TECHNOLOGY

Google and Apple are joining hands to bring COVID-19 tracking system to your Android and iOS devices. 

KEY ESSENTIAL 

• The move brings together the most important mobile operating systems in an attempt to use smartphone technology to trace and potentially contain the worldwide Covid-19 outbreak.

• Smartphones powered by Apple software and Google-backed Android OS would be ready to exchange information with a joint "opt in system." The tech giants will collaborate on a "contact tracing" system which may identify people in touch with an infected person and alert users.

• All folks at Apple and Google believe there has never been a more important moment to figure together to unravel one among the world's most pressing problems," the businesses said during a joint statement.