The Google Pixel Watch just got better – but it's come too late
, you'll be able to have your Pixel Watch automatically detect if you’ve been in a fall and help dial emergency services to come to your aid.
It’ll do this with a prompt that allows you to choose whether the fall was severe enough to contact emergency services. If you don't make a decision within 60 seconds, the watch will contact emergency services automatically. The Watch will be able to automatically speak to the emergency services for you if you can’t, though you do have the option to override it and use your own voice.
The other really big feature brings in a power-saving watch face. If your Pixel Watch is off because the battery is low, you’ll still be able to check the time via the Digital Clock Watch Face upon tapping the crown. It’s a helpful little feature that should give you confidence your smart watch can still function as a watch even if the smart features are too power-hungry to be useful.
There are a slew of other miscellaneous fixes associated with this update – even if not entirely attention-grabbing. The touch screen is now more sensitive, rotating the crown now wakes the watch, and a bug that had some users experienced false starts or delays on the Pixel Watch's alarm functionality has been fixed.
You no longer have to toggle your settings individually to try and eke more juice out of the Pixel Watch, as a new quick-tap feature lets you enter a power saving mode almost instantly. Fall detection is a feature that has proven to be life-saving in the past. It’s an excellent addition to any smartwatch, and Google’s inclusion of it here personifies better late than never. The
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