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DevoidHT t1_j03f5mc wrote

Have they fixed the roller coaster issue yet? Heard there was a problem with it accidentally calling an ambulance on people riding roller coasters.

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FireLucid t1_j04jiwm wrote

My Pixel never went off when I went on roller coasters this year although I didn't take it on the most extreme one due to fear of it falling out. It's certainly plausible.

How would you fix this? Create exclusion zones for crash detection?

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hooterscooter t1_j051kl7 wrote

Using the sensors from the phone (barometer, accelerometer, etc.), you can filter out seeming obvious non-driving trips once you understand what that data looks like.

I suspect we’ll also start to hear stories about apple detecting crashes when people are skiing/snowboarding this winter, as that’s also a common false-positive scenario. Again, using barometer signals and other sensors, you can start to filter those out.

Source: Work for a company who has crash detection technology that can be embedded into phones/apps

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