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. The Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) system, which began in the U.S. in 2020 and has since expanded globally,

Ten million people could have been notified by Google's Android Earthquake Alerts System before the 2023 disaster.

Google has acknowledged a major lapse in its Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) System during the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey.