Apple Watch calls for help after 81-year-old wearer falls, injures her head
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What you need to know
- An Apple Watch reportedly helped save a woman's life after she fell at home.
- The Apple Watch called emergency services after the 81-year-old injured her head.
A fall was detected and the Apple Watch called emergency services immediately.
An Apple Watch called for help when its owner fell and injured her head, according to her daughter. The Montgomery County woman required medical attention after the wearable called emergency services.
The story goes that Peggy Reynolds was given the Apple Watch three years ago but never really felt that it did anything more than told the time. Her daughter, Laura Money, says that the 81-year-old enjoyed swapping bands to make the watch match her outfit, but had complained that the lauded fall detection system didn't work — she'd dropped it many times and nothing happened. But everything changed when a real fall happened, local news reports.
Last Sunday, it was helpful beyond its fashion when it called for help after Reynolds fell and sustained a head injury.
The watch notified Money that it detected a fall, and it alerted first responders who were already on the scene when Money arrived.
"At 6:11, I got a notification on my phone from my mom's Apple watch, and it said a hard fall had been detected," she said. "As I open the gate, I find Montgomery County police officers -- two cars, and there are several police officers."
The daughter believes that the Apple Watch may well have saved her mother's life, saying that she is "spending time with her in the hospital" rather than "planning her funeral."
Fall Detection is one of the very best Apple Watch features around and it has no doubt saved countless lives already. Long may that continue.
Fall Detection is supported by Apple Watch Series 4 and later, including the Apple Watch SE.