Apple constantly upgrades iOS, making it convenient not only for fans of an active lifestyle, but also good for health in general. One of these features is the measurement of walking stability , which is even in iOS 15, but not everyone knows about it. It uses various algorithms to track the user’s movement speed, stride length, walking asymmetry, and more. Thanks to it, you can not only track statistics in Health cards, but also receive notifications if your iPhone thinks that you are at high risk of falling. Let’s figure out how this feature works, who it is useful for and how to enable it.
The iPhone can tell you when you might fall. It also explains how to avoid it.
iPhone Walking Stability – What is it?
When we talk about the Health app, we mean that the lion’s share of the functions will be available only when you connect a bracelet, third-party smartwatch or Apple Watch. But it’s not: step counting, activity counting, and more all work thanks to the iPhone. Walking stability is no exception. The function evaluates how well you keep your balance when you walk. The lower the option will rate your sustainability, the higher the risk of falling, but not at a certain point, but the average over the next 12 months.
Believe it or not, I never came close to falling!
The data is classified in such a way that you should receive an “OK” score. Worse, if the application gives you “Low” or “Very low”. Here’s what they mean.
- Normal – At this level, you have no risk of falling in the next 12 months.
- Low – walking stability has decreased to a level where there is a risk of falling.
- Very low – the level of stability is unstable, and the risk of falling is high.
You can view the walking stability diagram by going to the “Overview” and selecting “Mobility”. With the help of orange blocks, changes for individual days, weeks or months are displayed – just swipe them left and right. As mentioned above, the iPhone can send sustainability notifications . Here’s how to enable them.
How to enable walking stability notification
The trick is that notifications can be received not only by the owner of the iPhone, but also by other people if you set up Health. For example, to look after the sick. Here’s how Apple technology works.
Mobility metrics can always be added to your summary
- Open Health on iPhone.
- At the bottom, select the Overview tab and click Mobility.
- Scroll down the page – you will see “Walking stability notifications” and click “Set up”.
- Follow the instructions on the screen and be sure to enter your exact height and weight.
- At the end, click “Enable” and add to Favorites so as not to lose sight of the card.
But you should not wait for them immediately if you start to fall. Resilience will be measured over 7 days and notifications will be sent every three months – that’s how it works.
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In addition, you can start sharing medical data with other users. It is very easy to do this.
You can always share your data with other users
- Click the “Access” tab at the bottom.
- Select Start Sharing.
- Enter the name of the contact from the iPhone memory in the search bar.
Important note: The other user must have at least iOS 15 installed on their iPhone in order to receive your data. I tried to add a friend who still has iOS 14 installed – it didn’t work.
Health tokens on iPhone
Health in iPhone is not only an application for calculating various indicators, but also for improving them. Please note that each card, whether it’s a rumor or a dream, has its own recommendations and explanations that most users skip, but in vain! In Health there are also tips for improving mobility : a small help explains why stability decreases due to age, injury or loss of vision. Just look!
Apple explains why certain features are needed
- Sit down to get up – this will help strengthen the leg muscles.
- Perform lifts on socks – you can strengthen the muscles of the lower extremities.
- Do hip abduction to strengthen muscles and improve balance.
- Walk on your heels and on your toes to improve your balance.
Apple Health has many different explanations from the Apple Fitness department in the form of animations. It’s nice that you don’t need a subscription to a fitness service to view. In addition, at the bottom of each recommendation there is a link to download a PDF file with more detailed information – you can save it to your iPhone to study in detail.
Looking forward to iPhone 14 ? Take your time: Apple is preparing the iPhone SE 4 for you , which is rumored to be released as early as next year. We talked about what he is good for in our article .