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Tech giant company By Google announced that the company is launching Emergency Location Service (ELS) for compatible Android devices in India. This means that if a person is in an emergency, they can call or message emergency service providers, including the police, health care professionals, and firefighters. After this, the exact location of the users will also be shared as soon as ELS starts. Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to enable ELS for Android devices. This feature was first rolled out for devices running Android 6 and above. State authorities have to integrate this service with their services to activate ELS.

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The search giant has said that it has activated the ELS feature for Android smartphones in India. This built-in emergency service will help Android users to send location via call or SMS to seek help from emergency service providers like police, medical staff and firefighters. Google says that ELS on Android collects data from the device’s GPS, Wi-Fi and cellular networks to determine a user’s exact location, and claims that it can locate a person with an accuracy of up to 50 meters. (Photo Courtesy – X)

The ELS feature requires local wireless and emergency infrastructure operators to activate support for it. Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in India to do so. Due to which this service has been fully activated for the Android devices here. State Police has integrated ELS support with Emergency Number 112 with Pert Telecom Solutions. This is a free service. This service will track their location only when the user dials 112 from the Android phone.

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Additionally, the tech giant has said that the ELS functionality has been rolled out for all compatible devices running Android 6.0 and above. The company claims that ELS has assisted more than 20 million calls and SMS messages on Android so far. Sometimes the call would be cut off within a few seconds after answering the call. ELS is powered by Google’s machine learning-based Android fused location provider. Google has also stated that this feature is only available to emergency service providers and that ELS never collects or shares precise location data with the company. Hence, the location data is sent directly to the concerned authorities.