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Google is getting tough on Russia and, in addition to stopping payments on Google Play in that country, it announced a few hours ago that it would alert Android users of an upcoming airstrike through their phones. An important measure to act before it is too late.
Airstrike alerts in Ukraine with Android
Google from its blog took the time to announce that works with the Ukrainian government for an alert system for Android in the country. This measure is in addition to the system the country already has to alert its population that an air attack is about to take place in the region.
Tragically, millions of people in Ukraine now rely on airstrike alerts in an attempt to get to safety. Together with the Ukrainian government, we are rolling out a rapid air raid alert system for all Android phones in Ukraine. https://t.co/tCzs0eI9iW 1/3
— Davey Burke (@davey_burke) March 10, 2022
That is to say will not replace the mainbut from any Android mobile in Ukraine, a notification will be received informing about the alert so that the user can take appropriate action.
And it is currently there are millions of people in Ukraine who can be attacked of this type. An Android mobile, due to its expansion, is ideal to have the alert in the form of a notification and thus decide what to do in the next few minutes before the attack is received.
Ukrainian refugees at Krakow train station.
The big G mentioned on his blog that alerts are based on the same ones sent by the Ukrainian governmentit will therefore be used to send these important alerts through another channel in times of emergency such as that experienced by millions of people in Ukraine.
In reality, the system has already been used for earthquake warning, so it would be rather polite to put it into service from almost today. The system will be automatic, so you will not have to do anything to receive these alerts.
Another of the measures taken by Google to unite its efforts and, as far as possible, make these days less burdensome for Ukrainians.
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