An iPhone feature you’ll never want to test in real life is undoubtedly the one that was released last year with the iPhone 14 series. accident detection feature. This feature iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 series, Apple Watch Series 8 or above, second generation Apple Watch SE And Apple Watch Ultra Works on models or above. The feature designed to detect and report serious accidents saved lives again.
iPhone accident detection feature saved lives again
Just the other day, an incident occurred that gave interested parties a chance to see the iPhone crash detection feature in action in real life. Details were posted on Reddit by the owner of the BMW E92. While the owner of a BMW E92 was making a right turn, a BMW E90 driver suddenly appeared in front of him. While serious damage occurred in the vehicles colliding head-on, it was thought that the condition of the drivers would be very bad.
“I got into my first car accident as a driver and the paramedics were surprised we escaped with only a few fractures,” the owner wrote on a separate Reddit account. “Thank you to the Apple SOS feature for calling 911 while I was in the vehicle.” He also posted a screenshot showing what happened on his iPhone when Crash Detection was activated, as you can see in the image above.
The driver noted that the iPhone crash detection feature works great, even for emergency contacts who use Android phones, such as both their parents. Both of them were informed of the accident without any problems. Accident Detection uses SMS to alert emergency contacts about the incident and inform them of the location of the incident, and also notifies emergency services of the accident.
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In the event of such an accident, when the Crash Detection feature is activated, your iPhone or Apple Watch will beep and display an alert. If you only have an iPhone with you, the emergency call screen will appear on the screen and calls can be made to emergency services over the phone.
If you only have an Apple Watch with you, the device will sound an alarm and display an emergency slider. If you have both an iPhone and an Apple Watch with cellular connectivity, the slider will only appear on the watch, and emergency services will be contacted through the watch when the call is connected.
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