COVID-19 makes strange bedfellows as Apple and Google team up for contact tracking system - Android

The seriousness of the pandemic that we all have been fighting against has brought together two tech giants, Apple and Google. that they are using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Starting next month, both companies will release APIs that allow both iOS and Android devices to run apps from public health authorities. These apps will be downloaded from either the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

During the second phase of this partnership, Apple and Google will build a Bluetooth-based platform that will be included ...