CNBC May 4, 2020
Kif Leswing

Key Points

– Apple and Google on Monday revealed sample code and screenshots of example software using the companies’ contact tracing tools.

– The two tech giants are backing a way to trace and notify people who may have been infected with Covid-19 using Bluetooth signals from people’s phones anonymously.

– The screenshots and code are not an example of the exact software that public health authorities will use, but it’s a base for them to start without building an entire software program from scratch and it shows what the system is capable of.

Apple and Google on Monday revealed sample code and screenshots of example software using the companies’ contact tracing software.

The two tech giants are backing a...

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