iPhone false alarms in accidents: How to behave

The automatic accident detection of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro can also be triggered in situations where there is no danger. Apple now gives recommendations what to do when an emergency call is made unintentionally.

Apple has already tried to eliminate the false alarms with a software update in the course of the rollout of iOS 16 to reduce. Now the company released a Supportdokument, in which it recommends not hanging up when a call is accidentally triggered. Instead, you should rescue service explain that you don’t need help. At the same time, Apple deleted a passage advising to just hang up if the call was already made.

The function was triggered in Tyrol’s ski areas during the holiday periods up to 50 false alarms per day, as futurezone found out. Sometimes they were triggered by banal things, such as when people got on a chairlift. On too roller coaster it happens again and again that the iPhone calls for help unnoticed.

iPhone dials the euro emergency number

Accident detection is actually intended to detect serious car accidents fully automatically. iPhone owners have after triggering the alarm 20 seconds timeto cancel this. If you don’t do that, in Austria the European emergency number 112 chosen. If no one is speaking, the mobile phone plays a tape in which the person determined using the GPS signal Location is passed.

The newest iPhones and “Apple Watch” models identify potential accidents accelerometers. These register when the device is in motion and suddenly stops.

The accident detection function is activated by default, but it can also be activated disabled become. To disable emergency calls, the following steps must be followed: