{"id":500012,"date":"2026-02-26T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500012\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T04:18:10","slug":"google-is-improving-earthquake-alerts-on-wear-os-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500012\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is improving earthquake alerts on Wear OS watches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is now sending earthquake alerts to Wear OS devices even when they’re not connected to a smartphone, according to the release notes for the latest version of Google Play Services.<\/p>\n

Google first brought Android’s Earthquake Alerts System to Wear OS last year, but so far it was just basically mirroring the alert you received on your phone.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/p>\n

From now on, even if your phone is too far to remain connected to your watch, the latter will still notify you about earthquakes. Of course, it will probably need a standalone internet connection to do so – thus, this most likely only applies to watches that have mobile data connectivity built-in.<\/p>\n

The Earthquake Alerts System uses aggregated sensor data from millions of phones to detect earthquakes. Basically, when your phone’s accelerometer detects a vibration that could indicate an earthquake, it sends that data along with a general location to Google’s servers. When they receive a ton of such communications from spots that are near each other, an alert is created.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear right now if Google plans on starting to use sensor data from Wear OS watches for the system as well.<\/p>\n

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