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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:33PM (#21065356)
Anyone know of any force alarm emergency service automatic dials from a watch or app (Apple or otherwise?).
Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by thanatos_dem on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:05PM (#21065620)
I am having a hell of a time trying to parse that sentence. Can you rephrase?
Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:52PM (#21066791)
Rephrased:

Anyone know of any force alarms from devices that call the emergency services automatically, be that a watch or app?

Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by bidluo on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:12PM (#21065691)
they're trying to ask if there's a chance for false alarm (i think)
Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by abawany on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:20PM (#21065757)
The first watchOS version that had this monitoring built-in seemed to be prone to false positives. However, the watch first asks you if you are ok and if you do not acknowledge so in a few seconds, then it dials out.
Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by MBCook on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @08:37PM (#21066370)
Right. The other day I accidentally slammed my watch into the wall and it started asking me if I was OK. You have a chance to say that everything is fine and that you don’t need help before it starts calling emergency services and telling people you’re in trouble.