Contact-Tracing App Unfit For Old Phones
Daily Mirror|September 25, 2020
People with older smartphones will be unable to download the Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Martin Bagot
Contact-Tracing App Unfit For Old Phones

Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisted the “vast majority” of phones have the right software but some need an operating system update.

The app, launched yesterday, will only have an effect on the virus’s R-number if at least 15% of people use it.

Mr Hancock said: “The more people who download this app, the more effective it will be.”

It requires Apple users to be running iOS 13.5, which was rolled out in May and works on the iPhone 6s, released in 2015, or newer handsets.

This story is from the September 25, 2020 edition of Daily Mirror.

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