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Apple was showered with praise for introducing the hard detection feature on the Apple Watch, especially after incidents in which it saved people’s lives made headlines. Google is now making a similar move with its Pixel phone.
XDA Developers have uncovered modifications to the Emergency Information app on the Pixel phone, which include a crash detection feature. If you’re in a car accident and are rendered unresponsive, the phone will call 911 for you – and do all the talking for you too, obviously.
The updated app will be renamed Personal Safety and will use location and sensor readings (microphone and accelerometer) to determine if you’ve been in a car crash. Initially, the phone will issue an audio alert and vibrations, to ascertain if you’re ok. If you’re unresponsive, it will automatically dial 911 and deliver a prerecorded message to first responders, along with your location.
You will also be able to enter emergency contacts and your medical history, which would be releavant to first responders in case of an accident. After dialing 911, Pixel will also contact your emergency contacts and, if you so wish, deliver to them the message you choose.
XDA Developers says that the updated app will probably become available with the release of Pixel 4 this month. It will only be available to U.S. residents at first, with no word on when or if Google will take it worldwide.
Just last month, one cyclist went public with his story of survival thanks to his Apple Watch. The cyclist lost control of the bike at 20 mph and hit his head, blacking out despite the fact that he was wearing a helmet.
His Apple Watch, which he had bought specifically because of this feature, which he assumed would come in handy in his lonely long rides, alerted him when it was triggered for a hard fall. When the cyclist failed to respond, it called 911 and alerted his son that he’d been in an accident.
The updated app will be renamed Personal Safety and will use location and sensor readings (microphone and accelerometer) to determine if you’ve been in a car crash. Initially, the phone will issue an audio alert and vibrations, to ascertain if you’re ok. If you’re unresponsive, it will automatically dial 911 and deliver a prerecorded message to first responders, along with your location.
You will also be able to enter emergency contacts and your medical history, which would be releavant to first responders in case of an accident. After dialing 911, Pixel will also contact your emergency contacts and, if you so wish, deliver to them the message you choose.
XDA Developers says that the updated app will probably become available with the release of Pixel 4 this month. It will only be available to U.S. residents at first, with no word on when or if Google will take it worldwide.
Just last month, one cyclist went public with his story of survival thanks to his Apple Watch. The cyclist lost control of the bike at 20 mph and hit his head, blacking out despite the fact that he was wearing a helmet.
His Apple Watch, which he had bought specifically because of this feature, which he assumed would come in handy in his lonely long rides, alerted him when it was triggered for a hard fall. When the cyclist failed to respond, it called 911 and alerted his son that he’d been in an accident.
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