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How Car Crash Detection on Google Pixel can come to your aid when you need it the most.
Whether you’re driving alone or loaded up with a soccer team, if you’re in an accident, Pixel can call for help.¹
He remembers the feeling of fear when he realized the crash was imminent, followed by the smell of his car’s airbags deploying.
After it was clear that everyone had emerged unscathed, Chris realized how lucky he was to have
on his Pixel there to help him. His was always with him, but he never thought it could help him in an accident. Now, he says, “I didn’t ever really think, ‘How is my phone going to save me today?’”Pixel 10 Pro
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Whether you’re driving home from lunch on a familiar road or exploring a new route, Car Crash Detection on
will be there for you if things go wrong.It’s easy. Just open the Safety app and set up “Car Crash Detection” in the Features section. Make sure to allow your Pixel to share your location and enable microphone access.
“It’s an ambient detection feature, so once you’ve turned it on, it’ll activate whenever you’re in a car – whether you’re driving, in the passenger seat, or in a taxi,” says Edward Shi, Google’s product manager for Car Crash Detection.
Just what helps Pixel come to the rescue? Artificial intelligence built into Activity Recognition on Pixel. To detect crashes accurately, the Pixel team trained the
on real and simulated car crashes, according to Enxun Wei, Google’s lead engineer for Car Crash Detection.“We trained the algorithm for a variety of situations,” says Wei. “So even if you’re stopped at a red light and a car moving at around 25 mph or higher hits you, Car Crash Detection will still trigger.”
Pixel knows you’ve been in an accident because the
compares data from your phone’s accelerometer, GPS, and microphone with data from the test crashes. That lets it distinguish between a car crash and sudden movements like bumps or swerves.One of the most important pieces of information inferred by the AI, according to Wei, is the speed of the car at the moment of the crash. Since Car Crash Detection is meant to help out when drivers can’t respond, Wei and his team focused on identifying severe crashes rather than minor fender benders. Using extensive data, engineers determined that serious accidents more commonly occurred in vehicles with a relative speed of 25 miles per hour or higher at the moment of collision, and identified which speeds are linked to more severe injuries, according to Wei.
When Car Crash Detection triggers, it sets off a 60-second timer. If Pixel doesn’t get a response, it can automatically call emergency services and share your location with them using an automated message.
Thanks to Google’s Emergency Sharing feature, Pixel can also notify your emergency contacts that you’ve been in an accident, so they can stay in the loop. Your phone will even share your real-time location with your contacts. The service uses
-driven network of GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data sources to pinpoint your location.So when you use Car Crash Detection, you can trust that assistance will be there soon.
