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Apple's iOS 26.2 beta introduces a new Enhanced Safety Alerts feature, allowing users in supported regions to toggle earthquake and imminent threat alerts, with options to share location data to improve alert accuracy, alongside new alert tones.
Samsung is developing its own earthquake alert system within One UI 8, offering features like warning previews, logging, customization based on seismic intensity, and displaying emergency contacts and shelters, which could enhance safety features on Galaxy devices and may be especially useful in regions where Google’s system isn't available.
Google is expanding its Android earthquake alert system to Wear OS smartwatches with the rollout of Google Play Services version 25.21, allowing users, especially those with cellular models, to receive timely earthquake warnings directly on their wrists, including estimated magnitude and distance to the epicenter.
Google has launched its earthquake alert system for Android devices in India, using smartphone sensors to detect tremors. Developed in consultation with the National Disaster Management Authority and the National Seismology Center, the system provides early earthquake alerts in local Indian languages. Two types of alerts, "Be Aware" and "Take Action," are sent based on the magnitude of the earthquake and the level of shaking experienced by users. The alerts bypass notification settings and provide safety recommendations. Google claims that the alerts often reach users before shaking occurs. The company already issues flood alerts in India and introduced earthquake alerts in California in 2020.