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UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app for Google-Apple model

By Alistair Smout

Jun 19 2020 6:37AM

After problems with NHS system on iPhone.

UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app for Google-Apple model

Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apple's iPhone, the government said on Thursday. The test-and-trace program is key to reopening the ...

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