Activate Hard Fall Detection on my Samsung Watch

The Galaxy Watch3, Watch4 & Watch5 is designed to automatically detects hard falls with its enhanced accelerometer, sending an SOS message to your Emergency contact with your location as well as allow you to call your Emergency contacts. Follow the below guide to learn how to set up Hard Fall Detection function on your Galaxy Watch.

**Galaxy Watch3, Watch4 & Watch5 cannot detect all falls. Intense physical activity can trigger Fall Detection feature Sending SOS calls and messages requires network connection and smartphone pairing. Galaxy Watch 3, Watch4 or Watch5 is not a medical/therapeutic device and is not intended for medical use. It is solely intended for fitness and wellness purposes only and is not intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions; or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease; or for the prevention or control of pregnancy. Samsung recommends that you consult with your doctor before participating in any exercise program. Using the Samsung Health app with Galaxy Watch3, Watch4 & Watch5 requires signup and pairing with your compatible smartphone. Fall Detection must be switched on and your location must be enabled to share with your Emergency contact.

Please Note: This guide is designed for Australian variant Galaxy devices, if you have an international device and require further support click here to get in touch with your Samsung subsidiary. 

Prior to following the below guide ensure that you have paired your Galaxy Watch to your compatible smartphone, check out our guide Pair a device with the Galaxy Wearable app for step-by-step instructions.

1Launch the  Galaxy Wearable app

2Tap on Watch settings

3Tap on Safety and emergency

4Select Hard Fall detection

Please also ensure you have set at least 1 emergency contact in your emergency contacts list. Please click here for more information on setting up your emergency contact list.

5Toggle on Hard Fall Detection

6Then choose when to detect falls

Please Note: After a fall, your watch will alert you for 60 seconds with a popup, sound and vibration. You can cancel the alert or swipe to send SOSes right away. If you don't respond for 60 seconds, an SOS message will be sent to your Emergency contacts.