Apple Working On iPhone Features To Detect Car Accidents: WSJ

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) aims to launch a product feature called "crash detection" for iPhones and Apple Watches in 2022, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Crash detection uses data from sensors built into Apple devices, including the accelerometer, to detect car accidents as they occur, for instance, by measuring a sudden spike in gravity, or "g," forces on impact.
Apple's latest iPhone operating system can evaluate the walking steadiness of users.
Apple products have already detected over 10 million suspected vehicle impacts, of which over 50,000 included a call to 911.
Apple was testing the crash-detection feature in 2020 by collecting data shared anonymously from iPhone and Apple Watch users.
Apple used the 911 call data to improve the accuracy of its crash-detection algorithm.
Several years back, Apple introduced a fall-detection feature in its smartwatch that sensed when wearers have taken a hard fall and dialed 911 if they didn't respond to a notification asking if they were OK.
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