Aug 12 (Reuters) – A revamped coronavirus contact-tracing app for England will start its public trials on Thursday, BBC News reported on Wednesday.
The software application will be designed after Apple and Googles privacy-centric technique of one smartphone detecting another, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53753678 stated. Engineers were still trying to resolve concerns with the Bluetooth-based tech wrongly flagging people as being within 2 meters of each other.
The app will let people scan barcode-like QR codes to log venue sees, as well as implementing Apple and Googles approach of identifying other smartphones, the BBC reported.
The test-and-trace programme is key to resuming the economy however has actually been dogged by issues. A smart device app developed by the National Health Service (NHS) was at first anticipated to be rolled out in May however did not materialise.
In June, the government pivoted away from a homegrown model for the app to use the Apple and Google system. (Reporting by Rebekah Mathew and Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; editing by Grant McCool).
