Comment Not entirely reliable (Score 3, Interesting) 61
One of the reasons I bought an Apple Watch was for its fall detection feature. I go riding, including on trails, by my self quite regularly. I hoped that it would provide a measure of emergency protection. Does it detect a fall when I bang my hand down on the back of the knife to cleave a bone? Yup. Does it detect a fall when I do a Laugh In level bicycle tip over (Google it)? Yup. Did it alert when I tagged a handlebar on a tree and got flipped off the trail landing 8 feet down an embankment, knocked unconscious briefly with broken ribs and a bruise lung? Nope. Not a peep.