Google, the new app detects the incident and automatically calls for help: Here’s how it works
Personal Safety could already be integrated on the Pixel 4 and will aim to save lives by facilitating the contact of relief.
According to some overseas reports, Apple Watch’s fall detection function has saved some lives, and Google does not want to be outdone. The Grande G would be working on an application designed for individual safety that detects a possible car accident and behaves accordingly in an attempt to safeguard the health of the user. The novelty was XDA Developers.
The app works by exploiting the various sensors that are equipped with all the Android smartphones currently on the market, including the accelerometer and also the microphone. The collected data allow the software algorithms to recognize the incident or not, and when the smartphone happens, it will start sending a strong sound message.
In case of no response from the user, a call will be initiated to the assistance services, providing them with the geographical position (based on the geolocation data of the device) in which the device is located.
The source would have found the application page (now removed), inside which there were several screenshots of ” Personal Safety “, this is the name of the app. On the basis of the images it is possible to anticipate some of the software’s novelties: for example: users will be able to try out the functionality in advance via a ” demo ” and learn how to effectively interact with the software if needed. The company also explains the operation of the application through a sort of FAQ page.
Personal Safety: how the app that detects road accidents works
In one of the screens, it is stated that Personal Safety ” uses the position of the smartphone, the motion sensors and the environmental sound to detect a traffic accident “.
Google emphasizes that not only can the app detect false positives, so other activities than traffic accidents, but also not recognize all accidents. The page appeared on Google Play Store also stated that the functionality will initially be available only in the United States, but we do not yet know what the date of publication will be.
It is likely that Google will decide to distribute the application initially only on Pixel 4 and then expand it on the other Pixels and possibly also on other Android smartphones. Personal Safety can still protect users from different circumstances, and will make it easier to send a message or initiate an emergency call when you feel in a dangerous situation.
Currently, the app has not been officially confirmed, but Google should talk about it in depth at the Pixel 4 launch event on October 15th, along with a series of new products.
