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Watch Fall Detection didn't work (all setting checked)

Why didn't my watch detect a serious fall? Afterwards, I confirmed that all settings were indeed set correctly. Luckly, I was in a Cardiac Care unit.

Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 8

Posted on Jul 16, 2023 3:36 AM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2023 3:43 AM

Fall detection can't detect all falls. Sometimes you might fall in a way your Apple Watch doesn't see the movements like a sudden hard stop which indicate a fall, for example your watch-wearing arm lands gently on top of you, or it grabbed some support on the way down and landed more gently. On other occasions it might get a false positive, for example while using a hammer or chopping wood where the motion mimics a fall.


The best you can say is that the fall detection increases the probability you will get help after a fall, but it is not possible to identify every event.

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Jul 16, 2023 3:43 AM in response to Monk13

Fall detection can't detect all falls. Sometimes you might fall in a way your Apple Watch doesn't see the movements like a sudden hard stop which indicate a fall, for example your watch-wearing arm lands gently on top of you, or it grabbed some support on the way down and landed more gently. On other occasions it might get a false positive, for example while using a hammer or chopping wood where the motion mimics a fall.


The best you can say is that the fall detection increases the probability you will get help after a fall, but it is not possible to identify every event.

Watch Fall Detection didn't work (all setting checked)

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