Apple Watch fall detection sends paramedics to the rescue of a cyclist

Apple Watch fall detector

It is not the first, nor will it probably be the only time, when we talk about an accident where the Apple Watch is related, related as the main defender of the life of its owner. The last case is found in the cyclist William Bout, a cyclist who fell on his electric bicycle while on his way to work.

William Bout was hit by a hit-and-run car and was left unconscious at the scene of the accident. The Apple Watch, when detecting the fall, notified the emergency services after one minute who appeared at the scene of the accident.

The fall detector not only notifies the emergency services informing the specific location, but also, if we have previously filled in the emergency contact fields, it sends an SMS with the location of where the fall occurred. This function is only available from Series 4. If you have a Series 3 or lower, you can contact the emergency services pressing the side button for more than one second.

This function is natively deactivated in all those terminals of users who are under 65 years of age, but many are those who activate it because you never know when we can use it. Apple launched the Series 4 with a fall detector and the ECG, two functions that at the time of its launch we were never going to be able to imagine that they would star in so many headlines, all of them related to his good work.

With the Apple Watch Series 5, in addition, the Apple Watch is capable of call local emergency services when you are in another country, but they do not send an SMS to your assigned emergency contacts with your location. It is not necessary to configure the emergency telephone number of the country where we are, the Apple Watch automatically takes care of that.


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