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fall detection

  1. dk001

    AW Ultra - Siren Inadvertently Going Off and Fall Alerts

    Quick background … AWU - No cellular - wear it on my left wrist. I was out this morning cutting up some smaller branches with a pruning saw with my left hand braced on the branch (3’ to 4” branches). Apparently randomly the siren started going off. The third time I removed th watch and...
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  2. macduke

    I fell down the stairs

    A little over a week ago I fell down hard ceramic tile stairs. I landed really hard on my side, tearing up a lot of soft tissue and pulling a bunch of muscles from my ankle to my thigh to my side and lower back to my elbow. Fortunately didn’t break anything. I then continued to tumble down 5-6...
  3. Volusia

    S-4 Fall Detection Works When Locked

    FYI - Discovered that the fall detection works even when the watch is locked. Was removing my watch from the charging stand and it slipped and I dropped it. I was able to grab it just before it hit the floor but received the "Looks like you have fallen" notification. Had not unlocked the watch...
  4. S.T.A.R.

    Fall Detection Test

    :cool: So I decided to not give up on my new AWS4 despite a few early anomalies. I’m going to test the “Fall Detection” feature. I will risk my health in the name of science by standing on my bed and falling backwards onto the wooden floor. I will report the results ASAP!! :apple: :cool...
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