I bought the Apple Watch (series 4) specifically for the fall detection. I'm a horseback rider and sometimes find myself at the barn by myself. When I first got my watch, I know the fall detection was working because it went off when I was watching a football game and clapped my hands together forcefully in response to a play. However, since then I've fallen off my horse twice (!) and the fall detection didn't register the fall. What gives?
Apple Watch
On your Watch go to Settings... scroll to SOS, then tap on Fall detection and see if it is on. If so... turn it Off....then On again.
If you have not done so, try a hard reset on your Apple Watch
How to hard reset your Apple Watch
Hope that helps sort out your issue
On your Watch go to Settings... scroll to SOS, then tap on Fall detection and see if it is on. If so... turn it Off....then On again.
If you have not done so, try a hard reset on your Apple Watch
How to hard reset your Apple Watch
Hope that helps sort out your issue
Thank you. I'd read about "Disabling" then "re-enabling" in settings, but hadn't done a hard reset. To date, I've not been able to get the watch to react to drops, slams, claps since. I'd love to find a way to test it short of falling off my horse again....
Fall detection not working
