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Google has rolled out a fix for a COVID-19 tracking app loading issue
Google engineers are trying to fix the problem.
The EU is testing cross-border COVID-19 contact tracing
Six countries are trialing the system, which should go live next month.
Apple releases iOS 13.7 with Exposure Notifications Express framework
It includes an update for Apple's COVID-19 contact tracing efforts.
You can soon join Apple's COVID-19 tracing system without an app
Apple and Google have announced the latest form of their coronavirus tracing system which, for iOS users, does not require downloading an app. As expected, the system uses random Bluetooth identifiers (a more privacy-protective approach than GPS data) to alert people if they come close to someone with COVID-19 for a significant period of time. The key is that on Apple devices, state public health authorities that have opted into the program — providing their criteria for what counts as an exposure to COVID-19 and guidance for what residents should do if exposed — will have their customizations built into iOS.
Bluetooth update could turn wearables into COVID-19 trackers
Could your smartwatch join a global network of contact tracing devices?
The first US COVID-19 app built on Apple and Google tracking tech is here
The Virginia Department of Health has launched COVIDWISE, an app that uses Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology to track coronavirus cases and notify users when they may have been exposed. State officials had been beta testing the app, which is the first to fully use Apple and Google’s exposure notification API. As of today, the app is free to download in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
The first US COVID-19 exposure notification apps could arrive within 'weeks'
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 its app on Friday.
National COVID-19 exposure server could alert people across states
Microsoft will host a COVID-19 exposure server that could help alert people across states.
Singapore offers Bluetooth COVID-19 trackers to smartphone-less seniors
It’s not a given that everyone has a smartphone. To bring that functionality to seniors, the government in Singapore is sending Bluetooth pendants called TraceTogether tokens. As more tokens are made, they’ll go out to a broader range of seniors.
UK contact tracing app may warn you about areas with high infection rates
The UK's health service is reportedly hoping to load its COVID-19 contact tracing app with features to spark interest, including warning about risky areas.
Recommended Reading: When facial recognition identifies the wrong person
Law enforcement at all levels are employing facial recognition for a variety of things. When the US and countries around the world began to shut down, tech companies of all sizes announced plans to help. The Atlantic explains the motives.
UK accused of trying to thwart 'rival' COVID-19 apps
Developers of alternative contact-tracing apps were told to stop work.
Japan releases contact-tracing app using Apple and Google tech (updated)
Japan's new COVID-19 contact-tracing app is based on the framework provided by Google and Apple.
UK switches COVID-19 contact tracing app to Apple and Google framework
The UK will base its coronavirus contact tracing app on the Apple and Google API and adopt the decentralized framework.
EU sets framework for contact tracing apps that work across borders
The Commission has agreed on a set of technical specifications that will allow info to be exchanged between national contract tracing apps.
Germany's voluntary contract tracing app is available to download
Germany has become the latest European country to launch a voluntary COVID-19 contact tracing app.
Germany's COVID-19 contact tracing app arrives this week
Germany says its COVID-19 contact tracing app is ready to launch this week.
Singapore wants every resident to wear a COVID-19 tracing device
Singapore would like to give every resident a wearable device for COVID-19 contact tracing, bu it's raising privacy concerns in the process.
France releases a voluntary contact tracing app
The French government has released a contract tracing app, called StopCovid, to notify people when they’ve been in contact with someone who is later diagnosed with COVID-19, as reported by Bloomberg.
Italy's 'Immuni' COVID-19 contact tracing app uses Google, Apple tech
Four regions will pilot the exposure notification app starting next week.
