Wonder

COVID Exposure Notification Application

Delivered August 27, 2020. Contributor: Joseph M.

Goals

To find information on COVID exposure notification mobile applications for Google and Apple that utilize a combination of GPS and Bluetooth functionality.  An example of such an app is Citizen's SafeTrace.

Early Findings

Exposure NotificationA total of 6 out of 57 states and territories are using the Apple-Google exposure notification API to build applications i.e. Alabama, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming. 
Each of the above states exposure notification app has been branded as follows: Alabama - GuideSafe, Arizona - COVID Watch, Nevada - COVID Trace, North Dakota - Care19 Alert, Wyoming - Care19 Alert, and Virginia - COVIDWISE.
North Dakota and Wyoming use the same app i.e. Care19 Alert for exposure notification.
According to TechCrunch, exposure notification apps that use the Apple-Google technology include COVID SafePaths, CoEpi, COVID Shield, CovidSafe, COVID Trace, Zero, and Covid Watch.
Virginia's COVIDWISE app will be used as an example and findings will be populated on the project spreadsheet. 
COVIDWISEThe State of Virginia was the first to launch a U.S. app that uses Apple-Google Coronavirus exposure technology. The app is called COVIDWISE and it uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to exchange anonymous tokens that preserve the privacy of users.
The app is available on both the Google PlayStore and the Apple App Store. 
On the PlayStore the app has a rating of 4.4/5 stars from 470 reviews while on the App Store, it has a rating of 4.8/5 stars from 734 reviews. 
The app uses anonymous tokens to keep the identity of users private. 

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