Apple is considering adding a feature to the Apple Watch that can detect when a user is drowning and send out messages to call for help. The watch would use its sensors to monitor a swimmer's behavior in the water and alert lifeguards, parents, and emergency services if necessary.
and worn on the wrists of models. But the timepiece now has a reputation for being a lifesaving tool thanks to the myriad of health features on the timepiece. The watch will monitor your heart rate, check your heart for abnormal rhythms, call emergency services if the user suffers a fall or is involved in a car crash, and more.is considering for the Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch would be trained to use its sensors to determine when a swimmer is showing signs of irregular behavior while in the water. The patent application notes,"In some embodiments, the swimming metrics and other information are input into a machine learning model that has been trained to classify a swimmer showing regular or irregular behaviour when in the water.
Apple points out that 3,500 people in the U.S. drown every year. The company also notes that while there are already systems available that combine live video feeds with object recognition software to determine if a swimmer is in trouble, those systems can produce false"drowning" readings and swimmers can also block the cameras.
Just because Apple filed this patent application last September, it does not mean that the company will be granted a patent. And even if it does, there is no guarantee that this technology will end up in a future iteration of the Apple Watch. Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it is positive, neutral or negative.
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