Apple and Google not told of UK plans to use their tech with NHS app
Matt Hancock had doubts about US software’s accuracy in measuring proximity to potential coronavirus carriers
Apple and Google did not know the UK government planned to build a “hybrid model” bringing their contact-tracing system together with the NHS app until Matt Hancock promised to do so on television.
While the California companies knew the UK was about to change course and begin using their tech, senior figures had no idea that the health secretary would claim that there were problems with their system in determining how far apart phones were. They also did not know that app chief Dido Harding would claim to have “developed new distance technology that will enhance the Apple/Google version”.
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from World news | The Guardian
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