How you’ll use Apple and Google’s coronavirus tracking tool

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Earlier today, Apple and Google announced a Bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing platform that could alert people if they’ve been exposed to the novel coronavirus. Contact tracing is a huge component in ending mass pandemic “stay-at-home” orders, and while phone tracking can’t replace traditional methods like interviews, it can supplement them.
Google and Apple are using Bluetooth LE signals for contact tracing. When two pe