UK changes course on contact tracing app, will use Apple’s exposure notification API after all
The UK government today scrapped plans for a centralized contact tracing app and instead will announce that it is switching to use the API solution provided by Apple and Google, as reported by the BBC. The Exposure Notification API preserves user privacy and offers better battery life and performance on Apple’s iPhone.
The news follows multiple delays about when the UK would actually launch its contact tracing app, which was originally billed to launch in May.
