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Can the Apple Watch text emergency contacts (like family) after a hard fall but NOT emergency services (like 911)?

My elderly parent lives in the same house as family, so we just need the watch to call or text family members, because someone is always home but not always nearby. We don’t want a lot of false fall detections because they have Alzheimer’s and won’t know how to use the watch anyway. Plus having police, fire, and ambulance show up because of nothing might be traumatic for them. Thanks

Apple Watch Series 5

Posted on Aug 11, 2023 4:07 AM

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Posted on Aug 11, 2023 5:45 AM

No.


Emergency services are always called first. Then your emergency contacts.


You can send Apple your feedback at:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch


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Can the Apple Watch text emergency contacts (like family) after a hard fall but NOT emergency services (like 911)?

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