Is Fall Detection going to be available on Sense?

[BJBFit]

The Sense has an accelerometer sensor and Bluetooth phone access. I believe that is what would be needed hardware wise for fall detection. I was wondering if anyone  knew if this was being worked on as a software update for the Sense, and if so when it might be made available? It's becoming a desirable function of smartwatches. Many watches now support  this feature.

Moderator Edit: Clarified subject

[LZeeW]

@BJBFit   Fitbit doesn’t announce what features it is developing until it releases them.  I know that Google recently added fall detection to Pixel Watch.  The way to give feedback to Fitbit on this topic is through the Product Feedback forum.

[BJBFit]

Thank you. I posted the question to the Product Feedback Forum.

[Jdsenter]

@BJBFit I highly doubt Fitbit/Google are doing anything to improve the Sense, their focus is on the Sense 2 (lite), or Pixel Watch. So far they have only removed features.

[Guy_]

Hi @BJBFit  - as @Jdsenter says, it is highly unlikely they will retrofit a fall detection feature to a Sense or even Sense 2, even though there is a long standing feature suggestion for it.

If you need that feature unfortunately you will need to look at other brands.

[BJBFit]

Planned obsolescence. I like the Sense very much, but I'll start looking at a replacement that does have that feature I guess.