How to use SOS and Fall Detection Feature of Galaxy Fit 3

How to use SOS and Fall Detection Feature of Galaxy Fit 3

Just like other Samsung wearable, the company also added this innovative feature on the new fitness tracker from Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Fit3 is loaded with SOS help feature as well as the Fall Detection feature. It is a very useful feature that is also available in other high end smartwatches. And these function has been proven to be very useful and was able to save lives. We have the tutorial below on how to setup the Fall detection, and SOS feature on the Galaxy Fit 3.

Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 Fall Detection Feature
Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 Fall Detection Feature

Setting Up SOS and Fall Detection Feature

Here is the step by step process on how to setup, enable fall detection as well as SOS on your Samsung Galaxy Fit 3

1. On your Galaxy Fit 3, Go to Settings

2. Tap on “Safety and Emergency”

Before you continue to enable the SOS as well as Fall Detection You have to encode first your Medical Information.

3, Tap on Medical Info

Information you have to encode are :

  • Medical Conditions
  • Allergies
  • Current Medications
  • Blood Type

4. After you complete the Medical Info, you can now add an Emergency Contacts, tap on it, and you can set it on the phone

5. Tap on Emergency SOS to Set it. “Press the Home button 5 times to share your location with your emergency contacts and ask them for help”. You can also set a 10 second countdown before asking for help.

6. Tap on to set ” Hard Fall Detection”. When you band detects a hard fall, it will signal your phone to call your emergency number for help.

So far based on our test, these features works. And these can be a very big help in times of emergency. See the specs below of the Galaxy Fit 3 Device from Samsung.

Specifications of the Galaxy Fit 3 Device

OS: FreeRTOS

Screen Display: AMOLED

Pixel Resolution: 256 x 402 pixels

Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3

Memory (MB): 16 MB

Storage (MB): 256 MB

Sensors: Accelerometer,Barometer,Gyro Sensor,Optical Heart Rate Sensor,Light Sensor

Battery Capacity: 208 mAh

 Typical Usage Time: Up to 13 Days

Jo Di Calivo -Blogger, Tech Guru, providing the current news on wearables particularly on smartwatches, smartbands. And loves to go fishing on spare time.