Google is preparing Wear OS to support contact tracking
Due to the global pandemic, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) decided to enable contract tracking on Bluetooth low-energy devices such as wearables, and now, Google appears to be preparing its operating system for the feature.
XDA Developers Encoding detected within Play Services beta 20.50.14 that reveals Google's intention to add COVID-19 exposure notifications to its platform. The chain reads: “Your phone will use this device to securely collect and share random IDs with other nearby devices. You can be notified if you have been around someone who reported having COVID-19. The date, duration, and signal strength associated with an exposure will be shared with the app. "
This would mean that your portable device's Blu...