Covid Tracker On Iphone And Android
No no one has secretly installed a covid 19 tracker onto your smartphone.
Covid tracker on iphone and android. The feature is only activated when you install an official covid tracking app and right now at least in the u s there aren. Social media is awash with claims that google or apple has secretly installed covid 19 trackers onto user s iphones and. To see if the tool is on an iphone go to. While there are settings on your iphone for covid 19 exposure logging you must opt in to the feature which is aimed at helping contact tracers slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The message is actually referring to the covid 19 contact tracing system that apple and google have jointly built to enable exposure notification on both android and iphone devices. If you have a health tracking app installed your iphone will send out randomized bluetooth beacons to devices around you. Here s how you can turn on or disable the covid 19 exposure logging feature on your iphone.