Siri easier to use. What Apple needs to work on is improving Siri so that more questions come back with the exact answer to a question instead of a link.