An Android feature designed to help smartphone users quickly contact emergency services has become a problem for first responders in the UK. Police forces across the UK have reported false emergencies to 999 switchboards (the UK’s equivalent of 911) in recent weeks, mainly due to Android phones, reports The Verge, citing a BBC report. For this, the Emergency SOS (Android SOS Feature) feature has been considered. Update released between October 2022 and February 2023 Law enforcement in Scotland, and the English counties of Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and Gloucestershire, have received…
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