Google, Apple roll out built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications to phones

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Google, Apple roll out built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications to phones

To assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.

Google and Apple announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app. The new system - called Exposure Notifications Express - will allow public health officials to submit a small configuration file to ...

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