Bluetooth working on COVID-19 contact tracking support update for wearable devices
COVID-19 contact tracing is coming to wearable devices soon thanks to an upcoming Bluetooth update.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has laid out plans for a specification that would bring Apple and Google's Exposure Notification System to portable Bluetooth devices. The specification would maintain the privacy and security of the existing approach, but would not require a direct connection to the Internet to obtain data on potential exposure events.
The rationale for the group is that wearable devices "can better address population groups where smartphone use remains low, including children in primary school and older adults living in care facilities."
The SIG envisions that wearable devices will be paired with a smartphone and a contact tracing application, and will do ...
