For the over-65 population, falling can be a serious health risk. Three million older people each year are treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries, according to the CDC, and one in four ...

The Forbes Health editorial team conducted first-hand user testing and detailed market analysis of 15 popular products, ...

Google has filed a patent for fall detection via smart home devices using a radar system. The feature would notify an emergency contact or emergency services in the event of a fall. This suggests that ...

The Apple Watch's health features are making headlines this month, and have been credited with saving at least two lives. Fall Detection came in handy in two emergency situations in Minnesota and Ohio ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

Most of us wish our parents would live as long as humanly possible, but some challenges arise if our wishes come true. While every individual is different, advanced aging usually brings about mobility ...

Raylene Hackenwerth received an Apple Watch as a gift.. a gift that she says saved her life. The wearable called 911 for her after it detected she had taken a very bad fall. And that’s just the start.

Google has announced that its highly anticipated fall detection feature is rolling out to all Pixel Watch users today. Fall detection uses motion sensors and on-device machine learning to identify if ...

The Apple Watch Series 8 keeps all the functionality offered in earlier versions. For instance, fall detection is a feature that has been included in every Apple Watch model since the first Apple ...