top tier question :')

Where did you get 99.44%? The article only mentions total calls, no number on how many calls were made by the SOS feature vs people just calling normally.

I had accidental lock screen 921 call once. I panicked and hung up. They immediately called me back and I explained what happened. The dispatcher then asked If I was under distress and answering truthfully. It threw me off and there was a long dramatic pause. She asked me if I’m sure and I repeated yes and the dispatcher sent out a cop to check up anyway. I felt bad for wasting their time, but it was good of the dispatcher to even think to ask that.

Can this be disabled?

I’d rather this than them removing this feature that could save one of my family members life

Who is responsible for any fees or conveniences of any kind related to false 911 calls (in the US) when this happens? Apple or the user of the device?

But apple bad. Upvote plz

oh... it doesnt work for 6S :(

I like the idea in theory but it makes that call really quick. This winter, while skiing, I have had this almost make the call to 911 three times. I would wipeout and then while getting shit back together I phone would start saying; “you have 10 seconds to respond or I will call 911.” The issue is I have my phone under so many layers with gloves on, etc. I can see this happening

No, there should not be geographic blackout areas for emergency services. 🤦‍♂️

911 gets accidental calls all the time. Just tell them and hang up.

Skiing is mostly weekends, but we hit the bike trails on weekday evenings during summer.

>Lots of my elderly moms friends trying it out for pain relief, relaxation etc.

The best place for a dispensary is across the road from the retirement home.

Do you think I have a Samsung? I have an Iphone, just like I have EA games. Doesnt mean I support their actions.

I really don’t want that to happen in the US. Half my family is allergic and we very much like breathing.

Eh, I was a cop for over a decade. The number of pocket dial 911 calls we got is crazy. Unbelievable.

But, it's not really costing money imo. I mean, the dispatchers are paid no matter what, so are the police. I was already out driving around anyway, so if I'm driving here or there it doesn't matter, it's costing tax dollars.

And, every department I worked at a 911 unknown, or 911 hangup, was always a lower priority than a known issue. So if we got dispatched to an alarm or a crash we always for those first then the unknown calls. So it didn't really take away from emergency responses elsewhere.

Seems like a good way to handle this would be to only trigger if it goes from violent motion to nearly totally still.

If you're still moving, figure that you're fine. That would get rid of roller coasters, as after all that violent motion, you get up and walk way from it. Similarly with skiing. You reach the bottom and glide to a halt, then begin walking around.

That seems like a part of the analysis they said would have to be done, so it's merely something they didn't mention, rather than actually missing.

Partly true. But the criticism so far is fair and all factual.

Apple seemingly didn't collect sufficient test data for these very common scenarios. The rollout was premature. And as typical for Apple, they didn't ask for anyone else's buy-in before including the feature. This news article indicates multiple counties with 15-20 false calls a day due to iPhone crash detection, and zero actual emergencies. Getting a call from emergency services while I'm bombing a run or slaying pow will definitely kill my fun. Missing that call costs precious emergency resources for the local responders.

There should be geographic blackout areas. Or allow local emergency services to ask Apple to disable crash detection in an area. Or send push notification asking the user whether they would like to disable.

I had an iPhone SE (2nd gen) for a while. Even on that thing, several times when the phone would lag or freeze, I ended up calling emergency services. They made a poor design choice on their GUI for that too.

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Out of how many legitimate?

Do you not remember the apple phone with the exploding battery that needed to be recalled?

A hundred false positivies out of 24 thousand calls is impressively little, but still this is one hundred instances of emergency responders being potentially not able to respond to actual emergency

No, a 99.44% valid calls rate to the Fire Department of Kita-Alps via any means.

The article isn't even saying 134 of these calls are from the iPhone, just that they received 134 false calls and that the iPhone makes up "most" of them.

This article is clickbait junk without any actual details about the crash detection failing.

I’m sure with time this will work itself out and get better. Doubt it’ll ever be perfect, but the false calls will happen less and less