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Google Messages will support texting 911 via RCS starting this winter, offering features like location sharing and read receipts. This upgrade improves emergency texting which is already supported by over half of US dispatch centers. Google collaborates with RapidSOS for enhanced responder info. This announcement precedes Apple’s expected RCS support in iOS 18, aiming to broaden RCS adoption.

  • rickyrigatoni
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    6 months ago

    911 deals with road obstructions? I thought that would be DOT.

    • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com
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      6 months ago

      Most municipalities have a non-emergency line to handle things like this. Road obstructions, noise complaints, and the like may well be handled by 911 operators, but calls to the non-emergency line are handled as the lowest priority.

    • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      They do here in Montreal, I reported a compost bin abandoned in the middle of Decarie the other day and they sent the SQ.