The Apple Watch Saved My Life. It Could Save Yours, Too 

Has the Apple Watch or another wearable saved you? Share your story ⬇

Age 71, 2023, I fell striking my right hip and wrist. My iPhone was in my left pocket and I was wearing an Apple Watch Series 9. I was alone outside and unable to move my lower extremities. I spoke into the watch and within seconds I was speaking to an 911 operator. I explained what happened . 911 operator asked me if I had struck my head, unconscious, or bleeding. Within minutes emergency personnel were on the scene. I was transported to the nearest trauma center. I was diagnosed with a right hip fracture along with a right wrist fracture. During the incident, I used my Apple Watch to speak to my love ones advising them as to what had occurred. 👍

Great video Justin. My dad had a mini heart attack and I got both of my parents the Apple Watch. And just yesterday my mother told me the Apple Watch told my dad that he had been resting for a several minutes but his heart rate was elevated. Nice to see how technology is helping save lives and keep our loved ones alive. Keep up the good work.

The watch saved my life 3 years ago when the heart functions detected an issue. Open heart surgery later and im all good.

Keep on top of it. Diabetes is no joke. My father didn't follow what the doctors told him to do and he ended up losing his eyesight, both legs, and most of his fingers before he passed away. As long as you eat healthy, you'll be alright. Diabetes can be managed. I have to be careful as well because diabetes runs in my family.

Fantastic video. My 67-year-old Dad recently ended up in Hospital because his heart was beating at 160 beats per minute while resting. This was happening for a number of days and he didn't even feel it. It was only that he had a Fitbit that it showed him the elevated heart rate. The cardiologist told him if he had waited any longer he would have had a stroke.

I use the period tracker to track my girlfriend’s cycle. That’s a life saver and it’s spot on (no pun intended) accurate. Saves my love life all the time!

I had no idea and this is a game changer for me personally. I think I might have to return to Apple because of this support system alone.

I bought my first Apple Watch 2 years ago. Now I don't know how I managed without it.

Very informative...learning somethin new..tqvm sir

Amazing vid even before watching, because i have been reading so many articles of how apple watch has saved so many lives

Great tips! I'm looking to get an Apple Watch for a family member this year. Thank you!

I began experiencing episodes of unsteadiness when getting up and night and this eventually led to passing out on the floor one night. My Apple watch had been periodically warning me that my pulse had dropped under 30 BPM, so I made an appointment with my GP who then referred me to a cardiologist who ran tests. This led to a pacemaker being installed, which fixed the issue by not letting my pulse rate to fall below 60. Had I not been alterted to the pulse rate abnormality I might have waited too long to seek medical care.

Apple Watch hasn’t saved my life, but it has helped me lose some weight.

From personal experience, fall detection is actually incredibly accurate

I couldn’t stop staring at his mustache. Did he miss some hairs on the left or what is that?

Thanks. I had forgotten to add my emergency contacts to my watch.

Love your editing and shots in this video

Nice real world tech video!

Looking people around me with Apple Watch... driving me to plan to buy the same in a month 🧡 Also since it's a Health saviour , i m feeling , i m missing something significant .

He forgot heart monitor and the ECG feature. Heart Monitor is available on all Apple Watches and detects your heart rate. This is nothing new most fitnesses trackers have this feature. They can alert of higher than normal heart rates. If it doesn’t detect your exercising and your heart rate is over 100 beats per minute. The Apple Watch can alert you to that condition. The Apple Watch Gen 4 and later minus Apple Watch SE have the ECG feature. This feature can detect Afib, a serious arrhythmia problem of the heart. Afib happed to me twice. By the time I saw my doctor (ER is way too expensive), the arrhythmia went away and they couldn’t find anything wrong. My doctor told me if it happens again, I should go to ER. To me just the ECG feature prompted me to see my doctor is a life saver.

Apple Watch need save batteries life first 😂

Justin! Great video.

When you was riding along talking about fall detection and said here’s how it works I thought you were going throw yourself to the floor 😂

about 2 months ago i went to a supermarket around noon on a saturday. i started to feel lightheaded, so rested up against a table for a moment. when i stood back up, i face planted, and a deli worker called an ambulance. my blood pressure crashed (90/30) in the ambulance, i cut my forehead, and got 2 black eyes. after that i bought an apple watch for this very reason.

Great video Justin!! Thank you!! What model iPhone watch do you use or recommend? Do you have to have your iPhone with you at all times in order for fall detection to work?

I have epilepsy and my mom got this for me because of the fall detection

Great video! After John's heart attack, Toby got us both Apple watches. It was good to learn more about them. Thanks!

Some really good info! Thanks for sharing!

i watching this because i was messing around and was trying to do a back bend, resulting in me falling. i wasn't hurt but it definitely was a hard fall. i didn't even know fall detection was a thing, so i was surprised when i got the alert. i tried faking a fall a few times to see what would happen, and was again surprised when no alert was made. im always very interested in how accurate the apple watch it

Great video!

I am a highly distracted person and I could forget my phone at any moment, that is why an Apple Watch with cellular is a better choice for me since I can call my family in any situation, and thanks for showing me does features now this are lifesaver features too thanks a lot for showing me. Also I want to have peace of mind over being stressed if I forget my phone. That is why a cellular Apple Watch is a life saver for me.

Great video! As someone who’s a type 2 diabetic & uses a freestyle Libre 2 Sensor to monitor my own diabetes. The Apple Watch is essential to my daily lifestyle. 😎

A friend of mine fell off her bike wearing a new Apple watch...n fall detect was triggered. How can you test it?

My Fitbit and Apple watched detected my irregular heartbeat. I would have never known without the devices.

I just got an iPhone and Apple Watch for my mom who is diabetic.

My next watch will be Apple, of course. I heard about the 911 feature and decided to turn to RU-vid. Thank you!

There should be more videos about more of these life saving occurrences.

Great review! I have to say, though. I’m diabetic and have never suffered PTSD from low glucose lol

1:43 An accelerometer does not detect velocity - a sentence that does not make any sense, a sensor cannot determine the occurrence of an intensity. It, as the name establishes, detect an acceleration -correlate its rate, a change in linear movement. An Apple watch has multiple accelerometers, one for each axis of the three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. A gyroscope does not detect gravity - it is nonsensical regarding the physics involved - it can determine angular movement in relation to an axis of inertia - x, y and z.

Ok what if I don't want the emergency services called but just an email or text message sent and audible alarm. For aged care purpose. Can Apple watch have options set like that. Or it's pretty set in its ways?

Does the Apple Watch 6 have all the same features/capabilities?

What is the app on your watch to communicate your sugar level? My sugar monitor device are from freestyle Libre in Canada.

This may be the reason I keep my ultra…..just got it yesterday but was going to return it tomorrow

Good video, would be good if CNET could do a similar video for Android.

I never appreciated Apple products as much as I do now. Today, it saved my life after a serious crash where my car flipped over. It automatically phoned emergency services within a minute

I knew about the medical alert but I didn’t know about the emergency sos so thanks for sharing

Great video.

Emergency tip: if Siri didn’t respond to you try to press down the side button of your iPhone 5 times (or you can say press the side button rapidly) if you have an Apple watch hold down the side button and slide the emergency button as soon as possible, there’s another choice for the Apple Watch but I won’t recommend it and it’s holding down the side button for 6 seconds or higher which in this condition is almost impossible

Hi i have anaphylaxis I will like to know if the apple watch can help with that

Great video bro.

I'd argue it's the glucose monitor that saved your life but who cares about little details like this right? Doesn't make such a clickbaity title anyways 🤷‍♂

Yo bro you just plastered your dad's cell all over youtube at 3:01 hope you see this.

I hope in the feature this can be do with any band.

It’s going to be groundbreaking if Apple can make a future model with glucose monitor that works properly.

Can I do this on Android I have an Android phone?

Pretty cool stuff!

All of this because of Steve Jobs. Beautiful!❤️

not the apple watched "saved another life" trope

this has a lot of useful info, but its tone is anxiety-producing. I would like the info about what the watch can do for me without all the “oh years old ways you can die.”

Great 👍

That’s amazing

Hi Justin, it’s been a while. Doing a marvellous job as usual. It’s amazing to see the huge impact Apple Watch has in your life now. Feels like yesterday I watched that video about your health condition. Hope you’re well and happy. Cheers!

That part about gyro and accelerometer is incorrect - in fact the gravity (gravitational acceleration) is detected by, yes you guessed it, an accelerometer :) gyroscope measures relative rotation along axis.

What about slow falls for the elderly? Can it detected it

Apple watch is the best. Fitbits are like a child's toy when you compare the two

In the event of an emergency, if we have to look at the screen to activate the SOS, the attacker would harm us. There should be a way to activate the SOS, without looking at the screen so the attacker would not know our intention. Also, if we use Siren, the siren is not loud enough. 😢

I had ni idea it could be associated with a diabète sensor and alert you if it goes to high or too low It’s insane But sadly it REQUIRE an iPhone and the Apple Watch cost pretty expensive…

i been thinking about the timex smartwatch for health reasons

year 5 of asking my parents to get me one 🥶

This is great and all, but you don't make it clear if ALL Apple Watches are capable of contacting emergency services (EMS). Apple Watches that are wi-fi only will need to be near its paired iPhone AND have a network connection to call EMS. If you're out and about with a wi-fi only Apple Watch without its iPhone, you're out of luck. On the other hand, Apple Watches with cellular service need a network connection to call. Your video needs to be clear about this. Also, your 1:45 description of what accelerometers and gyroscopes do is incorrect. The former detects changes in velocity while the latter detects changes in spatial orientation.

Yesterday I busted my chin open and all sorts and destroyed my Apple Watch in downtown Dallas riding an e scooter 20mph crashed it and flew thankfully it still works and detected a fall and sent an ambulance to me

I absolutely love my Apple Watch it’s saved my life For example last year I fell and broke my elbow 2mm Radial fracture and if it wasn’t for my Apple Watch detected the full it could of been are worse but thanks to my Apple Watch ⌚️ I was ok 👌

I want to get one for my mom

You should get a mini fridge in your room for an emergency

3:21 Apple should promote how it works.

gyroscope is not gravity sensor.

PTSD don't be ridiculous 🙄. Everything causes PTSD today. My dad and wife are insulin dependent don't be overly dramatic.

Why don’t we ever hear of other smartwatches saving someone life? There loads galaxy watch /pixel watch etc do these devices not have this feature or not as accurate? Honestly I have yet to even hear or read one story

Justin, I'm curious as to how the Apple Watch knows that your blood sugar was low. Can you explain that please.?

My friend has the insulin monitor via his phone and he ALSO gets alerts like that, and he's got an android phone. Just sayin because you make this seem like its exclusive to Apple products

Someone for the love of god tell them to make it circular...I love my apple watch but hate the look. I want it to feel like a fancy nice watch instead of some kind of calculator watch...

Thanks, Justin….I wish everyone would take advantage of features like this…as a healthcare provider it makes no sense to me why people don’t utilize every tool they have access to.

A family member has Alzheimer’s. She wears her Apple Watch and she’s been located by tracking her watch. (There’s an AirTag in her purse too.)

* I will forever be indebted to you, you have changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your name for the world' to hear that you save me from huge financial debt with little investment thank you very much Expert Sophia

Not entirely sure, if CNET started doing paid advertisements.

BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE CELLULAR SERVICE

Oh man! The whole OJ thing is . . . I hope people with diabetes also look into things that can be left next to a bed like glucagon (injection) or oral glucose gel.

I love my Apple Watch and thankful for the features, but why are you doing an ad for them?

How do you know it save your life

Well , im riding a motorcycle so.. you can see why it benefits me

😍 I have diabetes type 2.

OMG, you just share your father's phone :(

My $50 Amazfit also saved my life :)

Yes, but what if you move because you fall like next to a fence and it wont call emergency services

I do not need a smartwatch to have my life saved

Technically the O.J. saved your life

nice 🌝♥️♥️♥️

But but but… mechanical watches have a “soooooouuuuuul”.

I don't like apple but this watch is something I'm interested in. Does anyone know if it can work with Samsung?