We've download iOS 13.5 onto our iPhones and we will continue to explore it for any other hidden features and bug fixes that Apple may have made since iOS 13.4. You can prevent the video chat tiles from changing in size when a new main speaker takes the helm of the conversation. The second small perk to updating to iOS 13.5 involves Group FaceTime. The Medical ID data that's a part of the Health app can be securely shared with emergency services when you place a 911 call in the US. Rounding out the new iOS 13.5 features are two smaller tweaks.

Data depends on support from your local public health department.

The companies are working to make it impossible to create a digital paper trail, though privacy advocates still have concerns.Īpple and Google have also said that there are no plans to use this framework beyond the current pandemic. Installing iOS 13.7 lets you opt in for the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications system without having to download an app. In addition to being contacted anonymously, the Exposure Notifications API uses Bluetooth Low Energy, not WiFi or other, more potentially identifiable means.

No, the actual contact tracing apps aren't here yet in iOS 13.5, but Apple and Google note that 22 countries across five continents have requested and received access to the API, while stressing that everything is being done to protect user privacy. This framework will allow governments and public health agencies to develop apps that alert you if you've come into contact with someone who later tests positive for Covid-19 and that person anonymously logs their positive result into a database. Officially called 'Exposure Notifications' in the iOS 13.5 update, Apple (along with Google doing the same with Android) has baked in an API for contact tracing apps. IOS 13.5 will make life with a face mask a little easier.

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