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An emergency alert notification sent to phones in Summit County, Colorado Sunday morning was an error, county emergency officials said.

With the iPhone 14 models, Apple introduced a Crash Detection feature that is designed to contact emergency services automatically should a collision be detecte

Dispatchers for 911 emergency calls "are being inundated with false, automated distress calls from Apple devices owned by skiers who are very much alive," reports the New York Times: "Do you have an emergency?" [911 emergency dispatcher] Betts asked. No, the man said, he was skiing — safely, ...

Apple devices crash and fall detection features are reportedly placing calls that are inundating 911 emergency service and dispatch centers across the U.S.

Apple devices' crash and fall detection features are reportedly placing calls that are inundating 911 emergency service and dispatch centers across the U.S.

Summit County dispatchers received 524 false alarms in January from skiers' Apple devices with crash detection. People have 10 seconds to respond to the alerts.

IPhone 14 and Apple Watch 8 crash detection is causing problems for emergency services near ski slopes.

Apple's Crash Detection feature causes an alarm on Colorado emergency dispatchers after the group recorded 185 false calls in a week.

911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who are very much alive.

Emergency services could face a flurry of false alarms this summer as an automatic crash detection system is rolled out on Apple’s newest cellphones.
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