The Google Pixel Watch is one of the best Android smartwatches because it has many features, the most important of which are: SOS emergency function and fall detection to help you in emergency situations that you may encounter.
With the Pixel Watch's emergency functionality, you can call emergency services in an emergency. Emergency services can use your location to easily find you when emergency location services are on. You can also add emergency contacts to call instead of emergency services.
Fall detection uses the Pixel Watch's accelerometer and machine learning to detect a potential fall. When this feature is turned on, the Pixel Watch will notify you and ask if you should call emergency services. If you don't answer, the watch will call the emergency services for you. When setting up fall detection, you can select a specific emergency contact to call instead of the emergency services.
To enable fall detection and emergency calls on your Google Pixel Watch:
How to activate the SOS emergency call feature:
You can enable this feature directly from your Pixel Watch or through the Pixel Watch app on your phone. To activate it from your watch, follow these steps:
- Swipe down from the top of the clock screen.
- Click on (Settings) and select (Security and Emergency) from the list of options.
- Click on the (Emergency SOS) option.
- Scroll down and enable the Alerts option.
- Scroll right to enable (Emergency Location Services), then scroll down to (Emergency Location Services) and enable it.
If you want to enable the feature using your phone instead of your watch, follow these steps:
- Open the Google Pixel Watch app on your phone and select (Watch Settings).
- Select (Security and Emergency) and click (Emergency SOS).
- Enable the Security feature option.
To enable fall detection on your Google Pixel Watch:
You can enable fall detection from the Google Pixel Watch itself or from the Pixel Watch app on your phone. To activate it from your watch, follow these steps:
- Swipe down from the top of the clock screen.
- Click on (Settings) and select (Security and Emergency) from the list of options.
- Click on the (Emergency SOS) option.
- Scroll right then down until you see the option for fall detection, tap to enable the feature.
To enable fall detection with the Pixel Watch app, open the app on your phone and follow these steps:
- Click (Display Settings), then select (Security and Emergency).
- Click on the (Emergency SOS) option, then click on the fall detection option and enable the function.
How to add emergency contacts on Google Pixel Watch:
If you want to add a contact to call instead of emergency services, you can do so directly from your watch by following these steps:
- Swipe down from the top of the clock screen.
- Click on (Settings) and select (Security and Emergency) from the list of options.
- Click on the (Emergency SOS) option and select (Add Contact).
- Tap Allow to allow your watch to access your phone contacts.
- Select the name of the person you want to add as an emergency contact.