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Apple said she knew about a proposal for a "hybrid" version of the contact tracing App announced by Matt Hancock

Apple says it did not know, was the United Kingdom working on a "hybrid" version of the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing App , with tech developed with Google.

The company has the unusual step of saying it was nothing of a Problem with respect to the distance measurement, which was characterized by health Minister Matt Hancock in Thursday's daily briefing.

Apple said it was "difficult to understand" the claims.

Downing Street said the government had worked "closely with Apple and Google".

In the tests carried out in the UK, there were occasions when the Software Tools developed, the might of Apple and Google to distinguish between a telephone of a user, the bag 1m (3. 3ft) away, and a phone in the hand of the user 3m (9. 8ft) away.

During The Briefing , Mr Hancock said: "the measurement of the distance is clearly critical for any contact-tracing App . "

However, The Times , Apple, speaking, said: "It is not difficult to understand how these claims are, as they have not yet spoken to us. "

The company also noted that the tech was either already in use or intended for use in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Ireland

The tech giant also expressed surprise that the United Kingdom was on a new version of the contact tracing App , and integrated the Apple-Google-software-tool.

"We have agreed to get together with Google and Apple take The Best bits of the two systems," Mr Hancock said.

But Apple said: "We know what you mean by this hybrid model. You have not spoken to us about it. "

He Said The Bbc had nothing further to add.

The original NHS App has now been

Google abandoned said yesterday that it welcomed the government's announcement.

A Downing Street spokesman said the government continued to work closely with Apple and Google on the App , and had done so since the development began.

"We have agreed with them to the front, our work on the estimation of the distance through the App , we have developed and to take on work in your App ," He Said .

Apple and Google have created an App .

What have you built, is a software tool that allows the contact-tracing apps to work smoothly with both iPhones and Android devices, but does not store all data centrally.

The UK wanted to save the data to, as it argued, it would be useful for scientists tracking the spread of Covid-19.

Dr. David Bonsall of the University of Oxford, the adviser to the NHS-App developers, told The Bbc , the tech giant had not support the choice of the British to the original model.

"Ultimately, the decision of Apple fell no support for the centralized System that had been in the development of the UK from March, and Six Weeks before it announced a private System under a decentralized model," He Said .

"And this must be taken into account in our considerations to The Situation that Britain now faces. "

The now abandoned NHS App was tested on The Isle of Wight, where it was downloaded More Than 50,000 times

But, it registered only about 4% of the iPhones that were in the vicinity.

the islanders were now prompted to delete it.

It is not the First Time that the government has worked with Apple on an App - in the year 2018.

on this occasion, Apple has finally agree to make the necessary changes to his System .

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Source of news: bbc.com