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Forget Apple Watch, now Siri saves this woman’s life!
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Forget Apple Watch, now Siri saves this woman’s life!

[ad_1] In recent years, Apple has been making constant efforts to integrate health and fitness tracking features into its suite of products such as the iPhone, Apple Watch and more. Features such as Crash Detection, Fall Detection, heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen monitoring, ECG, and more, have helped save many lives by alerting the user of health abnormalities and even contacting emergency services in some instances. In a new development, Siri too has become a hero by coming to the rescue of an iPhone owner in the UK.What happenedOne fine morning, Shailja Ambrose woke up and continued about her daily routine as she would normally do, according to a report by the Sun UK. But shortly after, she suddenly passed out in the toilet. Fortunately for Shailja, she had her iPhone beside her ...
Bizarre! iPhone 14 crash detection feature causes chaos at Bonaroo music festival
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Bizarre! iPhone 14 crash detection feature causes chaos at Bonaroo music festival

[ad_1] The Apple iPhone 14 crash detection feature is back in the spotlight again and this time for the wrong reasons. It so transpired that, during the first day of the Bonaroo Music and art festival, iPhone 14 users made multiple 911 emergency calls by accident and it created total chaos for a county in Tennessee.The new Apple iPhone 14 emergency feature was rolled out last year and it is called “crash detection feature”. This is an automatic feature in the phone that alerts authorities if the owner has been in a crash and is unable to operate the phone due to injuries. However, during the festival, the iPhone made false emergency calls when owners were dancing! According to the Director of Coffee County 911 Communication Center Scott LeDuc, In comparison to the average number of 911 ...
iPhone 14, Apple Watch sending FALSE crash detection alarms to 911!
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iPhone 14, Apple Watch sending FALSE crash detection alarms to 911!

[ad_1] iPhone 14 and Apple Watch users are facing problems with its fancy new crash detection feature. It was launched last year on the iPhone 14 and the latest Apple Watch Series 8, Ultra, and Apple Watch SE 2022. It detects a severe car crash and automatically calls emergency services in case the user fails to respond within 20 seconds. However, many of these are false alarms and these have not amused emergency responders at all. In fact, the situation has become so bad that emergency dispatchers are flagging this shocking increase in false 911 calls. Notably, even when skiers and snowboarders fall, Apple's Crash Detection feature goes off.The New York Times reported a case in Colorado's Summit County, which houses multiple ski resorts, where a dispatcher and a police officer express...