Anyone erroneously trigger fall detection yet?

[Rogifan]

I am seeing some posts on Twitter that fall detection was triggered from the Watch falling off a nightstand. Wouldn’t Apple have designed this so it would only trigger fall detection if it knows the Watch is on someone’s wrist? Perhaps this is just a software bug?

 

[crawfish963]

I did. Reached over to swat a fly on a table and it activated. I just cancelled from the watch.

 

[Julien]

Unless you are 65 or older it is off by default.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/23/apple-watch-fall-detection-off-by-default/

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208944

 

[mike9449]

I am seeing some posts on Twitter that fall detection was triggered from the Watch falling off a nightstand. Wouldn’t Apple have designed this so it would only trigger fall detection if it knows the Watch is on someone’s wrist? Perhaps this is just a software bug?

Mine detects a fall every time I wash my hands because I shake the excess water off my hands before drying them. I'm 65 so it was automatically on. Not a terribly useful feature. I guess I'll turn it off.

 

[Rogifan]

Wow I didn’t think it would trigger that easily. No doesn’t seem very useful if the littlest things can trigger it. I know the default is off if you’re under a certain age but I think if it was working properly it would be useful for any age. Falls can happen to anyone and can happen when you’re alone.

 

[KarimLeVallois]

Mine detects a fall every time I wash my hands because I shake the excess water off my hands before drying them. I'm 65 so it was automatically on. Not a terribly useful feature. I guess I'll turn it off.

Oh dear, it'll be going off constantly if a teenage boy had it enabled then... lol

 

[Pseudo-Fed]

Enabled mine because....I like surprises.

 

[flashflooder]

Mine detects a fall every time I wash my hands because I shake the excess water off my hands before drying them. I'm 65 so it was automatically on. Not a terribly useful feature. I guess I'll turn it off.

That's strange. I do that too, quite vigorously, and it's never gone off for me.

 

[jhfenton]

I have tried to activate it without falling, and I have been unable to.