Apple and Google team up on coronavirus tracking using smartphone Bluetooth data

Tech opponents Apple and Google will push new instrument to smartphones subsequent month that may use Bluetooth proximity data to lend a hand determine customers who can have been uncovered to showed coronavirus instances. NBC's Liz McLaughlin reviews.
Tech rivals Apple and Google will push new software to smartphones next month that will use Bluetooth proximity data to help identify users who may have been exposed to confirmed coronavirus cases. NBC's Liz McLaughlin reports.Original article
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