iPhone’s Crash Detection vs Roller Coasters
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9-1-1 what's your emergency not again one of the new features in the iPhones and apple watches this year is called crash detection essentially it can automatically determine if it's been in a car crash and then call emergency services for you so they do this by constantly sampling data from a bunch of sensors so basically if the phone's GPS says you're traveling very quickly and then the gyroscope and accelerometer feels some hard g-forces and then the microphone hears some loud crashing sounds it's pretty sure you've been in a crash so It'll ask you and then call 9-1-1 if you don't respond but you know what else turns out to have almost the exact same set of circumstances happening to you and the phone in your pocket a roller coaster people have been going on theme park rides accelerating fast hitting high g-forces and hearing loud crashing sounds and their phones and watches have picked up on all that and started calling 9-1-1 sending law enforcement over and over again to the Joker roller coaster at Six Flags so that's why you might now start to see signs like this warning you to turn your phone off or put it in Airplane Mode which is kind of hilarious but also Apple please try to fix this one
The video explains Apple’s Crash Detection feature, which continuously analyzes data from multiple sensors to determine if a car crash has occurred. When the phone detects rapid travel from GPS, a strong change in gyroscope and accelerometer readings, and certain loud sounds captured by the microphone, it determines a crash and will prompt the user before automatically calling emergency services if there is no response. The short then highlights an ironic unintended consequence: similar sensor readings can be triggered by roller coaster rides, where fast roller coaster movements and loud ride noises can resemble a crash pattern. As a result, iPhones on riders in theme parks have occasionally initiated emergency calls or alerts, prompting warnings to switch devices to airplane mode or turn them off. The video ends with a humorous plea to Apple to fix this false-positive behavior, underscoring the balance between safety features and avoiding nuisance alerts. Overall the clip contrasts high-tech safety automation with everyday entertainment scenarios, illustrating how context can influence automated emergency responses and the need for refinements to reduce false positives.
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