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Yeah or like, what if you just fall and decide to stay laying down for a minute but you’re actually fine?

I wonder if the fall has to happen in combination with some other health metrics that it senses? Does there even need to be a falling down? What if you have a heart attack while you’re strapped into your parked car and you don’t fall? Does it call then?

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WSJ tested some of these scenarios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xI2dUPN3A

Seems very hard to trigger inadvertently, so it makes sense to me that they use an algorithm that factors in the heart rate and the fall trajectory and velocity.

It alarms (rather loudly for a tiny watch) and taps you vigorously asking if you're ok before calling. You have plenty of time to cancel the call to emergency services before it's made.

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