Apple iPhone’s Crash Detection Saves Lives, Helps Rescue Couple After Accident – News18

We have usually seen Apple’s crash detection function in headlines, and this time, the function was used to rescue a pair after their BMW automobile met with an accident, in accordance with a report by 9to5Mac.

For these uninitiated, Apple debuted the crash detection function with the iPhone 14 collection in September 2022, and since then, the function has reportedly aided within the rescue of quite a few victims of crashes and accidents. It works with iPhone 14 collection, iPhone 15 collection (iOS 16 and later), Apple Watch 8 and later, and Apple Watch SE 2 and Apple Watch Ultra and Watch Ultra 2.

According to the motive force of the BMW E92, the motive force of the BMW E90 abruptly pulled in entrance of him, and each crashed. That was when Apple’s automobile crash detection function was enabled.

“Got into my first car crash as a passenger, and medics were surprised we walked away with only a few fractures. Thank you to the Apple SOS feature for calling 911 as I was in a state where I couldn’t, and notifying my emergency contacts of the situation,” the sufferer was quoted as saying by 9to5Mac.

In addition, the sufferer claimed that regardless of his mother and father (emergency contacts) having Android units, the iPhone was capable of ship an SMS with location and to emergency providers as nicely.

In associated news, the crash detection function, along with the Emergency SOS by way of Satellite function, helped authorities monitor down a person after he by accident drove his automobile off a cliff and plunged practically 400 ft right into a canyon in Los Angeles—earlier this yr. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department acquired communication from an iPhone communication heart at round 10:30 pm—alerting them of the crash on Mt. Wilson Road in Los Angeles.