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CTOnews.com December 16 news, Apple for the iPhone and Apple Watch added a new "car accident detection" function, the system will detect a suspected car accident collision will send help to the local government. However, this function is still not perfect at present, in roller coaster, skiing will accidentally trigger "accident detection" function. These false alarms increase the workload of rescue workers.

Dwight Yochim, senior manager of the British Colombia Search and Rescue Association, said: "Crash detection can identify sudden changes in speed, the sound of metal and glass colliding, and even airbag deployment. But iPhone and Apple Watch travelers in British Colombia, please upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible."

CTOnews.com understands Yochim said rescuers received at least three false alarms and arrived at the scene to find no one injured. So after the rescue group contacted Apple, Apple released an update on Wednesday to further improve the "crash detection" feature, so the search and rescue organization recommended that users upgrade as soon as possible.

Yochim added: "We had to respond to an emergency because we didn't know if anyone was really trapped." He said some of their volunteer members even dropped work to find, or needed to dispatch helicopters, only to find out the man was safe, something he hopes to reduce by upgrading to the new version.

Yochim added: "We're getting an average of 2000 calls right now and it could be 3000 in the next 10 years. The more false alarms we receive, the more time our members will have to spend."

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