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Coronavirus: England’s contact-tracing app gets green light for trial – Yahoo News Australia
Public tests are set to start on Thursday, but concerns remain about how accurately distance is measured.
England’s revamped coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to begin public trials on Thursday.
The software will be based on Apple and Google’s privacy-centric method of one smartphone detecting another.
Engineers are still trying to reduce how often the Bluetooth-based tech wrongly flags people as being within 2m (6.6ft) of each other.
Officials are concerned about people going into quarantine as a consequence.
The Isle of Wight will be involved again, along with one other area and a volunte…
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