Google just expanded its personal safety features, the SOS alerts and the earthquake warning system as the company announced these updates during their Google IO 2022 developer conference.

These SOS features have already been available for Pixel devices previously, as the feature uses accelerometer data to detect car crashes and other types of accidents, including alerting emergency services. These features will also be available on wear OS now, the company said.

Google is expanding their earthquake warnings to higher risk regions in the world, two, as it wasn’t really clear where, but these alerts also do rely on accelerometer data to provide early warnings for earthquakes, as the alerts can often reach people before they perceive shaking at all. giving them more time to seek cover or go out in the open.