Man wearing Apple watch crashes his car, but is missing when rescuers arrive

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: Man wearing Apple watch crashes his car, but is missing when rescuers arrive - Boing Boing

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[Karyudo]

Surely the moral of the story is your Apple Watch will bring help in as little time as it takes for a slightly-injured driver to walk 5 miles — in other words, not very quickly at all.

[bashful]

@Carla_Sinclair

if you have a smartphone or smartwatch that is connected to 9-1-1, see if it’s doing its job before wandering away from the scene of the accident.

But when the display is smashed in the crash and does not respond, how would one know if it’s doing its job?

My iPhone 11 Pro was recently dropped on a 2-lane highway while I was out walking. When I found it, it had been run over, breaking both the front and back glass. I did get lucky that the battery was undamaged, so when I traded it in for a replacement iPhone 15 Pro, they gave me a $700 credit toward it.

[Dachshund_lover]

I can attest that the watch fall detection works. I’ve fallen and gotten the watch notification. I was able to respond both times so I can’t talk to the emergency notification.

I also wonder if he still had his phone on him when he wandered away. I’d think that Apple, after processing the emergency notification, would be willing to give tracking information on the phone to help find him.