The first large-scale app to use Google and Apple's contact tracing API is being tested in Switzerland

It should be available to the general public in mid-June

Earlier this month, both Google and Apple rolled out universal APIs to introduce a Bluetooth-based exposure notification system to help governments perform contact tracing. But this effort of two companies working together for the public good wouldn't be any use without apps utilizing the new APIs. SwissCovid, the first large-scale app to take advantage of the new capabilities, is beginning a pilot program in Switzerland.

The app uses your phone's Bluetooth signal to record and exchange unique identifiers with those around you.

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