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I was running on a treadmill a few weeks back, and was knackered so stopped abruptly by jumping into a straddle position with my legs on the rails either side of the actual band on the treadmill. My smartwatch interpreted this as a fall and sent a red alert to my daughter.

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It should at least notify you and give you the opportunity to cancel the alert within a few seconds

It tried to, but a relatively new watch and not an easy button combo.

Doesn't sound very "smart" to me.

In fairness, a false positive is better than a false negative.

But many false positives lead to a real positive being ignored as a false positive.

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