The Apple Watch series has been credited severally for saving lives in several ways. The latest is a report of the Emergency SOS feature coming handy for two kayakers in Puerto Rico who had gone out without wearing lifejackets and their kayaks sank.
The two men were said to be tourists who had gone kayaking off Ocean Park Beach in San Juan, Puerto. Due to hazardous water conditions and high-surf advisories, however, water overtook their kayaks. This left the two men stranded in the rough water conditions.
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According to the US Coast Guard, the men were forced to swim in the water for several hours after the kayaks sank. Thankfully, one of the men was wearing an Apple Watch, which he was able to use to call emergency services with the Emergency SOS feature. With that, the Coast Guard and local police were able to locate them using a helicopter.
The Apple Watch Emergency SOS feature makes it easy for users to quickly call emergency services using the side button. The latest Watch Series 5 makes it even better by allowing users to call local emergency services when you’re in another country or region.
Apart from the emergency SOS feature, the Watch comes with other lifesaving features including a heart rate detector. The feature is credited to have saved a UK man’s life by detecting an excessively low heart rate. The fall detector feature on the Apple Watch series also did help save a man’s life in the US after he fainted and fell hard in the bathroom. The watch then called emergency services.
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