The Apple Watch has been confirmed hundreds of times as a worthwhile device for emergencies, due to its special features. These have long gone beyond detecting irregularities in our health, but also ensuring our safety. Thanks to this last possibility, Apple Watch alerts are taken more seriously by emergency services and helped save the lives of thousands of people.
Specifically, due to an alert from the function of car accident detection
Crash detection continues to help Apple Watch users
According to the 9 to5mac post, Ohio police credit Apple Watch with notification of fatal car crash
The police report says it was an Apple Watch emergency alert that notified them first about the car accident.
The single-vehicle crash happened between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. in the area of I-71 north and I-270 off the freeway, according to the sheriff’s office. Grove City police were alerted to the accident by an Apple Watch.
Unable to locate the car, the officers were supporting each other with a team of drones from the sheriff’s office for help, and that’s how they spotted the Chevy Spark, in the ravine between I-71 north and the exit ramp to I-270 east.”
Apple introduced the car crash detection function since the launch of the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra and iPhone 14 Proin September of last year, both devices are able to communicate with emergency services upon detecting this type of situation.
Aunque la función ha recibido quejas de los servicios de emergencia en algunos países por las falsas alarmas, Apple ha estado trabajando en optimizarla para generar notifications cada vez más oportunas que puedan rescatar à los usuarios del Apple Watch, en aquellos países en los que la función he is available.