How to enable and use Fall Detection on an Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Fall Detection feature was added on the Apple Watch Series 4 and has already saved countless lives, as we have reported here several times.

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Fall Detection works when the watch detects a fall and then sounds an alarm on the watch, and show an alert on the screen.  The user can than choose to call emergency services, or tap a message thats says “I’m ok.”

Here’s how to enable the feature:

• Open the watch app on your iPhone.
• Tap “My Watch”
• Tap “Emergency SOS”
• Look for the Fall Detection option, and enable it. 
• That’s it.

That’s all there is to enabling or disabling the feature.  To disable it, repeat the above steps.

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