Google announced a new feature for the Android operating system that shares the user’s location during an emergency call.
Android will use the Wi-Fi network, the GPS and the tower that the smartphone used to make the call to identify the exact device location and send the coordinates through the data to the emergency services.
the idea, according to the company, is to provide better accuracy of location user, which could result in more than 10,000 lives saved per year.
“This feature will only be accessed by emergency service providers and their exact location will not be seen or manipulated by Google” , published Akshay Kannan, Product Manager.
“It will be sent from your phone to emergency services only when there is an emergency call through your mobile network. “
the” Android Emergency Location Service “works from Android 2.3 and Google claims that may be available in 99% of devices around the world.
Initially the service will be in use in the United Kingdom and Estonia, but the expansion of the service to other countries is scheduled to take place soon.
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