With the launch of the Pixel Watch in October, Google slowly started trying to regain smartwatch relevance. A few months later, the Apple Watch will release a big feature that he’s had for four years: fall detection.
As Google describes the feature, “Fall Detection uses the motion sensors built into your watch and machine learning on your device to determine if you’ve fallen hard and can track your movements within a given time period. Call emergency services if missing or unresponsive.” .” Similar to the Apple Watch, when a fall is detected, a full-screen popup will appear asking if you’re okay. , the alarm will go off for the next minute, and if you still don’t answer, the watch will call 911. So it’s good that Google finally offers this feature.
The Apple Watch version led to several false positives, such as the watch dialing 911 when the user was not injured, along with car crash detection. Google says, “Are you worried about accidental 911 emergency calls from doing burpees or hitting a ski slope? Or we know the difference between recovering quickly.Thanks to our machine learning algorithms and rigorous testing, there are no minor stumbles.” Although I list this as a sensitive activity, I hope that the bug has been resolved through a “rigorous” testing process.
Fall detection is opt-in, so it won’t call 911 unless you specifically enable it. Google said: “This feature is available in the Watch Companion app[アップデート]You can turn it on on the page or directly on your Pixel Watch in the Personal Safety app. If your Pixel Watch doesn’t support LTE, your phone must be nearby to complete the call.
