Safety comes first! Google Pixel phones can now check on you when you’re out alone

Google has announced the next set of new features that are coming to its Pixel smartphones. Since launching last year’s car-crash warning, the company is expanding its personal safety features with a new “safety check” tool designed to make sure you ‘re all right if you’re out alone — for a walk or ride, maybe.

When you trigger the app, you set a time to check-in when you want to. Once the time comes, a security check will take over your entire screen and will ask for your status. You may ignore the prompt and claim that you’re okay, instantly start communicating your location with emergency personnel, or call 911. If there is no response within a minute, the security check will alert your emergency contacts automatically and will include your position on Google Maps. There is no way for it to call 911 automatically-possibly to prevent false positives.