of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone that s about 80% of all of the phones in turkey and this is google s explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the. when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you ll hear it go. phone chimes. it looks like this, and it says, drop, coverand hold. so it s pretty loud. it s pretty loud. this is micah berman, the product manager for the system at google. if it was on do not disturb, it would override that? exactly the same behaviour that you just heard, no matter what state your phone is in. you should get that warning?
when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you ll hear it go. phone chimes it looks like this, and it says, drop, coverand hold. so it s pretty loud. it s pretty loud. this is micah berman, the product manager for the system at google. if it was on do not disturb, it would override that? exactly the same behaviour that you just heard, no matter what state your phone is in. you should get that warning? yes. the further you are from the earthquake, the more notice the system can give you, up to around a minute enough time to try and find a safer location. so our system did activate for both of the major events in turkey, as well as for a number of aftershocks. here s my colleague anna foster, who d been reporting on the ground from the earthquake zone. i was really puzzled by that claim, because i was here on the ground in turkey in the ho
a message back to google s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you ll hear it go. phone chimes it looks like this, and it says, . drop, cover and hold. so it s pretty loud. it s pretty loud. this is micah berman, the product manager for the system at google. if it was on do not disturb, it would override that? exactly the same behaviour that you just heard, no matter what state your phone is in. you should get that warning? yes. the further you are from the earthquake, the more notice the system can give you, up to around a minute enough time to try and find a safer location. so our system did activate for both of the major events in turkey, as well as for a number of aftershocks. here s my colleague anna foster, who d been reporting on the ground from the earthquake zone. i was really puzzled by that claim, because i was here on the ground in turkey in the hours and the days and the weeks after the ea
android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the. when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google s servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you ll hear it go. phone chimes it looks like this, and it says, . drop, cover and hold. so it s pretty loud. it s pretty loud. this is micah berman, the product manager for the system at google. if it was on do not disturb, it would override that? exactly the same behaviour that you just heard, no matter what state your phone is in. you should get that warning? yes. the further you are from the earthquake, the more notice the system can give you, up to around a minute enough time to try and find a safer location. so our system did activate
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