iOS 16.2 adds a way to report inadvertent Emergency SOS activations
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#65499)
If the feature didn't trigger at the right time, you'll be able to report that. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple's next major iOS update, iOS 16.2, will let you send a report to the company when Emergency SOS has been triggered on accident, according to 9to5Mac. That could be a useful way to share data back to Apple if the feature activates, say, after riding a roller coaster.
The iPhone 14 lineup includes a new crash detection feature that activates Emergency SOS if it believes you have been in a car crash and you don't respond. Emergency SOS contacts emergency services and can send your location to selected contacts, so having it trigger automatically after a crash could be genuinely helpful. It alerted responders to a crash in Lincoln, Nebraska, earlier this month.
But the feature has been inadvertently triggering for some people on roller...