iPhone 14 reacts to roller coaster ride, calls 911
Apple's crash detection feature on iPhone 14 or Apple Watch is supposed to detect severe car crash and save the life of the users by helping them connect to emergency services. But now, the crash detection feature is reacting to roller coaster rides too, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Sara White, a 39 year old lady was on a roller coaster ride when her family when her iPhone 14 Pro detected the situation as a crash and automatically dialed 911.
"Sara White and her family headed to Kings Island amusement park outside Cincinnati. The 39-year-old dentist zipped her two-day-old iPhone 14 Pro securely in her fanny pack, buckled into the Mystic Timbers roller coaster and enjoyed getting hoisted 109 feet in the air and whipped around at over 50 mph. Afterward, she looked down at her phone. The lock screen was lined with missed calls and voice mails from an emergency dispatcher asking if she was OK," the report informed.
As per the report the call to the Warren County Communications Center featured an automated voice message from White's iPhone, "the owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash and is not responding to their phone." The message also picked up background audio that included music, cheers, and other amusement park sounds.
Meanwhile, it can be noted that the crash detection works on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models with the latest version of iOS, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), and Apple Watch Ultra with the latest version of watchOS.
According to the information provided by Apple, when your iPhone detects a severe car crash, it will display an alert and will automatically initiate an emergency phone call after 20 seconds unless you cancel.
If you are unresponsive, your
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