iPhone 14: How Crash Detection Works and How to Turn It Off
With the launch of the iPhone 14 and new Apple Watch models, Apple introduced a new safety feature called Crash Detection. Keep reading to learn what it is, how it works, and how to turn it on and off.
How Does Crash Detection Work?
While you're driving or you're a passenger in a motor vehicle, the motion sensor with a high dynamic range gyroscope and high-g accelerometer, GPS, barometer, microphone, and advanced motion algorithms work together in your iPhone or Apple Watch to accurately detect a crash.
When a severe crash is detected, an alert displays on your Apple Watch or iPhone display for 10 seconds. If you're still responsive, you can swipe the screen to call emergency services immediately or dismiss the alert if you don't need to contact them. If after 10 seconds you haven't interacted with your Apple device, a 10-second countdown will start. When it ends, emergency services are contacted.
When emergency services pick up, the following audio message from Siri begins playing on a loop with five seconds of silence between each replay: "The owner of this iPhone was in a severe car crash and is not responding to their phone." Siri will then relay your estimated location with latitude and longitude and search radius both to emergency services and through your device's speaker.
How to Enable Crash Detection
No setup is required. Crash Detection is enabled by default on the above-supported devices, so you don't need to do a thing. If you're concerned that the feature could mistakenly register a crash and call emergency services, you can disable it by following the steps below.
How to Disable Crash Detection
Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
Scroll down and tap through to Emergency SOS.
Under "Crash Detection," toggle off the switch next to Call After Severe Crash.
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