YouTuber crashes car to test iPhone 14’s crash detection feature – Times of India

Earlier this month, Apple Finally made its much awaited debut iPhone 14 series phones including iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The Cupertino-based company has equipped the iPhone 14 range with a new feature called ‘crash detection, According to Apple, if the iPhone 14 detects a serious car accident, it can help connect you to emergency services and notify your emergency contacts as well.
A YouTuber decided to test out the feature to see if it really worked like Apple claims. Watch the first of its kind video below –

The channel TechRax uploaded a video to its YouTube channel that shows a new iPhone strapped to the passenger seat headrest of a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis sedan, which is being controlled by a remote controller. The car then collided with a pile of old and damaged vehicles.
The crash detection feature didn’t work right away, leaving the YouTuber puzzled. However, about 10 seconds later, a notification came on the phone which read, “Looks like you are in an accident”.

When the iPhone detects a serious car accident, it will display an alert and automatically initiate an emergency phone call after 20 seconds unless you cancel. If you’re unresponsive, the iPhone will play an audio message to emergency services notifying them that you’ve been in a serious accident and share your latitudinal and longitude coordinates with an approximate search radius.
The YouTuber then tests the safety feature a second time, and yet, it successfully detects a crash, ready to initiate a call to emergency services. Apple says crash detection is designed to detect “serious car accidents,” including front-impact, side-impact, and rear-end collisions, and rollovers—in sedans, minivans, SUVs, pickup trucks and Other passenger cars are included.