Samsung Galaxy S24 & Galaxy Z Fold 5 could feature car crash detection
Nobody wants to get into a car accident, but it happens a lot. If it does, it’s important that people know about it quickly. Sometimes, in a bad crash, you might not be able to call for help. In this kind of situation, having a smartphone that calls emergency services when it senses a crash can be very helpful.
Apple and Google have a feature on their phones that can detect car crashes, but Samsung Galaxy smartphones don’t have it yet. However, there are hints that this might change soon.
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Android Police has found clues that indicate that Samsung might be working on a car crash detection feature.
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A sensor named “Car Crash Detect Wakeup” has been found on the Tasker app on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and S24 Ultra smartphones.
The Car Crash Detect Wakeup sensor is a composite sensor that gathers data from different physical sensors. “The sensor is designed to not allow for batching sensor events so as to immediately report potential car crashes to apps reading the sensor,” the report mentioned.
Additionally, a hidden system app named “MoccaMobile” has also been found within One UI 6.1, containing code related to starting and stopping the car crash sensor. However, how a potential car crash alert might look on Samsung devices is still unknown.
Adding to the complexity is the presence of the “MoccaMobile” app in earlier builds of One UI, such as in the One UI 5.1.1 build for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the One UI 6.0 build for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Interestingly, the latter doesn’t appear to include the “Car Crash Detect Wakeup” sensor. Notably, the app is absent in the One UI 5.0 build for the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the One UI 5.1 build for the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
If this report proves to be accurate and Samsung indeed introduces the car crash detection feature for the Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy Z Fold 5, it would be highly beneficial for Samsung users, considering the popularity of these phones.
