If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Back in 2020, Google kicked off a project to crowdsource signals from Android phones that an earthquake might be imminent.

After 3 years, the results not only rival conventional, dedicated seismic detectors, but also operate in large areas that currently have no other early-warning service at all.

A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system is rolling out today. If you opt in, the accelerometer in your Android phone will ...

Scientists say that Google's Android Earthquake Alert system, which comprises of billions of Android smartphones around the ...

Google has announced plans to introduce an earthquake alert system to Android devices globally. The system will rely on the accelerometers that are built into all smartphones to detect signals for ...

Starting today, interested parties from around the world can opt-in to the Android Earthquake Alerts System and use their phones as mini seismometers to send data to Google.

GOOGLE is working on an Android phone powered earthquake alert system. The first part of the system has just started rolling out and if you opt in your accelerometer data will be used to create an ...

Tech giant Google has developed a new way to detect undersea earthquakes and tsunamis with the help of subsea fiber optic cables. This could be the world's best earthquake-tsunami detection ...

Google’s Android Earthquake Alert System alerted people of an earthquake in Brazil early on Valentine’s Day, but it was a false alarm — there was no earthquake.