Tech giants Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an interoperable contract-tracing tool that will help individuals determine if they have come in contact with someone infected with COVID-19.
As part of this new initiative, the companies are expected to release an API that public agencies can integrate into their apps. The next iteration will be a built-in system-level platform that uses Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons to allow for contact tracing on an opt-in basis.
Apple has also launched a new web page announcing the feature, which details the preliminary Bluetooth specifications, cryptography specifications, and the framework API, the contact tracing system will be based on.
Source: TheHackerNews