Important: Walking Steadiness works on iPhones 8 and newer running iOS 15 or later. It’s also important to remember that Walking Steadiness metrics can’t prevent falls altogether, but they do provide helpful data to allow you to keep track of risk factors and movement patterns related to fall risk.
How to Turn On Walking Steadiness on iPhone
New to iOS 15, Walking Steadiness can help you improve your own safety or that of others by keeping track of how stable a user is when they walk, run, or do other activities.
Open the Health app.
Select the Summary tab.
Scroll down to Walking Steadiness Notifications and select Set Up.
Select Next.
Confirm your personal details and select Next.
Read about what each Walking Steadiness level means, then select Next.
If you want notifications about low or very low walking steadiness levels, select Turn On to allow alerts. Otherwise, select Not Now.
Select Done.
You’ll be taken directly to the Walking Steadiness summary page where you’ll find your recent results and several other resources. If you’re interested in reading more about the feature and learning some exercises to help improve stability, scroll down to see the included resources.
