How Apple Watch Fall Detection and SOS Work Apple's Fall Detection feature uses advanced sensors and motion algorithms like the accelerometer and gyroscope to analyse the user's movement.

Apple's September event, "Awe Dropping," will be held September 9, 2025, at 10 a.m. PDT. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 17 line, which may include a new ultra-thin "Air" model. Other potential device reveals are the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra, as well as the AirPods Pro 3.

How to set up fall detection on the Apple Watch To enable it, on your iPhone, open the Watch app, tap My Watch, tap Emergency SOS and turn Fall Detection on or off.

An Apple patent has described extending the Apple Watch Fall Detection system to other wearable devices. This includes Vision Pro, a future Apple Glasses product – and even a smart contact lens.

Trumbull, Connecticut-based FallCall Solutions has raised a sub-$1 million seed round from Connecticut Ventures to develop a pure software-based Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) for the Apple Watch. While automated fall detecction is in the company's future pipeline, the initial launch of the app, on Apple Watch and iPhone, works as an app-based help button that can be activated by ...

The Apple Watch Series 11 will probably arrive this fall alongside the iPhone 17. Here's what the next generation of Apple's smartwatch could bring to the table.