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Dispatchers at the Summit County 911 Center fielded 71 automated crash notifications from skiers’ iPhones and Apple watches at the county’s four ski areas last weekend. None of them involved an emergency. But each of...
Apple's Crash Detection feature this past weekend sent 71 notifications to a county's 911 dispatch center from four ski areas; not one was a real emergency.
Dispatchers at the Summit County 911 Center have reportedly been fielding huge numbers of automated notifications from local skiers' iPhones and Apple Watches at the county's four ski areas last weekend. New iPhones feature "crash detection" and "fall detection" that automatically call 911 when the device thinks its user has been in a car wreck or other accident, which skiing apparently sets off as well.
IPhone 14 car crash detection is now being triggered by people skiing - SiliconANGLE
Apple car crash detection feature raises 71 false alarms. In Canada, there is a similar situation of false alarms which consume resources