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Contact-tracing app: First version worked on more phones – Yahoo News Australia
The first version of the NHS England and Wales app was trialled on the Isle of Wight.
The original NHS Covid-19 app, which was shelved, would have worked on a larger number of handsets than the app which launched in England and Wales this week, I have discovered.
VMware Pivotal, the firm behind it, has just published its software code.
It shows that it works on 97.5% of handsets, and provides more accurate measurements of contacts between users.
One expert told me the first app was better – but VMware Pivotal says it does not wish to compete.
The new app doesn’t work with a v…
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