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Apple and Google are loading their phones with Corona Virus Tracking tech

      Google-Apple Corona Virus Tracking tech Highlights : Apple and Google are loading their phones with Corona Virus Tracking tech The Technology relies on Bluetooth wireless signals  Instead of geographic location, the app relies on proximity Q     : What is it ? Ans : Apple and Google have sometime back announced a "exposure notification" solution. It is actually an Application Programme Interference or API that is designed to automatically alert people if they might have been exposed to the Corona Virus. The companies are now trying building more of the necessary  technology directly into phone software. That could make it much easier for people to get it on their phone even if their local public health agency hasn't built its own compatible app. Q.      : How it works ? Ans.   : First of all it is an API so it won't work on its own. The API is just an enabling tool and needs to be embedded in an app, like Aarogya Setu. G...