Appleinsider: the number of false calls due to smartphone failures has increased in the US
Smartphone failure has led to an increased number of false emergency calls in the United States. Appleinsider reports this.
Representatives of emergency dispatch services in Western Massachusetts told media reporters about this. Experts said that the number of false calls has increased, which is attributed to the influx of visitors to the agricultural fair in the region.
Local police said they received more than a dozen false calls over the weekend – in all cases, the callers dialed 911 and remained silent. Appleinsider journalists said that the problem may be related to the emergency calling feature in the iPhone.
Most likely, phones mistakenly record the moment of an accident or accident, and then call emergency services. Thus, in December, the smartphones of skiers at several American resorts in the United States mistakenly identified an emergency and automatically called rescuers.
Representatives of the services asked users who noticed that their smartphone made an emergency call to contact dispatchers and explain the situation.
At the end of 2022, a case was recorded in the United States of saving a driver involved in a traffic accident thanks to an iPhone. The phone identified the accident and called the police, and also notified the victim’s relatives.
Source: Lenta
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