Android phones offered early US quake warning, beating iPhones to the punch- Android phones gave early warnings for an earthquake near San Jose yesterday.Android phones have offered built-in earthquake detection functionality since 2020, using your phone’s accelerometer to help create an early warning and detection network for quakes.Dave Burke, Google’s vice-president of engineering for Android, tweeted a neat visualization showing loads of Android phones detecting the quake before the shock waves hit.Earthquake alerts sent instantaneously to surrounding phones before the waves hit pic.twitter.com/8pumt19ReI— Dave Burke (@davey_burke) October 26, 2022This detection capability was also reflected in posts made by social media users, as many people reported receiving earthquake notifications on their Android phones five to 10 seconds before they felt the shock waves.That doesn’t seem like plenty of time, but it does give people a few seconds to take cover."