The Apple Watch Series 4's fall detection isn't perfect, as some daring (if not crazy) YouTubers have found out. How you fall (soft versus hard) is important and, as mentioned, it may trigger ...

Here’s how to use it. Enable fall detection Here's how you can enable fall detection on your iPhone: Step 1: Open the Apple Watch app on the iPhone and tap the My Watch tab. Step 2: Tap ...

Meanwhile, a study published in 2022 looked at the fall detection accuracy of the Apple Watch specifically. It found that it only detected 4.7% of falls and had a false negative rate of 95.3%.

Take the new fall detection feature as a prime example -- it's all about safety. Should you fall while wearing the Apple Watch Series 4, the watch will sound an alarm, tap your wrist and ask you ...

Apple has been pushing the health-detection features of the Apple Watch pretty hard for years, and for one 81-year-old man, they may have just saved him from a precarious situation.

As we've mentioned, Apple Watch models from the Apple Watch Series 4 or first-generation Apple Watch SE all have fall detection. That means it's actually quicker to summarise which models don't ...

In addition to fall detection, Apple's latest smartwatch, the Watch Series 4, has an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG), which monitors your heart rate and can check for heart arrhythmia.

Enable Apple Watch Fall Detection Below, we’ll detail exactly what the feature is and how it works, but first you need to be able to know how to turn Fall Detection on or off.

Apple added fall detection to Apple Watch with the Series 4. By default, the feature is disabled if under 65 but can be manually enabled for those who would prefer to have it active.

Apple Watch's fall detection feature has been credited with saving multiple lives since its debut in 2018. While elderly wearers are usually the focus of news stories touting the capability, fall ...

And one other feature caught the attention of many: fall detection. This is the advanced algorithms which Apple had built in to Series 4, based on the fact that if you fall, trip or slip, you move ...