Does Apple’s Crash Detection Work? We Totaled Some Cars to Find Out. | WSJ 

This is the first proper test of this feature on RU-vid. I’m not surprised it came from Joanna. Well done, as always!

this is what separates quality reporting and review from the rest the pack Thank You Jonna

Well I can add that this feature did in fact work in a real crash, mine! 2 days ago waiting to turn, a truck rear end me. Now I won't hazard a guess like so many, including this video, as to what activated it; just that it did. So after a very brief few curse session got out of car and my watch (series 4) started to vibrate and making sounds alerting me. Honestly was confused at first because forgot about the feature. Oh this was an Iphone 14 Pro Max. The phone was inside center console of a kia optima 2015, tethered. the cable was fine and phone fine. also airbag did not go off (which not sure good or bad but anyhow). Car also is still driveable even though trunk smashed in. So yeah it worked in a real situation and yeah 2015 Kia Optima does well in rear end collision :)

This is the right way to test these features! Unlike other RU-vidrs taking 0 precautions carelessly driving junk cars around or even letting the cars drive remotely next to power lines…

Bluetooth/CarPlay seems like a cop out. What if you’re a passenger and not connected to anything. Interesting results and awesome job per usual!

Apple in response: you are crushing it wrong 😂

Thank you WSJ and everyone else involved in making this video!!! It was very helpful.

2:12 i liked the way the EMT greets us.

A german youtuber called AlexiBexi also tried out if the feature activates. However he did it without crashes. The way he got it to activate was to drive and suddenly step on the break which abruptly stops the car. this then causes the iphone 14 to fly out of his pocket. while all this happened he also screamed to suggest the iphone something bad just happened.

earlier this year i was in a collision with a motorcycle. the motorcycle failed to yield at a stop sign. fortunately the motorcyclist was okay but for a bruise and some scrapes. i however was knocked unconscious and my phone called 911 for me. Paramedics arrived and got me to the ER. If it wasn't for this feature i could have been in a much worse condition and or dead. thank you Iphone

What’s funny is that in this review the phones didn’t detect the crash in the vehicles, but in other situations such as winter sports or roller coasters the phones are. Feels like it’s either too sensitive or not sensitive enough. Over time I’m sure tweaks will be made to address it. Excellent review. Keep up the great work.😊

Thanks so much!!! Another great piece from Joanna Stern!

Excellent job. Great information and levity with the country on the down low . Thanks . Keep up the good work !!

Joanna is one of the best tech person out there.

And this is yet another example of why Joanna is the best around.

If a feature requires so many permutations and combinations to activate, its probably not worth having. It's just like general insurance companies rejecting claims based on technicalities.

Thank you for the test and analysis

I feel like Joanna is trying to make me envious of her job with every video 😅

Great work 👍

Joanna is the best! Hands down

Guys don’t worry too much about the feature “not working” once you do have the phone set up (quicker if you already had a iPhone before) Apple Maps/Find My, it will register where you left your vehicle park at. Every morning I wake up for school and head to my car my phone automatically detects that I’m gonna drive (even without connecting to Bluetooth/Apple Car Play, vehicles I use: 2017 Camry and 2007 Honda Fit) so yes most of these people testing these devices only really just set them up and get on with testing without actually daily driving the phone, I’ve had my iPhone 14 since lunch and every time it detects that I’m driving. While yes these system isn’t perfect we shouldn’t just judge what these types of tests bring out. Many people where able to activate crash detection with a short drive and crash others by just doing a hard brake while dropping the phone and screaming. So I would recommend to setting up the driving focus to help “improve” the chances of these features working more better.

There are reports in my country that casually riding scooters can cause a crash detection, maybe our road is too bad to drive on

It worked for my husband and I last week. Didn’t even know it was a feature

Regarding the watch on the derby dude's wrist, not suprised that it does not get triggered given the way he is plowing straight through the other car in that steel beast. A real crash is a much more 50/50 affair.

Joanna, simply the best 💓

They are stepping up their content. Love it.

I knew this video was just going to be a matter of time 😂

5:45, the iPhone went of here and connected to the Watch for the crash detection. Just like it should.

Dope!

60% of aapl revenue comes from outside the US. It’s susceptible to the economic headwinds of Europe and Asia. Turn focus back to the US and it may be better off than others money is still tight here too. Not a lot of discretional spending in the middle and lower class.

Thanks for the disclaimer at the beginning. I was worried 🥴

As MKBHD said, someone had to do it

Aye that's my boy Michael nice job 🙂

As it was noted, this really didn't prove much beyond...if you get hit by a car *before you drive your car*, it won't know you've been in a crash. If you don't connect the phone to the car (carplay/bluetooth) the phone has no way of knowing it's even in a car if it hasn't been driven.

Google releases crash detection 3 years ago: Nothing Apple releases crash detection in 2022: Oh what a new feature

As soon as they announced it I knew some RU-vidr was gonna total cars to test it.

Oh wow

Didn't try GM's OnStar app?

Just read it alerted emergency services to a crash that killed 6 people in Nebraska.

Quality testing! Way better than that of Luke Miami

in my opinion it's not ready yet, it needs really specific things to work

Always quality reporting. Great standard

We learnt that your voice is well. Hmm, like a fine wine thats been corked

next step, do this again but with cars with apple CarPlay and Android auto. If they fail, this marketing thing is a big fat lie.

I was waiting for someone to test this makes sense WSJ would pull it off. Meanwhile so funny to hear non Michigan people say Monroe because I can't pronounce it anyother way I think it's just the way we pronounce words with a semi nasally accent.

And what the iPhone 14 do in a rollercoaster ? Detect crash ?

Will it detect an airplane crash, boat crash, helicopter crash and such?

Excellent reporting as always, Joanna!

I think instead of sticking firm the phones especially IPHONE 14 or pro it has to be loosened enough while testing and if it fall at least a fall detection works in this case could triggered alert to emergency contact. Yes the feature says car crash detection but its rare but possible standby car can also be hit by someone any place. May be they need to improvise this on any any shock it would need to trigger with say more countdown timer 15-20 sec may be.

The only reason the phones didn’t go off in the stationary vehicle is because there was no motion , the vehicle has to be moving and come to abrupt stop to trigger the crash detection

Wow. I’m really surprised by the results

impressive test!!

I plopped into my bed the other day forcefully and it thought I was in a crash.

Apple is saying that it didn’t went off because it wasn’t connected to Bluetooth or Carplay. But why where there Articles about iPhones which called emergency while the owner were on a roller coaster? But therefore if it has to be connected to car play or Bluetooth then i rather turn it off because my car already has an built in emergency tool. (It’s mandatory in the EU and Switzerland since 2018 for new cars)

Impressive ngl

Pixel had this feature a long time ago

“Do not do this at home” Me: goes to school

I've been on two calls recently dispatched by our 911 center. One, the phone apparently fell from the top of a car driving down the street - so not a crash. The second the phone fell off the bumper of a moving vehicle - again not a crash. There was a third call I was not on. The iPhone was laying in a ditch next to the interstate - again not a crash. I'm starting to not like this technology.

i can just imagine the AI in iphones and watches being like: "ay that sounded pretty loud, did the guy die? nah they'll be fine"

why hasn't this video been taken down yet?

As well apparently if your on a roller coaster it would go off

Wait, should I try this at home?

TIM COOK : buy yourself a PIXEL

Surprised the derby driver wasn't wearing a HANS device

This is an awesome test. Well done WSJ

So, if you are gonna have an accident, it better not be just leaving home :)

I wonder if having the phones strapped in affected things?

Driver is not wearing a HANS device?

What if the car was at a STOP sign ?

Disappointing but I'll leave it on. Given that the driven car did activate, I believe their reasoning that the phone in the sitting vehicle was unaware it was in one. This is still a shortcoming as a large percentage of accidents will happen shortly after starting the vehicle and moving into traffic.

We attain a perfect state if we can put our worries behind us when we are happy.

This feature should be something car manufacturers should do instead of a phone company

Niceeee

Did you let Michael keep the Apple Watch Ultra?

If anything, they should be building cars like that green one.

Why not let the guy who's driving wear the watch? And why not do a test whether emergency responders can actually show up and find your location.

Weird; I own a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, and that's not one. I'm assuming it's a 2007?

Why does the totaled black car on the left of the thumbnail look like a Bugatti

Should we wait for Joanna A Day with Apple Watch Ultra Soon ?

So if you’re sitting at a traffic light and someone hits you it won’t work.

But what if you're just standing on the street or walking and get hit by a car. The alarm should go off!

Just try same with stationary car on

Why not just ask Apple & Google to audit their crash detection?

I’ll be honest, Crash Definitely would be better of on Apple Watch

Expecting the stopped car to detect a crash makes no sense to me. How would they have expected it to possibly work in a non-moving vehicle when not connected to CarPlay? If the phone would have detected a crash in those conditions, how would it not also create false positives when you toss it on your bed?

Not a real road and you wasnt travelling before hand (like you normally would) before the crash happened - apple watch knows its not a real crash.

I know it works it called 911 when I got into a pretty bad accident while my android phone didn't even think I was in a car crash. neither this implementation or androids is going to be perfect

it needs to be five point harness

It don’t work correctly if it goes off on a rollercoaster

The Wallstreet Jornal needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

I wanna who is the algorithm write for this 😲

That is not a 2008 caravan lol

I’m confused. When it does connect to the emergency, how will they know you got in a crash? Like would it just call or would it notify them only? Because if someone was unconscious, who would do the talking?

Joanna beating everyone to the punch.. I mean crash.. again.

it does seem to crash cars to make news for wsj

Seems like you need the watch for the crash detection to work. It's also worthy to note that vehicles with hands free have tech built in like Sync, Apple car play, and Android Auto may trigger calls based on the vehicles info such as airbag deployment. Reference your vehicles manual, and check next time your phone is synced to your vehicle. This so called "new" feature from Apple isn't new... it's just a feature of the phone that has been around in another form for at least 9 year; at least the vehicles I'm aware of have had it.

Moving car crash detection. So someone hits you at an intersection... nothing... Great tech

Apple got some explanation to do.

My mom and I got in a crash and me and my mom phone went off and me and my mom as unconscious so we didn’t pick up the phone so it called 911 and this products are saving my mom life and mines

1:55 yeah baby... Si 🤪Necesito hacer cosas 😘contigo en mi casa... 😅