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Title: Apple and Google announce partnership to help track COVID-19 infections
Post by: HCK on April 11, 2020, 04:05:21 pm
Apple and Google announce partnership to help track COVID-19 infections

Apple and Google are partnering up in a huge way.

What you need to know


Apple and Google are partnering to fight COVID-19.
The companies are working on technology to help with contact tracing.
They will use Bluetooth technology to help keep user privacy in check.


Apple has announced a joint partnership with Google to assist governments and health agencies in fighting against the coronavirus pandemic. Apple made the announcement in a press release on the Apple Newsroom website this afternoon.


  "Google and Apple are announcing a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design."


The companies have recognized contact tracing as a valuable tool in slowing the spread of the virus, and have committed to building a solution that uses Bluetooth technology to help track the pandemic. The companies say that using Bluetooth, rather than location tracking, ...

Source: Apple and Google announce partnership to help track COVID-19 infections (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/BWLDHXgjcvc/apple-and-google-announce-partnership-help-track-covid-19-infections)