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When Google updated Android back in August 2020, it rolled out a host of new tools and features. That was when the Android Earthquake Alerts System first saw the light of day. The safety feature essentially creates a large network of earthquake detectors by utilizing sensors in Android phones worldwide. Android users around the world can take advantage of the system by looking up earthquakes near me for near-instant updates.
Initially, notifications for the Android Earthquake Alerts System were only available in select locations in the U.S., with Oregon being the most recent addition. Today the Mountain View-based tech giant announced that the earthquake alerts will now be available in two more locations. Android users in Greece and New Zealand will now receive automatic notifications about earthquakes in the regions. Google st
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Google LLC today announced it’s expanding its Android Earthquake Alerts System that uses mobile phones to both detect earthquakes and warn users to countries that don’t have early-warning alert systems.
The system is currently being introduced in Greece and New Zealand, where Android users will receive automatic early-warning alerts when an earthquake is detected in their area.
The early-warning alerts operate by using the accelerometers built into most Android smartphones to detect seismic waves that indicate earthquake activity. If the phone detects shaking that the software believes might indicate an earthquake, it sends a signal to the earthquake detection server, along with a location.
NZ, Greece first countries to get Google system that turns Android phones into earthquake sensors
28 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Android Earthquake Alerts System uses the sensors in Android phones to detect earthquakes. Image / Getty Images
The Android Earthquake Alerts System uses the sensors in Android phones to detect earthquakes. Image / Getty Images
New Zealand and Greece have today become the first countries to get a Google technology that turns Android phones into a network of earthquake detectors - the better to deliver automated early warnings.
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Previously the eight-month-old system has only been available in parts of the US.
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