On October 25, the first betas of iOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2 and the rest of the Big Apple operating systems arrived. One of the novelties is the arrival of the Freeform application, announced at WWDC, which is neither more nor less than a collaborative blank canvas to build a job from scratch. However, other features also made their way to iOS 16.2. In fact, Apple will analyze through this beta whether users who called 112 emergencies did so for real or by mistake,
iOS 16.2 analyzes whether calls to 112 from iPhone were an error or not
The new iPhone 14 and 14 Pro incorporate enough hardware to detect when the user has a serious accident. In these cases, via iOS 16, 112 is immediately called to alert the emergency services. It saves lives and cases have already been reported. For all other users be able to call the emergency services directly
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In iOS 16.2 beta Apple wants to know if these calls to 112 are intentional or accidental. Often, when we keep our phone in the bag, the volume keys are pressed and apps are launched or we call people unintentionally. This also happens with the emergency call and that’s why Apple wants to tweak the feature, to avoid inadvertent calls to emergency services.
To do this, the Beta Diagnosis and Feedback application is launched when we make a call to 112 and the user You must fill in all the information related to the event: if it was voluntary, if it was accidental, if something really happened to it… Through all this information collected, Apple will try to refine the tool.