Fall Detection is one of the best reasons to wear a smartwatch, especially if you want a safety feature that can help without much setup.
But Google looks ready to make it less flexible on the Pixel Watch, with newly spotted app strings suggesting you’ll soon need to sign in with a Google account to keep using it.
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Right now, Pixel Watch users can still enable Fall Detection without linking an account. According to Android Authority’s APK teardown, code found in version 4.4.0.897056328 of the Pixel Watch app points to new warnings that would tell users to sign in to Personal Safety if they want to keep the feature active.
The strings also suggest Google may allow a grace period before access is cut off, though the exact number of days isn’t clear. That means a feature that works on the watch today may soon
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