A couple of BMWs smashed into each other setting off Apple’s Crash Detection feature.
One iPhone feature that you never want to have to test in real life is the Crash Detection feature that debuted last year with the iPhone 14 series. Crash Detection works on the and iPhone 15 lines, the Apple Watch Series 8 or later, the second-generation Apple Watch SE, and the Apple Watch Ultra or later. The timepieces must be running watchOS 9 or later. The feature is designed to detect severe car crashes including front impacts, side impacts, rear-end collisions, and rollovers.Just the other day an incident took place that gave those involved a chance to see the iPhone’s crash detection feature work in real life. The details were posted on Reddit by the owner of a BMW E92 who made a right turn only to have the driver of a BMW E90 pull out in front of him. The passenger in the car wrote in a separate Reddit account, «Got into my first car crash as a passenger, and medics were surprised we walked away with only a few fractures.
