Apple devices’ crash and fall detection features are reportedly flooding 911 emergency service and dispatch centers in states across the U.S.
“When people crash up there, and they have these watches, they automatically dial 911, but then it’s an open-ended line. So, our dispatchers are able to tell if there’s a true emergency or if they can hear the rustling in the background and that it’s just a misdial. We took our numbers from 911 misdials from previous years, even last year, and, KATU said that local agencies had reported unintentional 911 calls on Mount Hood and Schweitzer Mountain.
As of September, Apple Watches and iPhone 14s were equipped with technology that was meant to alert 911 dispatchers. Fall detection technology was introduced in 2018.Apple did not immediately “We have been aware that in some specific scenarios these features have triggered emergency services when a user didn’t experience a severe car crash or hard fall,” Alex Kirschner, an Apple spokesman, said.also said that updates to the software in late 2022 had been intended to reduce the number of false dials.
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