Question Android watch with fall detection

pammesue

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So I need a watch with fall detection. My mom has a samsung android phone and I have an Iphone.

She is 82 and wont even consider changing to any apple products. She has a history of falling and has now come to live with me. Her bedroom is on the opposite side of the house and Im worried i may not hear her if she falls in the night. She walks with a cane and will not carry her phone with her to the bathroom as she might become unstable.
I am thinking I could get her a smartwatch with fall detection, however we dont want to spend 300 bucks and add another phone line etc. Money is tight.

Is there a smartwatch that detects falls that is a reasonable price? Like if she fell would it call me? does this work through alexa or something. Im not really tech savvy .

I did try to setup the hey google call daughter voice control on her phone and it works ONLY if the phone is not in sleep mode which I have tried in vain to make it never lock or timeout. I checked the settings and i did everything my searches said to do but it always times out.

any help would be great. Im at my wits end with caring for her since my daddy passed a month ago. Everything is hard! Thanks so much yall.
 
Sorry to hear about the situation -- that's stressful for sure!

Since she has a Samsung phone, a Galaxy Watch would probably be the best bet -- Fall Detection is a feature on the Watch3 and above: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10003423/

All generations of the Pixel Watch have Fall Detection, and you can probably find the 1st or 2nd gen Pixel Watches for fairly cheap: https://support.google.com/googlepixelwatch/answer/12663810?hl=en. The Pixel Watch 2 is currently on sale on Amazon for $149.
 
I have the Samsung Watch 6 and it has fall detection. I didn't even know about it. I hit my pillow watching sports (in anger lol) and the watch freaked out and asked if I fell and if I needed to contact 911. I was saying "oops" to myself LOL
"It looks like your QB just threw an interception. Would you like me to call 911?" 😝
 

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