When you're in a car crash, Apple's state-of-the-art iPhone 14 is supposed to call for help. Apple probably didn't expect the feature to call for an amusement park ride.
A woman and her family went on a roller coaster at Kings Island amusement park. She found out when she disembarked that her phone had an emergency number on it.
You can listen to the recording of the call here, which shows the phone repeating an automated message seven times after the operator picked it up.
The owner was fine but the operator and first responders didn't know.
The director of emergency services for Warren County told the WSJ that they are very careful about calls. There is no call that gets checked. You get used to calls that aren't emergencies, but it's hard on the Dispatchers.
This doesn't seem to be an exception. The Wall Street Journal says that since the phone came out last month, six false alarm calls have been received from people on rides.
The new safety feature uses data from the phone's sensors to detect crashes. Since roller coasters put you through high speeds and sudden bouts of deceleration, it's not surprising that the phones are confused.
If a crash is detected, the first thing you'll see is a warning, followed by a ten second alarm, and then a call to the emergency room.
Apple's crash detection has been credited with reporting a deadly car crash to authorities last week.
The motorcyclist's phone flew off his mount, and he thought it was a total goner. His mom was shocked when she found out that her son's phone thought his owner was in a crash and contacted authorities. He and his mom are still thankful.
He told the WSJ that he proved it worked. If I were in a real crash, my mom was happy.
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