Crash & Fall Detection

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Turn Crash Detection on or off 
• Turn Fall Detection on or off 
• Edit Fall Detection settings 

Turn Crash Detection on or off

1. From the clock screen, press the Digital Crown/Home button then select the  Settings app.

3. Select the  Call After Severe Crash switch to enable or disable. 

Note: Crash detection is enable automatically. Apple Watch Ultra cannot detect all car crashes.

Turn Fall Detection on or off 

From the SOS screen, select Fall Detection then select the  Fall Detection switch.

Note: Alternately, you can turn on Fall detection from your paired iPhone. To turn on or off, navigate to and select the  Watch app > Emergency SOS > Fall Detection switch. 

Edit Fall Detection settings

From the Fall Detection screen, select either Always on or Only on during workouts to have Fall Detection on only when you’ve started a workout.