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Unlike conventional systems that use dedicated, expensive seismic instruments, Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts system leverages the sheer scale of smartphones, which continuously collect motion data unless users opt out. By analyzing inputs from these devices, the technology not only identified the origins and strength of more than 11,000 earthquakes…
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Google is using two billion Android phones to detect earthquakes worldwide
Dion Pepper
04:24
Unlike conventional systems that use dedicated, expensive seismic instruments, Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts system leverages the sheer scale of smartphones, which continuously collect motion data unless users opt out. By analyzing inputs from these devices, the technology not only identified the origins and strength of more than 11,000 earthquakes…
