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Apple Watch Series 4: Fall detection put to the test

Milan Jovicic by Milan Jovicic
September 24, 2018 - 12:02
in Apple News
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The Apple Watch is considered the best-selling watch in the world. In addition to a redesign, the Apple Watch Series 4 boasted the ECG function. But the improved gyro sensor should not be underestimated either.

The Apple Watch Series 4 has the S4 chip with 64-bit built in. This is twice as fast as the S3 chip. In addition, the acceleration sensor has been extremely redesigned. It can now detect when a user falls. If the user then becomes motionless, the Apple Watch sends an emergency call including location. Now some users have decided to test this great feature. Almost without success. The Series 4 is not that easy to outsmart.

"It looks like you had a bad fall"

First, the function must be switched on. For people over the age of 65, this happens automatically. This new detection can be activated in the Watch app under Emergency SOS. The Apple Watch works intelligently and can distinguish a dangerous situation from normal exercise. The Series 4 also recognizes certain movement patterns.

If you fall twenty times in a row, you won't get the Apple Watch's attention. Although the simulators really tried hard in their tests. The smartwatch only gave a warning when one of the testers hit hard ground. The warning "It looks like you've had a bad fall" then appeared. You can now respond with "I fell, but I'm fine" or "Call emergency services". If you are immobile for one minute after a fall, the Apple Watch Series 4 would start a 15-second countdown and then automatically notify the emergency services and emergency contact.

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Milan Jovicic

Milan Jovicic

Milan founded Apfelpatient in 2016 and has written all of its content himself since 2018 – news, rumors, guides and product reviews. Apple devices here aren't test units for a fortnight but everyday tools: from the iPhone to the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac through to the Apple Vision Pro, at least one device from nearly every product category is in daily use, many of them replaced annually. Every menu path in a guide is verified on the device before it goes live.

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