Google and Apple Create a Corona Virus Tracking System
Apple through iOS and Google through Android quite often compete in providing the best digital products. However, in the current era of the COVID-19 pandemic, the matter of competition seems to be put aside first.
This is because Apple and Google seem to have come together to create a coronavirus tracking system. The corona virus tracking system will rely on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connection technology that is already installed on each user’s device.
The decision to work with Apple and Google was immediately announced by the two company CEOs between Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai through their respective social media accounts.
Google and Apple Collaborate to Create a Corona Virus Tracking System
To help public health officials slow the spread of # COVID19, Google & @Apple are working on a contact tracing approach designed with strong controls and protection for user privacy. @tim_cook and I are committed to working together on these efforts.https: //t.co/T0j88YBcFu
– Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 10, 2021
Contact tracing can help slow the spread of COVID-19 and can be done without compromising user privacy. We’re working with @sundarpichai & @Google to help health officials harness Bluetooth technology in a way that also respects transparency & consent. https://t.co/94XlbmaGZV
– Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 10, 2021
The system that will be created to detect the spread of the corona virus is an application programming interface (API) that is compatible with Android and iOS smartphones.
The data that has been collected by the API will later be used by health agency applications in each country. The API is planned to be released in mid-May 2021.
So what you need to know, that the plan from Apple and Google is not to create an application. But creating a system or API that can collect data to track users. The API will be installed in the application of public health agencies of each country.
How the Corona Virus Tracking System works
Then how does the corona virus tracking system work? This system will work by concept contact tracking. Where the system can track all users who have been close to each other, both using cell phones.
So, this is where Bluetooth plays a role as a medium in tracking people around the user’s cellphone.
The tracking is with a Bluetooth signal scanner from cell phones that are nearby for a few minutes. Later the tracking results will be stored and further research will be carried out.
After the tracking process is carried out and it is known through notifications that cellphone users have been in close contact with people who are positive for Covid-19. Then the user will be sent a direction of what steps need to be done if he has ever been close to a positive patient with Covid-19.
In addition, for users who have tested positive for Covid-19, it is also recommended to update the status in the application. So that this system can provide notifications to other users who have been close to it.
Similar to the way Indonesian government-owned applications work
Maybe if you look at the system that will be made by Apple and Google, it is almost the same as the application made by the Indonesian government, namely Care-Protect. Besides that, it is also similar to Singapore’s TraceTogether application.
In the future, both applications will also be able to take advantage of Apple and Google’s API contact tracing.
Of course, with the corona virus tracking system it is more effective if there are applications that can be downloaded and utilized massively by every Android and iOS user.
As Dafunda Tekno quoted from Techcrunch, Google and Apple confirmed that the system being built would not use GPS data. both of them have also promised to always maintain the confidentiality of users’ personal data.
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