Thathappenedearlier t1_j75i90o wrote on February 4, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Is the percentage of false detections astronomically low?

Laumser t1_j763udq wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:26 AM

iirc it was under 5%, but I can't find the source again

jackinsomniac t1_j765huh wrote on February 4, 2023 at 10:50 AM

Not on the ski slopes, apparently. The article says so far out of all these "ghost calls" auto-dials to 911 they got from an Apple Watch coming from the ski slopes, all of them have been accidental. It got so bad the manager had to tell his 911 operators to not worrying about calling back these numbers if it's from an Apple Watch & coming from the slopes, so that they could better focus on other real emergency calls.

> “It’s rare that someone falls on the mountain and there’s not a passer-by,” he said. “We’re hoping to get an actual 911 call from the person or someone on the scene.”