Here’s the crux of the matter: Google is trying to make car crash detection and a few Pixel-exclusive Safety features available to more Android phones, sources have discovered a new application uploaded to the Google Play store and have tried to decipher what it is about, although not exactly perfect it leaves a clue of what we should expect.
The features obtained from the in-depth analysis of the APKs, as Android calls them, might not be coming to non-Pixel smartphones but this article is trying to predict how it’s going to look if it eventually plays out otherwise. The Car crash detection, precisely the Personal Safety, which is exclusive to Pixel phones was spotted in the string to be coming to more Android phones.
Details of the car crash detection, Personal Safety coming to most Android phones
The feature uses your smartphone’s motion sensors to detect an impact or an immediate stop from high speed as well as the microphone for sound checks. Personal Safety can immediately connect to emergency services if the need arises.
The latest version of the Personal Safety is v2022.05.25 and is available via the Play store. Sources found out that some strings coded by the Big G bear some text related to car crash detection and the highlight of non-pixel is seen within the writing. Here’s what we’re talking about:
- “<string
name=”crash_settings_check_user_sta tus_body_text_nonpixel“>Your device will vibrate, sound an alarm, and ask if you need help.</string>”
- “<string
name=”crash_settings_check_user_sta tus_body_text”>Pixel vibrates, sounds an alarm at maximum volume and asks if you need help.</string>”
- “<string
name=”crash_settings_footnote_nonpixel“>”Personal Safety uses your device’s location, motion sensors, and ambient audio to detect a car crash, even when the app is closed or not in use. \n\nKeep in mind, Personal Safety may not be able to detect all crashes, and high-impact activities may activate car crash detection.</string>”
- “<string
name=”crash_settings_footnote”>”PixeI uses your device’s location, motion sensors, & ambient audio to detect a car crash, even when the app is closed or not in use. \n\nKeep in mind, Pixel may not be able to detect all crashes, and high-impact activities may activate car crash detection.</string>”
Some other highlighted safety features expected on more Android devices are the crisis alerts and the safety check. We don’t know when the Personal Safety will be available to most Android phones and it will be needing all the sensitivity permissions to optimize its functionality.
Another tweak worth mentioning is that the feature might be coming in via Google Play services since it has major permissions on most Android devices. That being said, there might be some limitations to this feature, nevertheless, it’s still nice to see the Big G, Google, push some pixel-exclusive features to other Android smartphones.
