Apple Watch saves a woman after a fall – this is how you turn on fall detection

An Apple Watch saved a woman’s life by calling 911 after a fall. We explain how to enable fall detection on your Apple Watch.

Apple Watch saves woman after fall

In the United States, an Apple Watch saved a woman’s life after she fell unconscious to the ground. The woman was staying in a hotel when she suddenly felt pressure on her chest. Not long after calling a friend about the strange pressure on her chest, she fell unconscious to the floor. Fortunately, the fall was recognized by the fall detection on her Apple Watch.

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After the fall, the Apple Watch no longer registered movements, so the watch immediately sent a warning to the emergency number. This allowed the emergency services to take her to the hospital in time to perform surgery. Fall detection is therefore a very useful function, which can even save lives.

Do you also have an Apple Watch? So make sure you have this feature turned on. We explain how to enable fall detection.

Turn on fall detection on your Apple Watch

Apple launched the fall detection feature a few years ago. If the Apple Watch SE, the Apple Watch Series 4 or later thinks it has detected a fall, you will immediately be notified. The watch taps on your wrist in the event of a fall and plays an alarm to notify you of the fall detection. If your Watch detects that you haven’t moved for a minute after the fall, emergency services will be called in.

By first reporting a fall detection, you have enough time to click away the warning. This way, the emergency services are not unnecessarily informed if your Apple Watch incorrectly registers a fall. You turn on fall detection in the following way:

When you enable fall detection, you choose when your Apple Watch can register a fall. Apple recommends choosing “Enabled during workouts” if you are more physically active to reduce false detections. Do you still want your Apple Watch to be able to recognize a fall at all times? Then go for ‘Always on’.

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Fall detection is one of the many health features of your Apple Watch. Does your Apple Watch not yet have a fall detection or do you not yet have an Apple Watch? Or is your current Apple Watch really in need of an upgrade? Then check out the Apple Watch price comparison iPhonedso that you can be sure that you are paying the lowest price.

The Apple Watch Series 8 and the Apple Watch Ultra are currently Apple’s newest smartwatches. Do you think it’s too expensive? Then the Apple Watch SE 2022 is a good option!

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