Millions of people wear smartwatches to track their steps or heart rate. But one potentially lifesaving feature can also call ...

Google has filed a patent for fall detection via smart home devices using a radar system. The feature would notify an emergency contact or emergency services in the event of a fall. This suggests that ...

One of Apple Watch’s potentially life-saving features is fall detection that’s paired with auto emergency SOS calling. Whether you’ve never enabled it or have but later turned it off, follow along for ...

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Amazon is partnering with Vayyar and Assistive Technology Service for fall detection on its Alexa Together subscription. Alexa Together, which was announced in September and is available starting ...

The global population is aging faster than care systems can manage. Is AI the solution to keeping older people safe and independent in their homes? Antuan started out in the automotive industry the ...

The Pixel Watch uses motion sensors and on-device machine learning to detect “hard falls.” When enabled, it will “monitor for a sudden impact and your body’s responses and instinctive reactions to ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The watch will call emergency services about 30 seconds after detecting a hard fall. The watch will call ...

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Serenity, the result of a fruitful partnership with Alarm.com, is an innovative fall-detection system that does away with traditional wearables. It is showing off its product for the first time at CES ...

Recently, we saw fall detection finally come to Google’s Pixel Watch after five months on the market. Its competitor, the Galaxy Watch 5 series, has had fall detection since its launch, though it ...