As COVID soars, Wash. launches app using Google, Apple technology to notify people of exposures (Lisa Stiffler/GeekWire)

As COVID-19 rates are blowing up — Washington is reporting a daily
average of about 2,700 new cases — the state on Monday is unveiling an
app to inform residents if they’ve been exposed to an infected person. WA
Notify is a free app that uses technology developed through a joint
effort by Apple and Google called the Exposure Notification System. The
app takes advantage of low-energy Bluetooth signals emitted by
smartphones to detect and remember interactions, allowing people to be
notified if they’ve been in proximity to someone who later tests positive
for COVID. It does not collect any… Read More

Images of the Android interface for the WA Notify app being released
Monday. …

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