Key Highlights
- Car Crash Detection is now available in India and other countries.
- It calls emergency services when a crash is detected.
- Car Crash Detection does not support the Hindi language.
Google has finally rolled out Car Crash Detection for India and other regions. The feature was limited to a few regions but is now being released to more countries including India. Note that the Car Detection feature still doesn’t support the Hindi language. Hindi might be supported in some months. Exactly is not known when.
Previously, Car Crash Detection was available for users in the US. But now Google has expanded to 5 more regions. It is being rolled out to users in India, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, and Switzerland.
As per the Google support page, the Car Crash Detection feature was available on Pixel 3 and later. But now the company is adding support for Pixel 4a and later including Google Pixel Fold.
Pixel 4a and later phones, including Google Pixel Fold, detect a car accident by using the phone’s location, motion sensors, and nearby sounds. In order to make this feature work one must allow permission for location, physical activity, and microphone. When a Car crash is detected it calls emergency services immediately, automatically by using Android’s Emergency Location Service and may transmit info about where you are and what happened.
According to the company, it may not detect all car crashes. Also sometimes high-impact activities could also trigger Car crash detection.
Note that if your Pixel phones cannot call emergency services, it can be because of a weak mobile network or if you are in an ongoing call.
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Car crash detection is available in these countries:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Norway
the Netherlands
Portugal
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
the UK
US
However, the Car crash detection feature has come to India it is yet to have support for the Hindi language. Besides this, it supports the following languages:
Danish
Dutch
English
French
French (Canada)
Italian
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Norwegian
Spanish
Swedish
How to turn on Car Crash Detection on Pixel phones
- Open your phone’s Personal Safety app.
- Tap Features.
- Scroll to “Car crash detection.”
- Tap Set up.
- When asked to share your location, tap Allow while the app is in use.
- When asked to share your microphone and physical activity, tap Allow.
