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The first US COVID-19 exposure notification apps could arrive within ‘weeks’ – Yahoo Finance Australia
Google and Apple released COVID-19 exposure notification technology that can work across Android and iOS in May, but so far apps to use it haven’t launched in the US. Now Google says the first ones should launch in ‘the coming weeks,’ while Canada launched it…
In order to help fight the spread of COVID-19, Apple and Google quickly developed exposure notification technology for Android and iOS that that relied on Bluetooth technology in mobile phones. They initially released their platforms in May (via an update for iOS and Play Store services on Android), but so far, in the US apps based on the technology have not rolled out widely. According to a Google blog post, apps based on their exposure notification systems have launched in 16 countries and reg…
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