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CTOnews.com, December 1 (Xinhua)-- the car accident detection feature built into iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and the new Apple Watch caused a skier to accidentally call an emergency service, according to Utah news website KSL.

The car accident detection function is designed to help users call emergency services when a car accident is detected, but it can be triggered when skiing, and dispatchers in Summit County, Utah say the number of misdialed 911 calls is increasing. They often get calls saying that the owner of the Apple Watch or iPhone has had a serious collision, or that they have been in a car accident, and people don't respond on the phone at first because they don't know the call has been dialed, and then they usually say, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm skiing. Everything's fine."

It is reported that the dispatcher said that there are three to five emergency calls from Apple devices every day, and so far, none of them has been intentionally dialed by users.

Some Reddit users have also confirmed that skiing can indeed trigger car accident detection, with one user saying that as he was going down the hill at a moderate speed, his Apple Watch began to call 911. Therefore, when skiing, it is best to turn off the car accident detection function on iPhone 14.

In addition to the car accident detection features on the iPhone 14 series, Apple Watch Series 8, the new Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Ultra, fall detection is also available on a range of Apple devices, which can also cause emergency services to be called.

CTOnews.com learned that car accident detection features in the new iPhone and Apple Watch can also be triggered by roller coasters, and just today, Apple released an update to iOS 16.1.2, including "crash detection optimization." Apple did not provide specific information, but it is likely to reduce the number of accidental triggers without an actual car accident.

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