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| Apple and Google have introduced a built-in notification system to prevent corona |
Google and Apple announced a new system on Tuesday that will allow health officials to use smartphones to track contacts without the need to create apps.
A new exposure notification system called Exposure Notifications Express allows public health officials to send a small profile to Apple and Google. The two tech companies then use the file to set up a system that phone owners can subscribe to to see if they have been close to someone who has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
For the iPhone, the new version of iOS released today will notify users when they can get exposure notification system from their local health department and allow users to set it up without downloading new apps. On Android devices, users will also receive prompts from the mobile operating system, but they will have to download the auto-generated app.
The companies said Maryland, Nevada, Virginia and Washington, DC will be the first countries in the United States to adopt the new system. The new system can also be used with the tools that the two companies released in May. For example, public health officials can create apps that allow iPhones and Android devices to use Bluetooth signals to identify people who have tested positive. For the virus.
In the past six weeks, six states and about 20 countries in the USA have launched exhibition information apps based on Apple-Google technology without facing any major hurdles. Compatibility between apps continues to grow, enabling cross-border tracking. Some jurisdictions, such as Hawaii, are developing separate tracking technologies.
Some governments are praising the system, which can help them test and isolate infected people more effectively, rather than simply requiring infected people to see infected people. So infected people think about people and increase the chances of infection. I forgot something. However, due to rules set by Apple and Google, some governments are dissatisfied with this, which limits their ability to collect user location, phone number and other detailed information.