Google Adds Support for Sending Accurate Location to Emergency Services

Google announced today that it created the Emergency Location Service in Android. This means that the smartphone will be able to send the user’s accurate location to emergency services when an emergency number is dialed. The new feature will surely be life-saving in a number of situations, since in a moment of emergency or panic, it’s not quite easy to describe one’s location or even find coordinates to communicate to emergency services. Google announced that over 70% of calls to emergency services come from mobile phones, but indeed locating the mobile callers could represent an issue. In addition, current emergency solutions rely on assisted GPS or cell tower location, which is known to have a radius of up to several kilometers. The post also reveals that the US Federal Communications Commission estimated that improved location accuracy could result in saving ov...