Company removes the Siri face in watchOS 11, preferring for customers to use the upgraded Smart Stack.
The old Siri face for Apple Watch has finally been removed, as of the launch of watchOS 11. It seems likely that the decision was made in order to push users towards the similar but newer Smart Stacks interface option (shown above), which Apple has improved in the software update.
Zac Hall of 9to5Mac made the discovery, and deserves extra credit for having predicted it would happen this time last year.
“As of watchOS 10,” Hall wrote at the time, “the Siri watch face is six versions old. It debuted with much potential and made steps toward realizing that potential before it stalled. Now there’s a new widget system on Apple Watch that turns the Siri watch face into an antique.”
The then-new widget system referred to is Smart Stack, a major interface tweak that debuted in watchOS 10 in 2023.
