90402 Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing?

Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing?



January 16, 2021: Updated with latest states including Hawaii and Wisconsin.


Apple and Google announced plans to build COVID-19 tracing into iPhone and Android operating systems on April 10, 2020. The move marked a major partnership between the top two mobile operating system competitors in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Platform updates to enable the COVID-19 contact tracing feature on iOS and Android were publicly released 40 days later on May 20, 2020.

So how do you participate in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts with your smartphone? In this story, 9to5Mac is tracking which U.S. states and territories are using Exposure Notifications API in iOS and Android apps.

Learn how iPhone and Android Exposure Notifications and contact tracing works

Each public health authority in each country or region must first agree to adopt Apple and Google’s Exposure Notification API. Next, the health authority must create an iOS and Android app for their region dedicated to supporting Exposure Notifications.

In the United States, rather than creating a single contact tracing app, the decision to support Exposure Notifications is made by each state’s public health authority.

Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API?
StatesStatus
AlabamaAvailable (Apple/Google)
AlaskaNot Available
ArizonaAvailable (Apple/Google)
ArkansasNot Available
CaliforniaAvailable (Apple/Google)
ColoradoAvailable (Apple/Google)
ConnecticutAvailable (Apple/Google)
DelawareAvailable (Apple/Google)
FloridaNot Available
GeorgiaNot Available
HawaiiAvailable (Apple/Google)
IdahoNot Available
IllinoisNot Available
IndianaNot Available
IowaNot Available
KansasNot Available
KentuckyNot Available
LouisianaNot Available
MaineNot Available
MarylandAvailable (Apple/Google)
MassachusettsNot Available
MichiganAvailable (Apple/Google)
MinnesotaAvailable (Apple/Google)
MississippiNot Available
MissouriNot Available
MontanaNot Available
NebraskaNot Available
NevadaAvailable (Apple/Google)
New HampshireNot Available
New JerseyAvailable (Apple/Google)
New MexicoNot Available
New YorkAvailable (Apple/Google)
North CarolinaAvailable (Apple/Google)
North DakotaAvailable (Apple/Google)
OhioNot Available
OklahomaNot Available
OregonNot Available
PennsylvaniaAvailable (Apple/Google)
Rhode IslandNot Available
South CarolinaNot Available
South DakotaNot Available
TennesseeNot Available
TexasNot Available
UtahNot Available
VermontNot Available
VirginiaAvailable (Apple/Google)
WashingtonAvailable (Apple/Google)
West VirginiaNot Available
WisconsinAvailable (Apple/Google)
WyomingAvailable (Apple/Google)
District of ColumbiaAvailable (Apple/Google)
40% adoption from states

*Some states and territories may not opt-in to supporting a contact tracing app that uses Apple and Google’s exposure notification API.

‎Latest Update: January 16, 6:00 A.M. PDT

9to5Mac updates this report with new information as it develops. Find a new Exposure Notification app for a state listed as unavailable? Contact Zac on Twitter or Instagram @apollozac or email zac@9to5mac.com.

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