You are in an exigent circumstance and you need help. What will you do? Do not worry! Now you can ask for help from new Android app….
Emergency? How can new Android app help?
No one can imagine that when emergency could come since life is unpredictable. Priority is always given to keeping ourselves safe. There are multiple apps and a number of built-in applications that will let you aware of your current situation. New Android app will not just stop there. Google has announced the launch of Emergency Location Service, which sends your location of your phone to emergency services to emergency services in the event of dialing an emergency number, with support from mobile networks.
This new Android app is absolutely safe because your location is only sent to emergency services. More about privacy, all information about your location is never seen by Google or anyone else including Google server. The Emergency Location Service will be available as a part of Google Play Services. It supports phones running Android 2.3 Gingerbread or later. Google said it would cover around 99% of Android phones.
When Emergency Location Service is triggered, a GPS location is sent to Google, but anyway an operator will still ask you again about your location. In terms of wireless devices, it is kind of complicated, even with a GPS location, it can be hard to locate a caller who is inside a building or if they’re underground.
Will you be able to use this new Android app?
Emergency Location Service is already live in the UK and Estonia through carriers like BT, EE, Vodafone, O2, Tele2, and Telia. Google is working with other countries and carriers in order to introduce its new Android app. It is a competitive app since neither Apple or Microsoft has mentioned about whether their users can use similar services.