A day out at the amusement park can be a false alarm. The newly launched accident detection function of the new iPhone 14 and Apple Watch is being activated by mistake on the roller coasters.
According to a report published on the website of Gizmodothis tool is one of the most interesting novelties of iOS for the new line of smartphones from the Cupertino company, but it seems that its developers did not think that it could be activated in attractions.
The new iPhone 14 and some of the Apple Watch models they can detect when a user has suffered a car accident and issue a call to the emergency servicesthanks to the advanced sensors of these devices and their learning algorithms.
The problem is that, by mistake, the emergency services began to receive dozens of calls in the United States due to false positives from users on roller coasters.
Why is this error generated?
A report from Wall Street Journal He says that, in recent weeks, some devices have sent emergency calls after their owners got on the attractions of different parks, including the renowned King Island.
Joanna Stener of the WSJ tweeted about it: “Since the iPhone 14 went on sale, the 911 dispatch center near the Kings Island amusement park has received at least six phone calls saying, ‘The owner of this iPhone was in a serious car accident’… Except that the owner was on a roller coaster”.
Since the iPhone 14 went on sale, the 911 dispatch center near Kings Island amusement park has received at least six phones calls saying:
“The owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash…”
Except, the owner was just on a roller coaster.
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In some of these parks they have posted signs asking people to turn off their cell phones or put them on airplane mode to prevent them from notifying the alert.
An Apple spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that its crash detection system is “extremely accurate in detecting severe collisions and that the company has optimized it to get help from users and minimize false positives”.