Earlier this year, Google conducted tests to provide better location information for emergency calls. Today, the company has announced that the technology is available in the US through new deals with T-Mobile and RapidSOS.
Google’s partnerships with RapidSOS and T-Mobile are separate, and they’re meant to cover as many people as possible when an emergency call is made. Any Android user in a RapidSOS-covered area will have their location sent (RapidSOS is used in over 1,000 emergency centers and covers over 100 million Americans), regardless of which carrier they’re on, and any T-Mobile customer will also have their Emergency Location Services (ELS) location sent. These are delivered through separate channels, so if a T-Mobile customer…
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