Google Pixel phones feature Car Crash Detection like iPhone 14 and Apple Watch; how to turn it on

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    By Ben Schoon @NexusBen - September 7, 2022
     
  2. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "iPhone 14 Crash Detection Calls 911 on Roller Coasters

    Apple's testing of the new feature clearly didn't involve visiting theme parks and having fun...

    Apple's Crash Detection feature on iPhone 14 thinks some roller coaster rides are a severe car crash and proceeds to call 911.

    As The Wall Street Journal reports, there have been multiple incidents where an iPhone 14 has contacted emergency services during a roller coaster ride and conveyed the message 'The owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash and is not responding to their phone'..."

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/iphone-14-crash-detection-calls-911-on-roller-coasters
     
  3. EASTER

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    Oh brother. The false alarm syndrome in handsets. Fantastic technology NOT
     
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