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Android earthquake alerts are now live in Greece and New Zealand – The Madison Leader Gazette – The Madison Leader Gazette
The ubiquity of smartphones has turned them into essential tools for emergency services. Google’s Android, the world’s most popular mobile operating system, is already being used to disseminate disaster alerts in Japan and by law enforcement to help locate 911 callers. Due to the critical nature of these features, they tend to be baked into the software to avoid the complexity of pushing people to additional apps.
Building on the safety mechanisms of its OS, Google introduced an Android Earthquake…
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