Android smartphones have had problems with the Corona warning app in the last few days.
However, as Google reports, the problem seems to have been resolved again.
Since Tuesday (January 12th, 2021) there have been problems with the
Corona *
warning app
.
The
risk status
is
not updated
within the
app
on
Android devices
.
Google
seems to have fixed the problem again.
Kassel - Android users who
want to use
the
Corona warning app
may not currently receive the current result of the risk assessment.
Several users reported on Twitter on Wednesday (January 13th, 2021) that the
app
did not update the risk status.
The first problems should even have occurred on Tuesday (January 12th, 2021).
A spokesman for the software group SAP, which developed the app together with
Deutsche Telekom
,
confirmed to
the
Spiegel
that the use of the app on
Android smartphones was
"in some cases" not possible in the past few days.
iPhones
, however, were not affected.
Corona warning app: Google's technical interface causes problems with Android
So far, there have been problems with the technical interface of the
Corona warning app
, which Google
makes available
on
Android smartphones
via its Play Services
.
“We have
informed
about the problem and are working flat out to solve the problem,” the SAP spokesman continued.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, the
contact tracking
app has
more than
25 million
downloads and is an estimated 23 million people actively used.
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The Corona warning app has been affected by disruptions in the past few days.
(Symbol photo)
© Sven Hoppe / dpa
Google has fixed the problem - Corona warning app should work again
In the meantime, however,
has
fixed
the error in the
technical interface of
the Corona warning app for
Android smartphones
.
“We released a bug fix.
It can take a few hours until the devices are up to date again, ”said the Internet company on Thursday (January 14th, 2021).
In addition,
in some cases
will work
directly with the developers of the
Corona warning app
to help with the recovery.
However
, the problem did not lead
to the loss of
data
or
information
.
The # Corona-Warn-App is an important tool for # fighting a pandemic, even during the holiday season.
It warns if there has been long contact with an infected person - even abroad.
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- BMG (@BMG_Bund) August 27, 2020
Corona warning app and Google services: that's behind it
Not only the
Corona warning app was
affected
, but all services that rely on the so-called "Exposure Notification Framework" for the
operating system
Android
.
These interfaces ensure that a risk determination via
Bluetooth
can work in the first place without the
battery life
suffering significantly.
The app, which
is supposed to protect
people better against the
coronavirus
, measures the distance and the
duration of encounter
between people who
have installed
the program on their
smartphone
.
The cell phones “remember” encounters if the
criteria set
by the
Robert Koch Institute
(RKI), especially with regard to time and
distance
, are met.
However, other data such as the place of encounter are not recorded.
(Nail Akkoyun)
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