If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Your Android phone can now alert you about any potential earthquake that might be coming your way. This is how you can enable ...

By March last year, the system had detected more than 11,000 events globally and issued more than 1,200 alerts. Two levels of alert can be sent out, depending on quake size and distance from the ...

Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today. If you opt in, the accelerometer in your Android phone will ...

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

Google has announced plans to introduce an earthquake alert system to Android devices globally. The system will rely on the accelerometers that are built into all smartphones to detect signals for ...

Earthquake detection An estimated 3 billion people live with the threat of earthquakes globally. According to the USGS, in California there’s a 94% chance that an earthquake will not be just a ...

Google has a few new safety features in the works, like emergency SOS on Wear OS devices. Google's earthquake detection is expanding too.