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Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by skygazer »

bt848 wrote: post #32
amiantos wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please name this competitor that had fall detection ('for ages') that automatically messages emergency services for you?

Garmin. You know, the brand that is 100x more popular among bicyclists.

several garmin watches have had this feature since May (I think) of this year, requiring a paired garmin compatible phone, actively running garmin app, to work; sends text to selected contact about “incident.” Doesn’t appear to contact emergency services.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/featured-2/safety-and-trac...

Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by mistersquid »

gesman wrote: post #38

Can Apple watch be programmed to call relative in case of hard fall / unresponsiveness like this? I have elderly father in Eastern Europe and he would really benefit from this.

> Can Apple watch be programmed to call relative in case of hard fall / unresponsiveness like this?

Yes.

> After the call ends, your watch sends a message to your emergency contacts with your location letting them know that your watch detected a hard fall and dialed emergency services. [0]

[0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208944

Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by knolan »

gesman wrote: post #38

Can Apple watch be programmed to call relative in case of hard fall / unresponsiveness like this? I have elderly father in Eastern Europe and he would really benefit from this.

I have a bicycle light that does this also.

https://seesense.cc/

Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by DuskStar »

joshvm wrote: post #35
function_seven wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the watch detected his fall (which was a result of the heart attack)

The specs for the watch specifically rule out heart attack detection, by the way. > Apple Watch cannot detect heart attacks. If you ever experience chest pain, pressure, tightness, or what you think is a heart attack, call emergency services immediately.

"What we list for legal purposes" and "what the device actually does" might not be the same thing. I imagine saying "my device detects heart attacks" gets the FDA involved and makes everything ten times more expensive...

Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by erikpukinskis »

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #33
Topgamer7 wrote: post #6

> His watch messaged emergency medical services at 12:02 p.m., and an ambulance was there within a minute. Talk about response time, wow!

Please do not use code blocks for quotes, it creates long side-scrolling windows.

Not on iPhone.

Re: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

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Post by gowld »

gesman wrote: post #51
blang wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like it also sent a text to his son.

Also does Apple Watch require ownership of iPhone?

Ownership, yes.

Physical presence, not completely: https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular/

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Post by nullbyte »

FireBeyond wrote: post #25

Life Alert, horrendous as their ads may be, would probably be surprised to hear that it's only now that you're finding a "device which can contact emergency services in the event of an accident" so life changing. As might OnStar, etc.

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"

edit: its a reference to the ads, you bozos.

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