Android’s earthquake alerts may have failed during deadly Turkey quake

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Credit: Google

• The Android earthquake detection system reportedly failed during a Turkish quake in February.
• The BBC claims that no one received an alert before the first tremor.
• Google insists that the system worked during the quake, though.

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Google launched an earthquake detection system for Android phones back in 2020, giving people a few seconds’ notice before an earthquake strikes. Now, it sounds like this system may have failed during a quake in Turkey earlier this year.

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