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My mom wants a Apple Watch for the fall detection. Does she need one with cellular capabilities or will a regular one paired to her phone work?
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You will need an Apple Watch Series 4 or later to detect hard falls.
If she plans on leaving her phone behind and relying on the watch to be able to call emergency services if a fall is detected, she will need a cellular capable watch and a plan to go with it. Otherwise the watch must be connected to a known Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi Calling needs to be enabled for emergency services to be dialed from the watch.
Refer to the links below for more information:
Use fall detection with Apple Watch - Apple Support
Use Emergency SOS on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
You will need an Apple Watch Series 4 or later to detect hard falls.
If she plans on leaving her phone behind and relying on the watch to be able to call emergency services if a fall is detected, she will need a cellular capable watch and a plan to go with it. Otherwise the watch must be connected to a known Wi-Fi network and Wi-Fi Calling needs to be enabled for emergency services to be dialed from the watch.
Refer to the links below for more information:
Use fall detection with Apple Watch - Apple Support
Use Emergency SOS on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
A regular GPS only watch will work just fine as long as your mom has her phone with her.
Do you have to have a Apple Watch with cellular capabilities to use the fall detection or will a regular one work?
