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several garmin watches have had this feature since May (I think) of this year, requiring a paired garmin compatible phone, actively running garmin app, to work;
by skygazer 7y ago
several garmin watches have had this feature since May (I think) of this year, requiring a paired garmin compatible phone, actively running garmin app, to work; sends text to selected contact about “incident.” Doesn’t appear to contact emergency services.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/featured-2/safety-and-tracking-features https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/featured-2/safety-and-trac...
- kingosticks 7y agoThe 2015 Garmin Edge Explore 1000 bike computer has this feature. By all accounts it was/is implemented poorly and triggers erroneously all the time. If they'd made it call the emergency services they'd have got in a lot of trouble. Apple don't deserve any credit for the idea but deserve something for doing it well.
- Avamander 7y agoIf there's one thing Apple does well is reinventing the "wheel". Every single one of their product seems to be an improved iteration over some predecessor, I don't have any Apple devices though, I might be wrong.