Ask Help Desk: Can an Apple Watch replace a wearable medical alert device?

The Apple Watch has some advantages, such as the ability to automatically alert emergency contacts in addition to 911. If you’re already an Apple Watch user, it’s one less thing to remember to put on, and you don’t need to learn something new. It also includes a number of extra health tracking features. However, for many older people, the Apple Watch screen can be small and difficult to navigate. And if you’ve never used one before, it’s a lot more complicated to learn from scratch than an alert button. It will also need to be charged daily. Another difference is that many medical alert systems are monitored by a 24/7 dispatch center, while Apple Watches act as a way to call 911 directly.