Google Public Alerts

{{Short description|Online notification service owned by Google.org}}

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| name = Google Public Alerts Site

| screenshot = File:GPA_Screenshot_2015.png

| url = {{URL|google.org/publicalerts}}

| type = Weather and safety alerting site

| dissolved = {{end date and age|2021|03|31|df=yes}}

| owner = Google.org

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2012|10|30|df=yes}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHER63hfl8 Introducing Google Public Alerts - YouTube]

}}

Google Public Alerts Site 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.[https://support.google.com/publicalerts/?hl=en#1753666 Public Alerts Help - Google Help - What is Google Public Alerts?] If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.

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".[https://thenextweb.com/google/2014/06/05/googles-public-alerts-now-display-tweets-times-crisis/ Google's Public Alerts now displays tweets in times of crisis - The Next Web]

Google Public Alerts Site 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.{{Cite web|title=Public Alerts Help|url=https://support.google.com/publicalerts/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=support.google.com}}