Apple & Google contact tracing system, explained

4/16/20

The Verge

Apple and Google are working together in the face of a global pandemic. To track and fight new cases of coronavirus, the companies plan to create a new system for public health apps, eventually built straight into iOS and Android. The system can track the people you have come in contact with via Bluetooth. If one of those people is diagnosed with COVID-19, you’ll be alerted and told to self-isolate.

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