From concept to crisis averted, a Google product manager tells all about the Pixel Watch 3's Loss of Pulse Detection feature.

To activate a medical alert watch, users can press a help button to contact emergency services, and some models also include ...

I chatted with the engineers who built the new emergency satellite communication feature on the Google Pixel Watch 4.

Fall detection and emergency contact are mainstays of major smartwatch brands. Google's Pixel Watch will be supporting this important safety feature soon.

Designed to help you build healthier habits, the new Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch8 Classic combines advanced sensors with ...

The Apple Watch is increasingly a smartwatch designed to log the user’s every move – and that’s epitomized in the Fall Detection feature, first unveiled through the Series 4 last September ...

SANDPOINT, Idaho — One of the many features of smartwatches is the “fall detection” feature, which senses if its user was involved in a serious accident and calls 911. At the Schweitzer Ski ...

But skiers and snowboarders have been creating a rise in 911 calls coming from smartwatch fall detection features. Most smartwatches and phones have a form of crash detection built in.

Basically what I would like to find is an Android smartwatch capable of making 2 way calls, waterproof if possible, and maybe with fall detection built in? The person is on a fixed income so the ...

This week in wearable news included the first known instance of Fall Detection on Apple Watch Series 4. Reported battery issues on some Samsung wearables and Tissot about to sport its own ...

Samsung incorporated that into the Watch3. Fitbit is working on irregular heart rate detection and ECG monitoring. Presumably, any new smartwatch from Fitbit this fall will incorporate GPS and ECG.