Apple and Google have been working on the contract-tracing tool (later changed to ‘exposure notification’) to combat the spread of novel coronavirus in the world since the beginning of this month.
Recently, both the tech giants also announced that they were putting stronger privacy protections in their upcoming Covid-19 contact-tracing tool and will also launch a developers version of the same some time next week. How is this new technology solution going to work: In a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ document released by Apple, the tech giants explain how the tool, once enabled, will aid contract-tracing efforts and help authorities and governments around the world to combat the spread of Covid-19.