Apple-Google contact tracing app does not work for India Aarogya Setu won't allow

In India, the government has its own app Aarogya Setu, which too is used for contact tracing. Currently, the Setu app is not compatible with the Google-Apple API for contact tracing and hence cannot use the feature now available in smartphones. Google and Apple require governments to agree to certain terms and conditions, mostly privacy-centric before their apps can be allowed to use the Exposure Notifications.

Aarogya Setu Coronavirus contact tracing app isn’t compatible with the tech developed by Google and Apple.

The technology has now started appearing in Android phones’ Google settings so that users can opt-in for it and take a step in curbing the spread of the virus. However, India’s own contact tracing app Aarogya Setu won’t be able to support the tech.

While India dropped out of using the contact tracing technology developed by Apple and Google, as many as 23 countries have shown their interest in it. In fact, countries such as Switzerland and Italy have already begun testing the APIs for Covid-19 Exposure Notifications feature for their own contact tracing apps.

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