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Search and rescue organizations are warning hikers and wilderness enthusiasts about relying too much on technology if they get lost or need help.

One of the new features on the iPhone and Apple Watch is crash detection. It is designed to detect car crashes and if needed, alert the local authorities.

"It's quite sophisticated," Dwight Yochim, a senior manager with the B.C. Search and Rescue Association told Global News.

"It recognizes a sudden change in speed, sound of crunching metal and glass and even the airbag deploying. But for whatever reason, people in the backcountry and maybe it's just our B.C. backcountry enthusiasts, they're just hardcore, and the falling and the kind of crashing through the woods literally is setting it off."

Yochim said so far, rescue crews have received three reports of someone falling, only to discover they are fine.

After speaking with Apple, he said they issued an update on Wednesday so they are urging everyone to make sure their software is updated.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9352161/apple-watch-iphone-crash-detection-software-issue/

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