The FDA has granted clearance to a potentially lifesaving feature for Google’s Pixel Watch 3. The smartwatch will start offering “loss of pulse detection” for US customers at the end of March. Once this aspect of the watch is enabled, the Pixel Watch 3 can automatically place a call to emergency services if it detects that the wearer’s pulse has stopped. That could help a user receive critical medical attention even if they are responsive in situations such as cardiac arrest, respiratory or circulatory failure, overdose or poisoning.
Loss of pulse detection was announced last year and is already available to Pixel
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