Thanks to the emergency notice of your Apple Watch, an American police officer who had suffered a spectacular traffic accident was rescued in time and saved her life. Surely this type of news satisfies Tim Cook and the team responsible for the design of the Apple Watch.
The fall detector that incorporates the Apple Watch, not only activates if the user who is wearing it falls to the ground. You also do so if you notice unusual jerky movement, such as the impact of a car accident. Good to know, no doubt.
With the story that we are going to tell next, it is clear that the fall detector that incorporates the Apple Watch, it can also alert the emergency services if it detects a strange sudden movement such as a traffic accident.
After the accident, the Apple Watch notified emergencies
According to explains the North American news network KY3, the deputy sheriff of Missouri Chasady botteronShe is very grateful to her Apple Watch for alerting emergency services the day she was in a car accident.
It was last August 10. He was driving home from working on his patrol car when he fainted while driving, and he ran off the road, hitting his vehicle against a fence. The impact was large enough to trigger the fall detector on the Apple Watch he was wearing, and since Botteron was unconscious, notified the emergency services.
Shortly after, they appeared at the scene of the accident, and the battered police were evacuated by helicopter. Was rescued in time and is currently recovering from post-impact injuries.
Apple Watch users should be reminded that by default the Apple Watch fall detection is only enabled for users over 65. If you are under that age, you can activate it manually in the Watch application on your iPhone, in the "SOS Emergency" section.
