You know that feature on iOS where if they detect a car crash it'll call for help? It resulted in "about five times the amount of false 911 calls than average" to the local county in Tennessee where the massive Bonnaroo music festival takes place as people danced violently enough to trigger the feature on their iPhones! Android isn't immune either, as the UK's National Police Chiefs Council told the BBC this week that "all emergency services are currently experiencing record high 999 call volumes. There's a few reasons for this, but one we think is having a significant impact is an update to Android smartphones" and one department "received 169 silent 999 calls between 00:00 and 19:00 BST on Sunday alone". That feature is pressing the power button 5 times quickly, which was added to Android 12 over a year ago but is only starting to hit the bulk of Android phones now.
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