How to turn on Pixel Watch's Fall Detection feature

Google's Pixel Watch got an important new safety feature that everyone should turn on.
📕 Read more: How to turn on Pixel Watch's new Fall Detection feature (and why you should) - bit.ly/3NDh2mv
FOLLOW US
- Subscribe to ZDNET on KZbin: bit.ly/2HzQmyf
- Follow ZDNET on Instagram: / zdnet_official
- Follow ZDNET on TikTok: / zdnet_official
- Follow ZDNET on Twitter: / zdnet
- Follow ZDNET on LinkedIn: / zdnet-com
- Follow ZDNET on Facebook: / zdnet.official

[@jordynchan5103]

I wonder if it will keep going off if you play contact sports like taekwondo. Or if you do rock climbing and you take a fall but the rope catches you, would it be enough to trigger the accelerometer?

[@user-73421]

Google Pixel Watch 2 LTE, didn’t activate on either of two occasions when my wife fell on the pavement, after tripping on the kerb, or indoors when she fell in the living room. So a dedicated pendant device may be a wiser choice.

[@kjm-ch7jc]

So it only contact emergency services on a fall no family members ?

[@user-73421]

On the Google Watch 2 LTE model, it alerts emergency contacts that you’ve added too. Otherwise, you’d need a bluetooth connected phone nearby to do the same.

[@gsadlerdavid]

What the fuck is the point of talking about a feature with testing it, no one on youtube can prove this feature even works 😢