Originally attributed to Google Home by mutliple sources on the internet; a smart home device, not Google Home, alerted the New Mexico sheriffs department to a domestic dispute. Apparently, a man threatened to kill his girlfriend, but the authorities were notified by a smart speaker hooked up to the surround sound system inside the place the couple were house-sitting. The device recognized her voice command and asked her “Did you call the sheriffs?” before dialing 911. At the very least the lady seems safe, but how invasive is to invasive when it comes to our smart devices. Not quite PreCrime, but I am offended by the Burger King suggestions from certain devices.



Authorities said the smart device potentially played a life-saving role in the incident.

“The unexpected use of this new technology to contact emergency services has possibly helped save a life. This amazing technology definitely helped save a mother and her child from a very violent situation,” Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III said in a statement to ABC News.

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