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Google's Android Earthquake Alert failed' to detect north India tremors today. Why?

www.hindustantimes.com Google's Android Earthquake Alert failed' to detect north India tremors today. Why?

The service was launched in the country on September 27.

Google's Android Earthquake Alert failed' to detect north India tremors today. Why?

The Android Earthquake Alert system failed to detect recent tremors in north India, possibly due to its recent launch and gradual rollout to Android 5+ users in the country.
The system utilizes accelerometers in Android smartphones to function as mini-seismometers, identifying potential earthquakes when multiple phones detect simultaneous shaking.
Once an earthquake is detected, the system sends advance warnings to nearby Android handsets. The feature was recently made available in local languages in India.
However, the system has limitations including the inability to detect all earthquakes, and errors in estimating magnitude and shaking intensity.
Usage of this feature requires Wi-Fi and/or cellular data connectivity, with both Android Earthquake Alerts and location settings enabled.

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ijeff @lemdro.id

1y ago

Google's Android Earthquake Alert failed' to detect north India tremors today. Why?

www.hindustantimes.com /technology/googles-android-earthquake-alert-failed-to-detect-north-india-tremors-today-why-101696336054589.html

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From the article, your device needs to be charging with location turned on. I don't think that's what the majority of the people do. That and probably a small sample size for the alert to be reliably sent to other devices.
- Do folks often manually disable their location services?
  
  I do for my own when not in use and have seen others do the same. The worst i have seen is people disable data.
  
  I disable my location / mic / camera when not in use.
  
  I used to years ago, in the era of Galaxy S2 and such when battery life was a luxury.
  I can't think of a time in recent years where I've seen anyone doing that TBH. I know certain people who turn off the wifi router during bedtime.
  
  Same here. I used to do it when location permissions weren't as robust as well. I don't bother anymore.
  
  I disable things i don't use such as location, mobile data, wifi, bluetooth and rotation.
  
  I keep mine off except when driving or when I want GPS-tagged photos. Saves me a bit of battery life.
  My phone is always with me in my pocket so I don't feel the need to track its location using "Find My". And to be honest, no one is going to find stealing a Pixel 6a enticing..
- This is weird. How can charging be a requirement? Phones obviously cannot be charging all the time. It won't work if an earthquake happens when the phone's not charging

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