MobiHealth News May 20, 2020
Opt-in “Exposure Notifications” are included in new operating system updates on both companies’ platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
Roughly a month after first announcing their unprecedented collaboration, Apple and Google have updated their devices’ operating systems today with the first component of their contact tracing API.
Referred to by the companies as “Exposure Notifications,” the technology aims to help public health agencies deploy apps that tell individuals when they may have been exposed to another person with COVID-19.
Device owners must opt in to enable the functionality, which according to the companies does not collect location data. The tech companies also noted in their joint announcement that individual users ultimately decide whether or not to report...
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