The company announced on Thursday that it is starting to introduce a rapid Air Raid Alert system for its phones in Ukraine. The new feature is the tech giant's latest update on its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Millions of people in Ukraine rely on air strike alert to try to escape. Kent Walker, the president of global affairs at Google, said in a post that the company has started rolling out a rapid Air Raid Alert system for Android phones in Ukraine.
Walker said the new air raid alert system is supplemental to Ukraine's existing air raid alert systems.
Dave Burke, the vice president of engineering at the company, explained in a series of posts that the system uses the company's low-latency alert mechanism. Burke said that the system is starting to roll out today and that it will target all phones in Ukraine over the next few days.
The system leverages our low latency alert mechanism we built for earthquake alerts. The air raid system is supplemental to, and shares the same triggers used for, the country's existing air raid alert systems. 2/3
— Dave Burke (@davey_burke) March 10, 2022
The article will be updated once we receive a response from the company.
In the same post, it was announced that it will continue to work on limiting recommendations for Russian state-funded media on its platforms. Most of the company's commercial activities in Russia are being paused.
Following our announcement last week that we paused Google ads in Russia, we have now paused the vast majority of our commercial activities in Russia, including ads on our properties and networks globally for all Russian-based advertisers.
There are still free services available in Russia, according to the company. The company will keep an eye on developments.
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