Alphabet and Apple to develop contact tracing app to combat Coronavirus

Alphabet and Apple to collaborate and develop contact tracing app to combat COVID-19.
Contact tracing app will be available in May after approval from Public Health authorities.
U.S tech giants reassure that the app will not collect the users' identity or location related data.

Google’s parent organization, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced a collaboration on Friday that aims at developing a new technology that traces contact with Coronavirus infectees. The U.S tech giants said that such a technology will contribute to minimizing the fast spread of the flu-like virus. The envisioned technology will catalogue all smartphones that have been near to the user.

Jun 09, 2026, 05:13 AM

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