Pixel Watch 3 Gets FDA Clearance For Loss of Pulse Alerts

Google has received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3's Loss of Pulse Detection feature, which will start rolling out to U.S. devices around the end of March. The Verge reports: The Loss of Pulse Detection feature is exactly what it sounds like: if the Pixel Watch 3 senses that you've lost your pulse through an event like a heart attack or an overdose, it'll send you a prompt. If you don't respond, it'll automatically call emergency services on your behalf. Back in August, Sandeep Waraich, Google's senior director of product manager for Pixel wearables, told The Verge that the Pixel Watch 3 is capable of differentiating between a genuine loss-of-pulse event and a person simply taking the watch off.

Pish. Worthless without an armed response tier.

[Narcocide]

Everyone who's anyone knows that the pros go with DocWagon [fandom.com].

How long

[Valgrus Thunderaxe]

until you heart stops beating and EMS arrives?

Re:

[Anonymous Coward]

It depends on the circumstances. Your logic also lends itself to:

• "If my house burns down, I can just rebuild using the money I saved not buying insurance."
• "If I have medical or dental problems, I can pay my bills using the money I saved not buying insurance."
• "If I have car problems, I can just pay for repairs the money I saved not performing basic maintenance."

If you live in a neighborhood where having a gun will increase your safety, then spend $200 to get a gun and training. If you live in the other 99

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[drinkypoo]

If you live in a neighborhood where having a gun will increase your safety, then spend $200 to get a gun and training.

Ha! $200 won't buy you a decent gun or decent training. It's more like $400 for each.

If you live in the other 99.9% of the country where it wouldn't keep you any safer, then don't bother.

All bets are off.

What about Dick Cheney?

[zawarski]

He has not had pulse for years.

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[Valgrus Thunderaxe]

And Biden hasn't had brain waves for years.

Re: What about Dick Cheney?

[zawarski]

Meh. You kids and your Biden/Trump/Elon nonsense. Back in my day we had real villains like Cheney and Rumsfeld. Those were some scary motherfuckers.

At that point you're dead.

[backslashdot]

We need tech to monitor for both heart attacks and stroke right as they are happening or even prior to symptom onset.I'm thinking a replace-monthly stickers or subdermal implant (charge, in that case) that can monitor brainwaves and heart rhythms, designed for elderly people or hypochondriacs. It can talk to a smartphone or something using ultra low power. Can't any of you slashdot nerds make that happen? It would be something they could wear for weeks or months before needing a replacement. It's not that c

Re: At that point you're dead.

[Big Hairy Gorilla]

This has monetization written all over it. The potential to rationally scare someone info buying this is excellent. Just advertise to hypochondriacs as a target market on TV . Bam. Who watches TV? Older people. Every single one has a health problem.

Wondering how the tests went...

[tliet]

I mean, it can differentiate between a user taking the watch off and having a cardiac arrest. I can just see the test scenarios...

great, more bullshit 911 calls

[Indy1]

Apple Watches already generate a bazillion garbage 911 alerts - such as crash alerts when no crash has happened.

Now we'll be getting bazillion "Grandpa just died! " alerts.