La alliance between Apple and Google for the fight against COVID-19 was confirmed recently, so both are in the creation of an API. In a recent interview with Techcrunch, the two companies announce that it will arrive in mid-May in the form of an update for iOS and Android phones.
La great expansion of the coronavirus has made the two tech giants move, no one expected this after competing to a great extent in the telephony sector, but they do it for the common good. The technology will be used for monitoring via the Bluetooth connection.
Google and Apple have the largest share of usersTherefore, it will be quite easy for them to control the rate of infection, as well as whether they have been in contact. The tool will become quite useful, it will not affect the privacy of smartphone owners as it is only accessible to health authorities.
Bluetooth as a great ally
Contagions can be identified by Bluetooth, the data transmitted will be anonymous and will be sent to a server to the public health authority that uses the API. These weeks the first progress will be seen before seeing the light, so testing is essential before being officially launched.
Through Bluetooth LE will be able to know the closeness between users, from the time, the site and thus knowing exactly with whom other people were in contact. Google and Apple have several engineers working together on the tool and it is tested before the official launch.
What versions will it be available in?
Google You have confirmed that you are going to enter the Coronavirus API on all Android devices from Marshmallo version 6.0 onwards with an update of the services of Google Play. Manzana for his part, he confirms that users with version 13 of iOS will have the API. It will arrive in mid-May.