Google has disabled the detection of Android earthquake in Brazil, after many smartphones in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro obtained faux emergency alerts on Friday morning, Friday morning, Android police Experiences. The alerts of a non -existent 5.5 -year -old earthquake had been despatched to units round 2 within the morning and recognized earthquakes within the Ubatuba and Baixada Santista areas.
In line with CNN Brasil, the civil protection of São Paulo, who manages an early warning system for the chance of disasters, mentioned that “he has not issued any alert and that there isn’t a document of any incidence associated to the potential earthquake.”
In an e -mail to VertaGoogle spokesman, Ed Fernandez, writes:
The Android Earthstur Alerts system is a further service that makes use of Android telephones to shortly estimate the tremor of the earthquake and to supply early customers. It isn’t designed to switch any official or different public warning system. On February 14, our system detected alerts on the units close to the São Paulo coast and triggered an earthquake for customers within the area. We promptly disabled the alert system in Brazil and we’re at the moment investigating what occurred. We apologize to our customers for inconvenience and stay employed to enhance our instruments.