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If you’re looking for a way to help keep apple watch safe, you may want to consider setting up hard fall detection. This feature can automatically detect when you’ve fallen and will alert emergency services if needed. Here’s how to set it up.
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Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Open the Settings app on your iPhone, then tap “Emergency SOS.” Next, tap the switch next to “Fall Detection” to turn it on.
Now, if you take a hard fall and apple watch detects it, it will call emergency services automatically. Likewise, if you’re immobile for more than a minute after a fall, your Watch will also automatically call emergency services.
Tap Emergency SOS.
If you have an iPhone 6s or later, you can set up hard fall detection on apple watch This feature uses the built-in accelerometer to detect when you’ve had a hard fall. If your watch detects that you’ve fallen and you’re unresponsive after 60 seconds, it will call emergency services automatically and send a message to your emergency contacts with your location. You can also turn on hard fall detection so that it calls emergency services and sends a message to your emergency contacts without waiting for you to respond.
To set up hard fall detection:
1. Open the watch app on your iPhone and tap the watch tab
2. Tap Emergency SOS.
3. Turn Fall Detection ON or OFF.
Turn on Fall Detection.
Fall detection is a new feature in watchOS 5 that can automatically call emergency services if you fall and don’t appear to get back up. The feature is designed for people who might not be able to reach their phone in the event of a fall, and it could potentially save your life. Here’s how to set it up.
Set up your emergency contacts.
Apple Watch can automatically call emergency services if you fall and can’t get up. But before you turn on fall detection, you need to set up your emergency contacts. That way, if something happens and you can’t tell your watch to call for help, it will call them for you.
Here’s how:
1. Open the Health app on your iPhone and tap the Summary tab.
2. Tap Emergency Contacts.
3. Tap the + button and add your emergency contacts. Make sure to include their relationship to you (e.g., “Mom,” “Dad,” “Partner”).
4. When you’re finished adding contacts, tap Done.
Test your fall detection.
Once you have set up hard fall detection, you will want to test it to make sure it is working properly. To do this, you will need to find a place where you can safely drop apple watch from a height of at least four feet. If you are unable to do this, you can also use a hard object to strike your watch against. Once you have found a place to test, follow these steps:
1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
2. Tap on Emergency SOS.
3.Tap the slider next to Fall Detection.
4. Tap the Test button.
5. Drop your watch from a height of at least four feet, or strike it against a hard surface.
If everything is working properly, you should see an alert on your screen that says “Emergency SOS Activated” and hear an emergency siren sound from your watch. You will also see an option to Call Emergency Services or Dismiss the alert. If you do not see this alert, or if you see an error message, then fall detection is not working properly on your Apple Watch and you contact apple support for help.
