Apple and Google just provided a first look at how public health apps could use the coronavirus contact tracing software they are jointly developing. The two tech companies shared a series of ...

The unprecedented collaboration on an interoperable infrastructure between Apple and Google — which came together in two weeks and was announced last Friday — has now set the stage for a ...

While other companies are building contact tracing apps, the Apple/Google partnership could greatly expand tracing, since: In the U.S., about 81% of us own smartphones, according to a 2019 survey ...

All that said, a representative from Google and Apple's joint project conceded that any contact-tracing system will have a false-positive rate, just as Covid-19 tests themselves do.

Apple and Google want to develop tech to track the spread of COVID-19 while protecting individuals' privacy. But some states say the restrictive settings may make it harder to find virus hotspots.

Apple and Google on Friday announced updates to their joint effort in creating software that public health authorities can use to create coronavirus contact-tracing apps for iPhones and Androids ...