Your Google Pixel Watch 3 is about to get a life-saving update - for free

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET The Pixel Watch 3 is getting a first-of-its-kind, potentially life-saving feature. Also: My new favorite Android smartwatch outperforms Google and Samsung in a crucial way In a blog post today, Google announced that it had received FDA clearance for its Loss of Pulse Detection feature. Tracking your heartbeat The feature works by tracking your heartbeat. If your heart stops beating -- due to cardiac arrest, respiratory or circulatory failure, overdose, or poisoning -- your watch will automatically turn on more accurate infrared LEDs and look for motion data. If the watch determines you're not responsive, it will start a countdown and audio alarm. If you still don't respond, the watch will place a call to emergency services using your LTE or phone connection, inform them that you don't have a pulse, and share your location. Also: The best Android smartwatches Google says the watch will be able to tell the difference between an actual cardiac event and the us ... Read full article.