watchOS 3 includes a new feature for making emergency calls

The next watchOS version, as we could see in the presentation keynote on June 13, will offer us important news such as much faster execution of applications, improving up to 7 times the speed. But it will also bring us more watchfaces and applications to quantify the activity of users in wheelchairs.

But they are not the only ones. Apple has added a new feature to the device's power button that it could save our lives in the event of an accident. Rather, they are two new options. On the one hand we find a new option that allows us to make emergency calls.

As for emergency calls, our iPhone must have a mobile signal or be connected to a Wi-Fi signal to be able to make the call to the emergency service of the country where you are. But it also allows us to add our contacts in case of emergency. In order to use watchOS 3, it is necessary to have iOS 10 installed on our device.

Other new functions that watchOS 3 will bring us will be the possibility of access our medical data through the same button with which we can turn off the device. Information that we can also obtain directly from our iPhone. Although of course, in the event of an accident the Apple Watch will always be closer to hand than the iPhone.

To be able to enter medical data, we must use the iPhone Health application, data that will automatically be shared with the Apple Watch and will be stored in it so that in case of emergency it is not necessary to have the iPhone near the Apple Watch. Within this application we can enter the date of birth, weight, height, blood type and also whether or not we are an organ donor.