Google Public Alerts

Online notification service owned by Google.org
Google Public Alerts
Type of site
Weather and safety alerting site
Dissolved31 March 2021; 2 years ago (2021-03-31)
OwnerGoogle.org
URLgoogle.org/publicalerts
Launched30 October 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-30)[1]

Google Public Alerts was an online notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts (weather watches, warnings, advisories, safety instructions, etc.) and launched to the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil on October 30, 2012, and to the Philippines on November 12, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country.[2] If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.[2]

On June 3, 2014, Public Alerts connected with Twitter to display tweets about the current event to keep people safe via special sources. Google called it "extreme public alerts" because it can answer questions, such as whether schools are closed. Google says "it's only enabled in majorly English-speaking countries".[3]

Google Public Alerts was discontinued by Google.org on March 31, 2021, though the functionality will be available on other Google services such as Google Search and Google Maps.[4]

Partners

Source:[5]

United States

Australia

Canada

England

Germany

Colombia

  • Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management)
  • Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies)

Japan

Taiwan

Indonesia

Mexico

  • Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (National Weather Service)

Philippines

References

  1. ^ Introducing Google Public Alerts - YouTube
  2. ^ a b Public Alerts Help - Google Help - What is Google Public Alerts?
  3. ^ Google's Public Alerts now displays tweets in times of crisis - The Next Web
  4. ^ "Public Alerts Help". support.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ Public Alerts Help - Google Help - Who provides content to Google Public Alerts?
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