The Apple Watch Series 4 and above fall detection function transmits your location after a fall. Is this information sent as a text? If I have a talk-only phone plan without texting, for example, would the location still be transmitted as part of the emergency call?
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Thank you. Consumer Cellular has a $20 plan with talk only. However the $15 T-Mobile Connect plan includes text. (Just shopping for the simplest plan for my mother in law.)– J PalmieriCommented Jul 6, 2020 at 3:05
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None of this data is sent as an iMessage or SMS.
If I have a talk-only phone plan without texting, for example, would the location still be transmitted as part of the emergency call?
If you have a talk only plan with no texting (do those still exist?), it won't be able to send GPS location data at all. How would it? "Talk Only" means just that - talk - there's no data whatsoever so it couldn't send location data. It's a moot point anyway.
The way fall detection works is that after a fall has been detected and you haven't responded, it makes a voice call to the programmed emergency number and plays an audio message that includes latitude and longitudinal data.
From Apple Support Use fall detection with Apple Watch
When the call connects, your Apple Watch plays an audio message that informs emergency services that your Apple Watch detected a hard fall and then it shares your current location as latitude and longitude coordinates.
So, to answer your question, yes, the location would be transmitted, as audio as part of the emergency call.
