I need the fall detection facility on the Apple Watch do I need to carry my iPhone around with me when while I’m at home
Do I need my iPhone with me at home or in the garden to enable the Apple Watch SE (with fall detection)to work.
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No, the detection works independantly.
However, if you have a GPS-only watch and you are too far from your phone and not connected to wifi, the watch can't call for help.
M1 Mac mini, macOS 13.1; Watch, series 7 GPS/cellular, watchOS 9.2; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 16.2; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16.2; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 16.2; HomePods, audioOS 16.2 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2