Cook said in the past he receives letters from customers whose Apple Watch has saved their lives or the lives of their relatives. But things hit too close to home when his father, while still alive, fell while turning on the Apple Watch's fall detection feature. On Apple Watch, this life-saving tool detects when an Apple Watch user has taken a major fall. If the user does not respond to the alert quickly, the device assumes the user is incapacitated and emergency help is summoned.

Along with calling for help and listing the location of the Apple Watch owner, their emergency contacts are also notified. This is what happened with Tim CookCook's father When emergency services arrived after being called by the Apple Watch, Cook's father did not respond to paramedics who were knocking on his door. Tim Cook He explained what happened next: “He didn't respond to the door, so they kicked the door down — which was a good thing they did because he wasn't conscious at the time,” the Apple CEO said.

Cook explained to the hosts that the Apple Watch's accelerometer is used to detect falls. The CEO went on to explain that his father didn't thank Tim for the Apple Watch's fall detection feature that saved his life. Instead, he was more disturbed by the damage caused by first responders who were forced to kick in the door. "No, he was focusing on the door, to be honest," Cook told Jesse and Lenny Weir, laughing as he recalled the memory. He was more upset, "They kicked out my door!"

In an interesting part of the conversation, the hosts noted that Cook's Apple Watch appeared to receive multiple notifications during the interview. The Apple CEO admits that he will turn off notifications on his Apple Watch at night if he sleeps with the watch on.