In 2019, the COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, and spread globally, impacting many lives. Even though four years have passed, the pandemic lingers in some places, though not as severely as before. Here are the details…
Google Pulls the Plug on COVID-19 Exposure Notifications for Android
As the pandemic has eased, daily life has returned to normal, and many companies that switched to remote work have gone back to office-based operations. However, Google, the tech giant, has decided to discontinue a COVID-19-related feature for Android. Here are the details: The Exposure Notifications feature has been removed.
During the critical phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple and Google teamed up to introduce Exposure Notifications in the iOS and Android operating systems. This collaborative feature aimed to inform users if they had potentially been exposed to the virus.
The working principle was simple: Smartphones, when in public spaces, communicated via Bluetooth. If a user who tested positive for COVID-19 was identified, a notification was sent to other phones. Users could check the person’s test status through a health application.
As the virus became less prevalent, Google removed the Exposure Notifications feature for Android. You won’t find it in the Settings application anymore, as the change was part of a Google Play Services update. It’s worth noting that devices yet to receive the update might still show the option, but it will also be removed from them soon.
Even though the Exposure Notifications feature is gone for Android, it’s still available on iOS. Whether Apple will remove it in the future is uncertain.
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