Apple Collecting Feedback From Dispatchers Receiving False 911 Calls From Skiers

Emergency dispatch centers continue to complain about Apple’s new Crash Detection feature triggering an influx of false 911 calls from skiers and snowboarders. A report today from the New York Post notes that New York’s Greene County and Pennsylvania’s Carbon County have experienced a burdensome increase in false 911 calls from local ski resorts due […]

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iPhone 14’s Car Crash Detection Still Triggering False 911 Calls, Forcing Dispatchers to Reallocate Resources Away From Real Emergencies

Despite optimizations made in an iOS 16 update in November, the iPhone 14’s Car Crash Detection feature continues to accidentally call 911 when a user may be on a rollercoaster, skiing, or doing other physical activities the device misunderstands as a car crash. The iPhone 14’s Car Crash Detection feature uses an array of sensors […]

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