Tag: tracing

Bluetooth update could turn wearables into COVID-19 trackers

Billions of people have smartphones, but not everyone has them, and they’re not the only smart devices folks have access to. Older people, and young kids, have valid reasons for not owning one, which excludes them from the phone-based contact-tracing… Source

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France asks Apple to lift Bluetooth limits to further its coronavirus tracker

France has asked Apple to lift a technical obstacle that it says is standing in the way of rolling out a contact-tracing application designed to manage and monitor the spread of COVID-19. The app — similar to that currently being developed by Apple a… Source

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