With the iPhone 14 series, Apple introduced “car crash detection,” a feature that triggers emergency services when a car accident occurs. Though, it may sometimes trigger when people aren’t in danger. For that, Apple seems to be introducing a way to report these accidental SOS in the upcoming iOS 16.2 update.
9to5Mac reports that iOS 16.2 beta asks users for feedback on accidental triggers that may alert emergency contacts. On iOS 16.2, iPhone prompts a notification for “Unintentional SOS Calls,” if a user chooses to cancel the Emergency SOS. The prompt asks if the user intentionally triggers Emergency SOS, attaching a diagnostics report, and one can also attach more investigative reports.
The car crash detection on the new Apple Watch models and iPhone 14 models can prove to be fairly useful. But, the feature has been accidentally activated even when people are not in a car but riding roller coasters. The Wall Street Journal reported that the car crash detection feature was accidentally set off when users were on rollercoasters and called emergency responders when there was no emergency.
In another incident, a user reported that their iPhone 14 triggered emergency SOS after the iPhone fell off the motorcycle.
Apple wants to refine its car crash detection with the iPhone 14 data to prevent these accidental triggers. It is yet to see whether this feature will make it to the stable release.
The iOS 16.2 beta also adds the Freeform app. Further, the latest beta of iOS will provide more frequent updates for Live Activities.