Covid Apple Update. 05/24 Update below. This post was originally published on May 21. Apple iOS 13.5 has landed and it’s the most important iOS update ever released because it integrates Apple’s COVID-19 contact. The update includes bug fixes, improvements, and, perhaps most notably, changes to how Face ID works when iPhone owners are wearing a face mask, along with the COVID-19 contact tracing feature. If you think you or a family member have been exposed to COVID-19, evaluate symptoms with our in-home screening tool and understand your next steps.
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted on Wednesday, “Technology can help health officials rapidly tell someone they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Today the Exposure Notification API we created with @Google is available to help public health agencies make their COVID-19 apps effective while protecting user privacy.” COVID-19 contact tracing hits Apple devices with iOS and iPadOS 13.5 Apple also pushed out small updates for HomePods and Apple TVs. Samuel Axon - May 20, 2020 9:36 pm UTC
Google and Apple have updated their Bluetooth-based pandemic tracing Exposure Notifications System (ENS), incorporating feedback from early implementations by health authorities tackling Covid-19. They’ve also published extra technical details about how ENS works. You can, see for example, the.
Google and Apple have updated their Bluetooth-based pandemic tracing Exposure Notifications System (ENS), incorporating feedback from early implementations by health authorities tackling Covid-19. They’ve also published extra technical details about how ENS works. You can, see for example, the. Apple says that the update, “introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities.” Update 5/27: Added information about the first. Apple and Google have reemphasized their existing policies in app development, data protection, and appropriate content, and have bolstered requirements with direct specifications regarding COVID-19 apps. The new Bluetooth Exposure APIs created by Apple and Google have received a significant amount of attention. Apple updates iPhone to work with COVID-19 ‘contact tracing’ apps The new update does not begin initiating contact tracing on iPhones, but rather enables future contact-tracing apps to work.
