Apple Watch automatically called 911 after a man fainted

[Yoni Heisler]

• The fall detection feature on the Apple Watch helped assist a man who needed medical care after fainting and going unconscious.
• The Apple Watch called 911 and informed emergency personnel as to the man's location.
• The Apple Watch was initially positioned as a fashion accessory, but the device's health and fitness tracking features have become its biggest selling points.

The Apple Watch's fall detection feature is being credited, yet again, with assisting a man in need of immediate medical care. In a story first made public via KTAR News, an Apple Watch wearer fainted and went unconscious. Before long, the Apple Watch called 911 and relayed the user's location, thus enabling first responders to arrive and assess the situation.

"He would never have been able to provide us his location or any information on what was going on," dispatch supervisor Adriana Cacciola told the station. "He wasn’t even aware that any help was coming until we were already there."

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