The Health Service Executive in Ireland has indicated that the COVID-19 tracker app will be downloadable from Google and Apple app stores, subject to final government approval.
This news comes a little over a month after the UK said it would opt for a centralized contact-tracing model in lieu of Apple-Google's decentralized one.
The past weeks have seen a wave of health tech companies pledging support to anti-racism protesters, as well as public pressure for clear action steps.
A new CB Insights report lays out the role of the FAMGA companies in healthcare and what could be next for each.
Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
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This report comes as news breaks that the UK has decided not to use Apple and Google's contact-tracing tech as originally planned.
The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.
Governments are finding technology-based tracking is helping in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but when does it cross the line into problematic surveillance?