iPhone 14 and Apple Watch crash detection trigger false emergency SOS calls on basic roller coasters

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Apple’s crash detection system is fairly new and relies on G-force measurements, pressure changes, changes in speed changes, and loud noises. The new iPhone 14 series and the new Apple Watches that the Cupertino-based tech giant unveiled last month has been sending emergency SOS calls across the United States, even when their users were perfectly safe. Crash Detection is a valuable new safety feature that’s arrived with the iPhone 14 lineup and the new Apple Watch Ultra, Series 8, and SE 2. That, along with the speed of the roller coasters and the changes in pressure is confusing Apple’s crash detection system, because of which it is sending out those SOS requests.

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