5 Apple Watch features that can save your life: Fall Detection, ECG, and more

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The Apple Watch is now one of the most popular and widely used smartwatches in the world.

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Apart from the usual daily stuff, time and again Apple Watches have been credited with saving the lives of the wearer by alerting them of health anomalies.

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Consequently, it has become one of the most crucial pieces of wearable technology that you can buy in recent years.

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But if you already have one, then check out 5 Apple Watch features that can save your life. Just remember, you may never know when you may need it most as emergencies come unannounced.

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1. Fall Detection - One of the most important features of the Apple Watch, Fall Detection can save your life by detecting if you've had a fall and contacting emergency services.

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2. Crash Detection - This feature can detect if you've been in a car crash and contact your emergency contacts as well as emergency services.

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3. Heart rate monitoring - Apple Watch checks for unusually high or low heart rates in the background, alerting the wearer in case of an unusually high heart rate.

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4. Irregular heart rhythm notifications - This feature occasionally checks for signs of irregular rhythms that may be suggestive of atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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5. ECG - With the ECG app, users who experience symptoms such as a pacing heartbeat, or receive irregular rhythm notification, can capture ECG and record their symptoms.