Gary Gannon
Question:1267. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if downloads for the newly launched Covid-19 tracker application on phone models below iPhone 6S or Android 7 count towards total downloads. [15856/20]
View answerTuesday, 14 July 2020
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The Covid Tracker app uses the Exposure Notification System developed by Apple and Google to exchange anonymous IDs between phones. This update has been provided by Apple and Google to iPhone 6s and newer models and Android 6.0 devices. Google are working to make ENS available on earlier Android phones. We estimate that at the moment the ENS is available to about 92% of smart phone users. The symptom Check-in and information function of the app works on all android and iOS phones.