A YouTuber has fairly actually crash-tested the iPhone 14’s Crash Detection function and discovered Apple’s new emergency SOS perform to reliably kick into motion within the occasion of a managed car collision.
Serial gadget-smasher TechRax at the moment revealed a video (embedded under) through which his crew may be seen remotely controlling a driverless automobile containing an iPhone 14 Pro strapped to the headrest of the driving force’s seat as they try to plough it right into a stationary car.
After a collection of close to misses and the addition of a number of extra decrepit street automobiles that kind a wall to make for a neater goal, the remotely managed automobile efficiently crashes at low pace in what might be described as a typical fender bender collision.
After what seems to be a brief delay, the iPhone 14 Pro’s Crash Detection function is mechanically activated, and the cellphone initiates an emergency SOS countdown, which is manually canceled by the crew earlier than it may name emergency companies.
On the second profitable try, the automobile hurtles into the wall of automobiles at the next pace, its hood turning into concertinaed within the crash. Again, Apple’s Crash Detection function is reliably activated and then manually canceled by the crew.
While the outcomes of TechRax’s checks do not essentially show that the function works as reliably in real-world, non-controlled, extreme collisions, the truth that it did activate as anticipated ought to give confidence to iPhone 14 homeowners who maintain the function enabled.
For Crash Detection to activate, the iPhone 14’s movement sensor with a excessive dynamic vary gyroscope and high-g accelerometer, GPS, barometer, microphone, and superior movement algorithms should all work collectively to precisely detect a crash.
Enabled by default, Crash Detection is supported on all iPhone 14 fashions, Apple Watch SE (2nd Generation), Apple Watch Series 8, and Apple Watch Ultra.
(Thanks, Sonny!)
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/21/iphone-14-crash-detection-crash-tested/
