United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101261
Contact Tracing: Software
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9 October 2020
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17 November 2020 · Answer
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17 November 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to modify the NHS covid-19 app to ensure that the app is compatible with phone handsets that are unable to run the iOS 13.5 software.
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9 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to modify the NHS covid-19 app to ensure that the app is compatible with phone handsets that are unable to run the iOS 13.5 software.
Source: Commons
17 November 2020
Answer
The NHS Test and Trace app requires users to be owners of smartphones that are able to use Apple iOS 13.5 and above and Android Marshmallow and above. This is because the app needs the Exposure Notification framework developed by Apple and Google, which i...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-09/101261
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1242032
- uk · wq-1242032 · source updated 17 November 2020