Google adds new fall detection and battery-saving features to the Pixel Watch in latest update.
Google has rolled out its March 2023 updates for all current-generation Pixel mobile devices this week. The Google Pixel Watch gets fall detection, a power-saving Digital Clock watch-face, improved alarm support, and other bug fixes and improvements to bring it in line with the rest of our best smartwatch list.
If it feels familiar, it’s because Google announced Fall Detection on February 28, reiterating it in a blog post detailing its March feature Drop for Pixels (opens in new tab). Fall detection is the marquee feature here. Much like with the Apple Watch 8, you’ll be able to have your Pixel Watch automatically detect if you’ve been in a fall and help dial emergency services to come to your aid.
It’ll do this with a prompt that allows you to choose whether the fall was severe enough to contact emergency services. If you don’t make a decision within 60 seconds, the watch will contact emergency services automatically.
