WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:02.700 Google recently released an update to the Pixel watch, 2 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.100 adding fall detection in important, 3 00:00:05.190 --> 00:00:08.490 super important safety feature for all pixel watch users. 4 00:00:08.790 --> 00:00:11.970 I'm Jason Cypriani and in this zd net how to video, 5 00:00:12.210 --> 00:00:15.060 I'm gonna walk you through how to get access to the feature as well as how to 6 00:00:15.065 --> 00:00:15.898 turn it on. 7 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:22.050 So as I just mentioned, there is a firmware update. 8 00:00:22.050 --> 00:00:26.430 You need to make sure it is installed on your pixel watch before you can enable 9 00:00:26.435 --> 00:00:29.730 fall detection. It had rolled out a little early for some users, 10 00:00:29.730 --> 00:00:34.440 but the tried and true guaranteed way to get access to fall detection 11 00:00:34.740 --> 00:00:37.920 is to update your pixel watch. In order to update your pixel watch, 12 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:42.480 what you'll need to do is on your watch itself is from the watch screen, 13 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:44.970 swipe down, tap on the settings gear, 14 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.300 go all the way to the bottom and find system, 15 00:00:48.390 --> 00:00:53.250 tap on that next select system updates and your watch will connect to the 16 00:00:53.250 --> 00:00:56.250 server. Think about it, do whatever it needs to do. 17 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.390 But what you're looking for is Android security update March 5th, 2023. 18 00:01:00.390 --> 00:01:02.640 If you have that at the bottom of your screen, 19 00:01:02.940 --> 00:01:07.200 you're on the latest and greatest software version of Pixel Watch os 20 00:01:07.590 --> 00:01:11.970 and you're good to go. If not, grab your pixel watch charger, 21 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.660 make sure you're still connected to your smartphone that's powering or connected 22 00:01:15.660 --> 00:01:18.630 to the watch and make sure you have a good wifi connection. 23 00:01:18.810 --> 00:01:21.360 Install the update or if you're several updates behind, 24 00:01:21.390 --> 00:01:26.250 install all updates until you get to this March 5th security update. 25 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.880 The process of enabling fall detection takes just a few taps. 26 00:01:30.090 --> 00:01:31.260 There are two different methods. 27 00:01:31.260 --> 00:01:33.180 I'm gonna walk you through both of them right now. 28 00:01:33.540 --> 00:01:36.570 First one is on your paired Android device, 29 00:01:36.575 --> 00:01:38.460 whichever one is paired to your pixel watch. 30 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.070 What you wanna do is go to the Pixel Watch app. 31 00:01:41.790 --> 00:01:46.410 You're going to then go to watch preferences and there's a 32 00:01:46.410 --> 00:01:48.330 safety and emergency option here. 33 00:01:48.330 --> 00:01:51.570 You're gonna tap on that and then you have two options. Emergency sos, 34 00:01:52.170 --> 00:01:53.160 you should turn that on. 35 00:01:53.430 --> 00:01:56.970 That allows you to get help and alert your emergency contacts if you're in a 36 00:01:56.970 --> 00:01:59.760 situation that you don't feel comfortable in. 37 00:01:59.820 --> 00:02:02.940 And the other one is fall detection. We're gonna focus on that for now. 38 00:02:03.330 --> 00:02:06.990 So I currently have it turned off, but what you'll do is select fall detection, 39 00:02:07.320 --> 00:02:09.090 then toggle the switch on. 40 00:02:09.720 --> 00:02:14.010 You may be asked to approve advanced location permissions. 41 00:02:14.310 --> 00:02:15.870 I don't remember the exact verbiage, 42 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:20.790 but basically you need to give the watch and your phone permission to 43 00:02:20.940 --> 00:02:25.410 record your exact location in case you fall. Uh, which you wanna do that, 44 00:02:25.410 --> 00:02:29.550 so approve those. You can also help improve fall detection here. 45 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:34.200 If your watch turn that on and if your watch detects a fall or what it thinks is 46 00:02:34.200 --> 00:02:36.450 a fall and you say, no, I didn't fall. 47 00:02:36.450 --> 00:02:39.030 I was riding a mountain bike or doing something else, 48 00:02:39.030 --> 00:02:40.680 or slam my fist on the table, 49 00:02:41.130 --> 00:02:45.450 you can tell the watch to report that that actually wasn't a hard fall. 50 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:49.770 Please use that in the algorithm going forward to help improve everything. 51 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:50.250 All right, 52 00:02:50.250 --> 00:02:55.170 so now if I was to leave this on fall detection would be on using 53 00:02:55.170 --> 00:02:59.040 the Pixel Watch app. I'm gonna turn it off just for demonstration. 54 00:03:00.220 --> 00:03:00.460 All right, 55 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:04.150 so now I'm gonna walk you through enabling fall detection on your Pixel watch. 56 00:03:04.390 --> 00:03:08.200 So what you'll do is from the main screen, tap the crown button, 57 00:03:08.230 --> 00:03:12.730 scroll through your installed apps until you find personal safety, 58 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:17.320 which is now an app installed on pixel phone as well as Pixel Watch. 59 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:21.370 You'll select that look familiar, 60 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.340 same menu emergency sos at the top fall detection. 61 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:26.350 Below it we're gonna select fall detection, 62 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.170 and this is gonna walk you through turning it on. 63 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:33.940 You'll toggle the switch and then you're gonna be asked if you want to 64 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:36.430 approve it to like, 65 00:03:36.430 --> 00:03:40.300 I was like the phone asked to help improve, uh, 66 00:03:40.330 --> 00:03:43.270 fall detection by reporting false alerts and, and all of that. 67 00:03:43.270 --> 00:03:47.710 So I'm gonna go ahead and hit agree. All right, with fall detection on now, 68 00:03:47.830 --> 00:03:50.740 here's how it works. There's a bunch of sensors and algorithms, 69 00:03:51.160 --> 00:03:52.210 sensors in the watch, 70 00:03:52.270 --> 00:03:56.320 algorithms in the software that look for a hard falls. 71 00:03:56.470 --> 00:04:00.190 If you were to like fall off a ladder, it would detect that, 72 00:04:00.190 --> 00:04:04.330 and then you have 30 seconds to reply to an alert on your watch asking you if 73 00:04:04.330 --> 00:04:08.470 you're okay, if you're all right. You can say, yep, I fell. No, I didn't fall, 74 00:04:08.950 --> 00:04:11.680 and I'm okay. Or you can say, I need help. 75 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:15.250 If you don't reply to that alert within those first 30 seconds, 76 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:19.600 it's gonna sound an alarm, a siren type alarm on the watch itself, 77 00:04:19.660 --> 00:04:21.310 and then it's gonna call for help. 78 00:04:21.340 --> 00:04:25.780 Emergency services will show up and hopefully get you the help that you need. 79 00:04:26.770 --> 00:04:28.240 It's a super handy feature. 80 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.960 It's one that you turn on and hopefully forget about and never have to use, 81 00:04:32.230 --> 00:04:36.460 but it adds a level of peace of mind knowing that if you are someone who works 82 00:04:36.460 --> 00:04:41.410 on ladder or high up or you're someone who is accident prone and something were 83 00:04:41.410 --> 00:04:44.440 to happen, at least you're gonna have a way to get help, 84 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:48.970 even if heaven forbid your unconscious. I'm Jason Siani. 85 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:51.040 Thanks for watching this zd net. How to video. 86 00:04:51.310 --> 00:04:54.340 Hopefully you learn how to turn on fall detection on your Pixel watch. 87 00:04:54.610 --> 00:04:58.240 Make sure to check out zdnet.com for more tech tips just like this one, 88 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.060 as well as all the latest news and reviews.