PARIS (Reuters) – The French government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch of a tool developed independently of the more widely used Apple/Google platform.
A woman, wearing a protective face mask, looks at her mobile phone in Nice following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Countries are rushing to develop smartphone apps as a way to help keep the novel coronavirus epidemic in check while reopening the economy.
The plan for the so-called “StopCovid” app in France had led to a standoff with Apple. Apple had refused French officials’ request to change the settings to let their app access Bluetooth in the background, so it is always switched on.
In defending the app in parliament, the minister in charge hailed it as the embodiment of French know-how, developed by national champions such as Orange and Dassault Systemes….
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