Some The best-known virtues of Apple devices have become a nightmare for emergency services around the world. Just a few weeks ago, a report confirmed the increase in fake 911 calls due to enabling fall detection on the Apple Watch.

Now a similar story has been repeated in Japan and according to information shared here from 9to5mac, Thanks to the iPhone’s accident detection function, authorities receive dozens of false calls.

A nightmare never seen in the future

According to official reports, the accident-detection functionality released from the iPhone 14 began to put a burden on emergency services, which eventually turned into a false alarm due to the logistics involved in responding to demand.

The situation has intensified in recent months. From 16 December to 23 January, Nagano fire department in Kita-Alps, Japan received 134 false calls. Far from being involved in some sort of accident, these were due to the devices of visitors skiing in the mountains of the region.

Total, The Japanese emergency unit received a total of 919 calls during this one-month period. From this figure, 100 calls were fake callsIt was due to the fault detection feature, which accounted for more than a tenth of the iPhone’s workload.

Apple’s crash detection feature is currently available in the United States, Canada, and some countries in Europe and Asia. The increase in false positives coincided with the arrival of winter in some of these countries.where the winter sports app triggers false calls.

Faced with the situation, Apple set to work. notes of that time The iOS 16.1.2 release includes “fault detection optimizations on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models,” the company said. In addition, the company is collaborating with local emergency services, which regularly face false crash detection calls, to resolve the issue.

Although there is an option to disable accident detection on iPhone and Apple Watch in the iOS menu, perhaps it is a decision that most people prefer not to take by choosing to take this safety precaution in the event of an accident.

Undoubtedly, the function, which could save thousands of lives, can also cause the emergency services to lose their patience, as has been confirmed, forcing Apple to work on optimizing it much more.