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The latest version of the Apple Watch (Series 4) has a feature called fall detection, which detects if you have taken a hard fall, and calls 911 if you don’t respond within 60 seconds to let it know you are OK.
Well, today I took a really hard fall. I was on the pickleball court running backwards and lost my footing and landed very hard on the concrete. I don’t think I broke anything but I was pretty shaken up by it. I’m very sore in my neck and shoulders but I think I’ll be fine since nothing seems broken.
Anyway, I know there haven’t been that many people who have taken a hard fall while wearing a Series 4 Apple Watch, and I can confirm that it did detect my fall, and gave me sixty seconds to confirm I’m OK before lettting me know it was going to call 911. I let it know I was OK. It then asked me if I really fell, which I confirmed I did. I’m guessing it feeds that data back to Apple to let them know their algorithms for detecting a fall are working correctly.
So I was impressed that the watch did it’s job and was ready to call 911 if I needed it. Just thought I’d share in case anyone has an elderly person who might be susceptible to falling and could benefit from this feature.
Well, today I took a really hard fall. I was on the pickleball court running backwards and lost my footing and landed very hard on the concrete. I don’t think I broke anything but I was pretty shaken up by it. I’m very sore in my neck and shoulders but I think I’ll be fine since nothing seems broken.
Anyway, I know there haven’t been that many people who have taken a hard fall while wearing a Series 4 Apple Watch, and I can confirm that it did detect my fall, and gave me sixty seconds to confirm I’m OK before lettting me know it was going to call 911. I let it know I was OK. It then asked me if I really fell, which I confirmed I did. I’m guessing it feeds that data back to Apple to let them know their algorithms for detecting a fall are working correctly.
So I was impressed that the watch did it’s job and was ready to call 911 if I needed it. Just thought I’d share in case anyone has an elderly person who might be susceptible to falling and could benefit from this feature.