Can wearables track COVID-19? Soon, with a Bluetooth update
Want your child to participate in mobile contract-tracing systems, but without having to buy them a phone? No problem.
The body that administers the Bluetooth wireless standard is creating a new specification that will allow wearable devices to become COVID-19 trackers. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group said it wants to take the existing smartphone-based contract-tracing system, the Exposure Notification System, and extend it to include wearables such as wristbands.
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