Apple Watch Automatically Calls 911 To Save This Man’s Life

The Apple Watch is a device that has often been credited with saving its users’ life, as we have seen in several Apple presentations. Now, in another such case, a California-based man is crediting his Apple Watch for help after a life-threatening injury. According to a report in 9to5Mac, the Hermosa Beach police in Los Angeles County, California were alerted about a crash in the middle of the night after an Apple Watch notified the emergency services. According to the report, officers at the local police department were responding to a 911 call that came from an Apple Watch via a feature.

At around 1AM, a man riding his electric bicycle crashed. The news reached the police via a 911 call made by the person’s Apple Watch and discovered a cyclist laying unconscious in the road and bleeding from his head. The injury required several days in the hospital for the cyclist. The fall detection feature on the Apple Watch, that was last year updated to include falls during workouts including cycling, alerted the emergency services who took the user to get immediate medical help, something that would have been unlikely without an Apple Watch on his wrist, Unfortunately.