Apple is always keen to add health and safety features to
its devices, and it looks as though car accident detection could be the next
one rolled out.
Tech giant Apple is looking to add a new feature to its
iPhones and Apple Watch series that can detect a car crash and auto-dial 911 to
get emergency help in the event of an accident, Wall Street Journal reported.
The new ‘crash detection’ feature could come to iPhones of Apple Watches as
soon as next year.
The crash detection feature will work by sensing any sudden
spike in gravity, or ‘g’ forces that arise on impact from a car accident.
Apple has been testing this feature over the last one year
by collecting data anonymously from the existing users of iPhones and Apple
Watches, the report stated. Apple's devices have already successfully detected
more than 10 million suspected vehicle impacts. Out of these, more than 50,000
cases included an auto-dial to 911 for emergency help.
The report elaborated that as per documents of the tech
company, it has been using the 911 call data to improve the accuracy of its
crash-detection algorithm because an emergency call gives Apple more confidence
that it is indeed a car crash that its devices had sensed.
Apple could likely release the feature in 2022 as part of its
iOS 16 and watchOS 9 updates, however, the report states that the “timing of
the new feature could change, or Apple could choose not to release it."
The crash detection feature is similar to Apple Watch's
existing fall detection capability which was first added to the its Watch
Series 4. The feature works by detecting when a sudden fall occurs, and
automatically calls emergency services if the victim doesn’t dismiss the alert
within one minute of falling.
Further, it notifies the person’s emergency contact with a
text message if that information is filled out. The device also sends out a map
of the watch’s location at the time of the fall.
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