9to5Mac August 7, 2020
Apple Watch Fall Detection has been credited with saving a number of lives, thanks to its ability to automatically call emergency services if it detects you falling and you don’t confirm that you’re ok.
But the feature could get even more sophisticated in future, with the ability to send comprehensive data to emergency services so they can get a sense of your condition before the ambulance arrives …
At present, the Apple Watch uses a range of cues to detect a fall. If it thinks it has detected one, it first asks you if you have fallen, and if you are ok. If you do not respond, it automatically calls emergency services. It uses artificial speech to advise that a...